Freddie Mitchell ...

[DeToxRox]

So now that his media love affair with his self is over, can we go back to remembering him as Freddie Mitchell, first round bust?

[JimboJ]

I think we've probably seen the last of Freddie in an Eagles uniform.

[kingfc22]

HAHAHAHAHHA.

Freddie who???

[SunDevil]

I have no idea why the media was even interviewing so much this week. I will say that he had one good game, against the Vikings secondary, but really what has this guy done since he has been drafted. Just another reason why I hate the two week layoff between the championship game and the Super Bowl.

[DeToxRox]

Originally Posted by SunDevil

I have no idea why the media was even interviewing so much this week. I will say that he had one good game, against the Vikings secondary, but really what has this guy done since he has been drafted. Just another reason why I hate the two week layoff between the championship game and the Super Bowl.

Here, here.

At least when Rodman made an ass of himself in the NBA he had a game to back it up.

[Ragone]

I wanna know what he had for them?

we are still waiting

[SirFozzie]

Sorry, Ragone, it's going to have to wait till next season....

Fredex doesn't deliver to (or in) Jacksonville, apparently

[SunDevil]

Guys this freaking guys does not even deserve a seperate thread.......................

[Ragone]

Man, Fredex dropped the package

[DeToxRox]

Originally Posted by SirFozzie

Sorry, Ragone, it's going to have to wait till next season....

Fredex doesn't deliver to (or in) Jacksonville, apparently

Well, Ford Field is about 20 minutes away from my house. I'll let you guys know if I see it.

[SirFozzie]

Yeah, agreed, I'm going with the Pats WR-Backup DB, Punt returner Troy over Freddie Mitchell.

Cuz now we know what Brown can do for Us....

[DeToxRox]

And to keep with the thread ..

David Thomason was a more potent threat tonight.

[Ragone]

if by Potent threat you mean.. having to get out of town quickly cause he has to be at the construction site in philly at 8am.. then yea

[DeToxRox]

Freddie Mitchell lived off of one game ..

... What would've happened if Larry Brown or Dexter Jackson covered him tonight?

My guess .. It woulda' been 10 on 10

[MrBug708]

I love it. Freddie has you talking about him when he didnt do a thing. Can't say it was his fault. The one good pass thrown to him out of the 4 his way, he caught for a first down. One of them bounced in front by 4 feet, the other was a good 6 feet above his head, and the last was closer to Andy Reid than Freddie Mitchell

[Ragone]

How can you not talk about it.. its akin to a train wreck.. its horrible to see.. but you still talk about it

[Ragone]

Yea, but i got the feeling over the week Freddie was talking the eagles out of the game

[Sharpieman]

In defense of Freddie, without guys like him, the ones who talk a lot of crap and make things interesting, the NFL would be way more boring. All you would have would be a bunch of boring guys like Peyton Manning talking up the other team, cliche after cliche. Boring Boring Boring. At least there are guys in the league that can make a game or situation more interesting.

[MrBug708]

I agree. I personally think Mitchell sees himself as an entertainer moreso then anything else.

[SunDevil]

It would of been more interesting if he had done something to back up his words. Granted he had only four balls thrown to him tonight, but someone had to be covering him tonight, and it wasn't like the commentators mentioned the fact at all, that he was actually open on a particular play and McNabb missed him.

[Ragone]

he was open because there was no way mcnabb was gonna throw across his body.. running the other way.. all the way across the field..

oh wait, he tried to do that all game long

[Axxon]

Originally Posted by Sharpieman

In defense of Freddie, without guys like him, the ones who talk a lot of crap and make things interesting, the NFL would be way more boring. All you would have would be a bunch of boring guys like Peyton Manning talking up the other team, cliche after cliche. Boring Boring Boring. At least there are guys in the league that can make a game or situation more interesting.

Man, I loved Muhammad Ali but the whole trash talking trend he invented ( and was one of the few who did it well too ) makes me sick. Give me boring, boring, boring and classy any day.

Of course, I think you can be an entertaining character and not be a jerk but apparantly that doesn't sell nowadays.

[Ragone]

Muhammad Ali was NEVER a jerk when he talked trash.. unlike today's superjerks.. Freddie Mitchell, Randy Moss, Joe Horn.. etc

My mom grew up next door to Muhammad Ali as a child, which graces me with a signed set of sparring used boxing gloves from him. Probably one of my prized possessions.

[Axxon]

Originally Posted by Ragone

Muhammad Ali was NEVER a jerk when he talked trash.. unlike today's superjerks.. Freddie Mitchell, Randy Moss, Joe Horn.. etc

My mom grew up next door to Muhammad Ali as a child, which graces me with a signed set of sparring used boxing gloves from him. Probably one of my prized possessions.

That's incredibly cool.

I don't think Ali was a jerk, don't get me wrong. I just said he started the trash talking trend which is true. The jerks took it from there.

[Axxon]

dola -

Sonny Liston and Joe Frazier would tend to disagree about the jerk thing though.

[Ragone]

Only Jerks in boxing are the promoters for the most part..

its like male violence prostitution for them

edit: i didn't think you was calling him a jerk.. i was just stating that you can talk trash and not be a jerk about it

[condors]

ummm Ragone, Ali did alot of things that other fighters didn't like ask Joe Frazier, Holding a rubber gorrillia and saying comeon gorrillia we are in manillia while punching the doll. Saying a man is too ugly to be world champion is acting like a jerk imho

[Axxon]

Originally Posted by condors

ummm Ragone, Ali did alot of things that other fighters didn't like ask Joe Frazier, Holding a rubber gorrillia and saying comeon gorrillia we are in manillia while punching the doll. Saying a man is too ugly to be world champion is acting like a jerk imho

Ali tried to apologize to Joe for years though but Joe wouldn't accept it for a long, long time. I don't think that Ali realized what he was saying or how it would be received; he thought he was simply hyping the fight. I'd say what he said was jerkish but I don't think he was trying to be a jerk and that's the big difference to me.

[Draft Dodger]

Originally Posted by Ragone

I wanna know what he had for them?

we are still waiting

maybe he was referring to that blatant pick that sprung Owens early in the game. Other than that...guh.

[rkmsuf]

I think he played pretty well for him. Right in line with an average game for ole Fred.

[Passacaglia]

Originally Posted by Sharpieman

In defense of Freddie, without guys like him, the ones who talk a lot of crap and make things interesting, the NFL would be way more boring. All you would have would be a bunch of boring guys like Peyton Manning talking up the other team, cliche after cliche. Boring Boring Boring. At least there are guys in the league that can make a game or situation more interesting.

Sssh...it's time for the commercials!

[Buccaneer]

Originally Posted by Sharpieman

In defense of Freddie, without guys like him, the ones who talk a lot of crap and make things interesting, the NFL would be way more boring. All you would have would be a bunch of boring guys like Peyton Manning talking up the other team, cliche after cliche. Boring Boring Boring. At least there are guys in the league that can make a game or situation more interesting.

Attitudes like this will continue the f'n nonsense of show-offs, chest-thumpers, trash-talkers and "I'm the Man" shit at the expense of sportsmanship, finesse, teamwork and humility. How sad.

[Klinglerware]

Originally Posted by Buccaneer

Attitudes like this will continue the f'n nonsense of show-offs, chest-thumpers, trash-talkers and "I'm the Man" shit at the expense of sportsmanship, finesse, teamwork and humility. How sad.

The media is only giving us what the viewing public wants to see.

[Arles]

Speaking of the Mitchell-Harrison debate, I guess it's sad when Harrison has more receptions from McNabb than Mitchell

[ageofquarrel]

Originally Posted by Arles

Speaking of the Mitchell-Harrison debate, I guess it's sad when Harrison has more receptions from McNabb than Mitchell

Harrison had a great chance to do that stupid belt thing that Mitchell always does after his second INT. Would have been alot funnier than him doing the TO wing flap. Seriously I cant wait to see Freddie get shown the door. The only Philly team he will play on is owned by Jon Bon Jovi.

[miami_fan]

Originally Posted by Klinglerware

The media is only giving us what the viewing public wants to see.

Ding ding ding ding we have our winner

[Desnudo]

Originally Posted by Klinglerware

The media is only giving us what the viewing public wants to see.

Or what they think we want to see.

[Klinglerware]

Originally Posted by Desnudo

Or what they think we want to see.

Point taken.

[Johnny93g]

Originally Posted by kingfc22

HAHAHAHAHHA.

Freddie who???

The only Freddie with any talent is Freddie Mercury

[Joe]

Originally Posted by Johnny93g

The only Freddie with any talent is Freddie Mercury

No love for Freddie Prinze, Jr.?

[Franklinnoble]

Originally Posted by Johnny93g

The only Freddie with any talent is Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury is presently working as a maggot buffet, so that's not saying much.

[Axxon]

Originally Posted by Franklinnoble

Freddie Mercury is presently working as a maggot buffet, so that's not saying much.

Yeah, I was going to do my first "fixed it for yah" think and change is to was.

Still, Queen was my favorite Rock Band and Freddy was my favorite singer.

I just found out that Queen is now on tour but with a different singer. I'm not sure I approve though but I'm pretty interested. Actually, Brian May is a great singer and so is Roger Deacon. I just don't know but like I said, I'm very curious about what they've got up their sleeve.

[Franklinnoble]

Originally Posted by Axxon

Yeah, I was going to do my first "fixed it for yah" think and change is to was.

Still, Queen was my favorite Rock Band and Freddy was my favorite singer.

I just found out that Queen is now on tour but with a different singer. I'm not sure I approve though but I'm pretty interested. Actually, Brian May is a great singer and so is Roger Deacon. I just don't know but like I said, I'm very curious about what they've got up their sleeve.

Is the new guy sleeping with David Bowie?

[Axxon]

Originally Posted by Franklinnoble

Is the new guy sleeping with David Bowie?

No idea but I don't give a flying fuck who's sleeping with who unless they want to sleep with me. Then we'd have problems whether it was Freddie Mercury, the new guy or David Bowie.

I was a fan and all but Damn.

[SunDevil]

Apparently his still does not understand the fine points of having his play on the field speak for its self.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1988154

The mouth that roared just won't be ignored.

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Freddie Mitchell was muzzled pretty well by the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX. But Mitchell is still trying to get in the last word.

On Wednesday, Mitchell sounded off on ESPN Radio's AllNight with Todd Wright, not only defending the disparaging remarks he made about the Patriots' defensive backs prior to the Super Bowl, but taking it a step further and calling out the Patriots again.

“ T.O., he came and did an excellent job ... but that really took away from my play time and my opportunities. I couldn't shut a lot of people up that I wanted to shut up. ”
— Freddie Mitchell on Terrell Owens in Super Bowl XXXIX

Mitchell had admitted to ESPN anchor Dan Patrick days before the game that he knew only the numbers of the Patriots' defensive backs (he then listed them incorrectly). Mitchell also managed to call out safety Rodney Harrison, saying, "I got something for you, Harrison."

Mitchell was later reprimanded by Eagles coach Andy Reid and was not granted a podium for media interviews in Jacksonville.

On Wednesday, Mitchell need no such podium to take more shots at the NFL champions.

"It was kind of like me being facetious and kidding around. They blew it way out of proportion," Mitchell said of his pregame comments. "[Their reactions] reminded me of little girls. They're sensitive. Real, real sensitive.

"Now the thing that bothers me the most is you've got everybody talking now. ... I've got [Patriots coach Bill] Belichick even throwing remarks about me. It's like, 'Man, did I hurt you that bad that you have to go out and shout my name?' Troy Brown saying something, Mr. Belichick saying a little something. It's funny how I got under their skin."


Freddie Mitchell
Wide Receiver
Philadelphia Eagles
Profile


2004 SEASON STATISTICS
Rec Yds TD Avg Long YAC
22 377 2 17.1 60 54

Mitchell wasn't able to get "under their skin" on the field, however, with just one reception for 11 yards. He had one fewer catch than Harrison, who intercepted Donovan McNabb twice.

But to hear Mitchell on Wednesday, even that wasn't his fault. Mitchell argued that the surprising play of Terrell Owens contributed to his own minimal contribution.

"T.O., he came and did an excellent job ... but that really took away from my play time and my opportunities," Mitchell said. "I couldn't shut a lot of people up that I wanted to shut up. That really hurt the situation."

Owens had nine catches for 122 yards in his first game since undergoing surgery six weeks ago for his severely injured ankle. Still, Mitchell is confident he'll get his chance to be "in the position to make a play or ... to be the marquee guy."

Despite Owens' unexpected production -- he was the Eagles' leading receiver in the loss -- Mitchell believes it was the television analysts who placed too much emphasis on Owens.

"[The analysts] think they know it all. ... T.O. is just on a pedestal, and everybody else is pretty much peasants.

"I think when they get to the realization that one player cannot beat a whole team and we won [in the playoffs] without T.O. We got to the Super Bowl without T.O. We can win without T.O. I think that they'll educate themselves more and they'll know that could happen."

In the days since the Eagles loss, much of the media attention has shifted to McNabb and his teammates' claims he was sick to his stomach during the fourth quarter of the game.

Center Hank Fraley, in a TV interview, said that McNabb nearly puked in the huddle in the final minutes of the game and had trouble calling plays to the team. Fraley said at one point Mitchell had to call the play for McNabb.

Mitchell offered his take on what happened.

"Donovan, he dry heaves a lot when he gets under certain situations. It's happened before. It's happened in the NFC Championship game.

"He was dry heaving and he couldn't get the words out in the play, so he gave me hand signals. ... I basically called the play and knew what the coaches were thinking in that situation. I called the play out and went on from there."

Mitchell added, with a laugh, that if he were in that situation again, he'd have called a different play, one in which he was the intended receiver.

Mitchell also had some choice remarks about the Super Bowl itself and where it was played.

"The game to me was more of a monopoly. The whole Super Bowl has become such a monopoly to make money rather than the game. I think they've gotten away from the game ... It's basically all about making money than anything else. I don't think nobody cares about the game anymore."

As for the host city, Mitchell said: "Jacksonville had five years to prepare for this, and even with the preparing is it was a bad situation, and I can't believe the NFL handled it like that."

He added: "What really annoyed me was Jacksonville, the city, taking advantage of it. The Comfort Inn suites were $500 a night for a regular room. Just the players' families -- everybody really got taken advantage of."

[rkmsuf]

Enjoy it now Freddie.

In a few months you'll be signing for the veteran minimum somewhere and eating a big bucket of STFU from whatever team will have you.

[Darkiller]

He is so ridiculous lol.
Mr Freddie Mitchell, 22 catches for 377 yards on the Eagles 2004 SuperBowl team.
Delightful.

[rkmsuf]

Belichick was funny. He said something like "That guy is awful and you can print that. We were happy when he was on the field."

He'll be lucky to make a team next year.