Guest Failed Mascot Report post Posted February 14, 2005 I phoned him after the heat of the moment had died down, to find out what he thought of the Patriots and what it was like in the huddle in those last, ill-fated six minutes. He got himself well-hated by the Patriots for saying he didn't know the New England cornerbacks, and that he would "have something'' for safety Rodney Harrison during Super Bowl XXXIX. He had something all right: one catch for 11 yards. But that didn't stop him from opining harshly about the victors. "If you played this Patriot team 10 times, how many times do you figure the Eagles would win?'' I asked. "Eight times,'' he said. "To me, the Patriots are not that good. We turn it over four times, and still they only beat us by three. We're the better team. But we turned it over too much. A good team crushes that Patriot team. I'm telling you, they're not that good. T.O. was hurt, and he still scorched them for over 100 yards.'' He called the Patriots a "well, well-coached team. But we'll see how good a coach Bill Belichick is after he loses those two coordinators. That Charlie Weis is a friggin' mastermind." Speaking of Belichick, I told him Sports Illustrated had quoted Belichick this week as calling Mitchell "terrible ... We loved when he was in the game." "Oh,'' Mitchell said. You could feel the steam over the phone. "I see. It takes a big man to talk after the game. Why didn't he say anything before the game? That shows what kind of guy he is.'' I asked him his opinion about Tom Brady. "He's like Ben Roethlisberger to me,'' Mitchell said. "They don't put him position to make mistakes. They limit his ability to make mistakes. He's sort of like a robot.'' Ben Roethlisberger had quarterbacked 15 NFL games. Tom Brady is 57-14 in his five seasons. I could think of a lot of comparisons for Brady, but Roethlisberger wouldn't be atop the list. Troy Aikman might. Joe Montana might. Now for the final six minutes. Mitchell said he didn't think there was much difference between the McNabb in that huddle and the McNabb he'd seen during other games. "Dry-heaving is pretty normal for Donovan,'' Mitchell said. "He's pretty much done it all four years I've been with him.'' On two or three plays, Mitchell said, McNabb was struggling to speak because of the dry-heaves and exhaustion, so he gave hand-signals, and Mitchell would call the formation that went along with the play. "I just filled in the gaps,'' Mitchell said. "The way we approached that long drive,'' he said, "the sense of urgency wasn't there. Maybe, if anything, Donovan should have run off and let [backup quarterback] Koy Detmer come in.'' Those comments won't make McNabb very happy. But you get the feeling Mitchell might not be around the Eagles next year anyway. He's not happy with his limited pass-catching role, and Andy Reid's not a very big fan of anyone speaking his mind the way Mitchell does ... especially when he's not producing on the field enough to justify all the opinions. If you ask me, Freddie Mitchell is this year's John Welbourn -- the guy who talked his way out of Philly. Welbourn, too opinionated for Reid, was dealt to Kansas City. Maybe 10 minutes after I hung up the phone, FredEx called back. "What exactly did Belichick say? I mean, exactly.'' I repeated the quote, the best I could remember from SI. "I'd really like to get in touch with him,'' he said. "That really pisses me off." Well, a lot of Patriots fans, and Patriots, will feel the same way after reading those few paragraphs, Freddie. Link~ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted February 14, 2005 I honestly never heard of Freddie Mitchell until he started dressing goofy and sported mohawks... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smell the ratings!!! Report post Posted February 14, 2005 Only Peter King would call up Freddie Mitchell for expert analysis of the Super Bowl. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
starvenger 0 Report post Posted February 14, 2005 Freddie Mitchell is a certifiable idiot. "Eight times,'' he said. "To me, the Patriots are not that good. We turn it over four times, and still they only beat us by three. We're the better team. But we turned it over too much. A good team crushes that Patriot team. I'm telling you, they're not that good. T.O. was hurt, and he still scorched them for over 100 yards.'' The Pats also beat the Rams by three and the Panthers by three, so he might have a point there. HOWEVER, you win by three or win by thirty, the Pats have still won 3 Super Bowls in 3 years, and Brady is so far undefeated as a starting QB in the playoffs. So I'd say that they're pretty good. As for Owens, he had the game of his life. But if Owens was hurt and had 100 yards, wouldn't that mean by comparison Mitchell should've had 200 yards, seeing as he was healthy and all? He called the Patriots a "well, well-coached team. But we'll see how good a coach Bill Belichick is after he loses those two coordinators. That Charlie Weis is a friggin' mastermind." To quote Freddie Mitchell... It takes a big man to talk after the game. Why didn't he say anything before the game? That shows what kind of guy he is. "He's like Ben Roethlisberger to me,'' Mitchell said. "They don't put him position to make mistakes. They limit his ability to make mistakes. He's sort of like a robot.'' Hmm, limit ability to make mistakes, lose a combined 3 games all season. Yeah, I see a problem with limiting Roethlisberger and Brady's abilities to make mistakes. Overall, it seems like sour grapes for a guy who be remembered for his 'frohawk and not much else... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tominator89 0 Report post Posted February 14, 2005 As an Eagles fan, I've been pretty supportive of Mitchell. There have been times when he's entertained me (thanks his hands made me laugh), he's been involved in some very memorable plays (4th and 26, McNabb's scramble against the Cowboys), and occassionally he'll make a valid point. However, he is STILL digging a hole even bigger than Welbourne did. He's criticized T.O. and McNabb now. He's even questioned Reid's play-calling. Having said all this, I can't help but wonder what team would like to take him off Philly's hands. He's been on borrowed time for a while now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
therealworldschampion 0 Report post Posted February 14, 2005 www.tradefreddie.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smh810 0 Report post Posted February 14, 2005 Yea, trade Freddie anywhere but Tampa and dont rule that out as a possibility. He lives in Lakeland, (30-45 minutes east of Tampa depending on which part of the city you live in) the Bucs have only 2 WR's signed and Jon Gruden likes projects. I hope it doesnt happen but I'm not ruling it out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Failed Mascot Report post Posted February 14, 2005 He'll be cut. Nobody is going to give up anything for this guy. I think he'll be playing Arena League next year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted February 14, 2005 You people just don't understand FredEx. FredEx can't be contained and the Eagles are holding down FredEx. Yeah wow, T.O so impressive...how many touchdowns he catch in the Super Bowl? That's right, none. You know how many touchdowns FredEx would have caught? FredEx would have caught so many touchdowns that they would have changed the MVP trophy to the "Bow before Freddie" trophy. McNabb? Pfft, if FredEx was quarterback then the Eagles would have been drinking champange with the finest suits in all of the US of A. Philly is scared of FredEx, they haven't seen talent like FredEx in that city. Wait till FredEx catches on with the Falcons or Bucs, then you'll learn what FredEx is all about. (Yes, I have officially drank the Fredatoade) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iggymcfly 0 Report post Posted February 14, 2005 He'll be playing for the Cowboys next year. What would be hilarious though is if they traded him to the Pats for a 7th round pick just for fun. I'd like to see him try to talk his way out of that one when he walks into the locker room. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Failed Mascot Report post Posted February 14, 2005 Freddie Mitchell, Patriots Practice Squad WR and tackling dummy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
USC Wuz Robbed! 0 Report post Posted February 14, 2005 I see Freddie getting some demand in the offseason. He is now a name receiver (albeit for all the wrong reasons), and a lot of teams are in need for a receiver. I see him donning a NFC South team jersey or NFC West. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted February 14, 2005 Freddie Mitchell, Patriots Practice Squad WR and tackling dummy. Pfft, FredEx would be starting for the Patriots. FredEx would make it back-to-back-to-back titles. Hell, Patriots would never lose a game with FredEx hauling in those deep balls. Course Brady will have to hit the weights if he wants to be able to get his limp arm to hit a deep post run by Freddie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Tyler; Captain America 0 Report post Posted February 14, 2005 Fred-Ex's deep posts are so long, you can't contain them in one stadium. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
therealworldschampion 0 Report post Posted February 14, 2005 Freddie Mitchell is the greatest WR in NFL history, just ask him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vigo 0 Report post Posted February 14, 2005 I don't mind him. He's an idiot but at least he's entertaining and has some personality. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ant_7000 0 Report post Posted February 15, 2005 He dresses like Common. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Star Ocean 3 0 Report post Posted February 15, 2005 Why does Kornheiser love him? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mosaicv2 Report post Posted February 15, 2005 Today... Mitchell said the Patriots aren't a good team... and says just with Bellichick... they can't win. WOW... LIKE I HAVEN"T HEARD THAT FROM EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Precious Roy 0 Report post Posted February 15, 2005 To quote Freddie Mitchell... It takes a big man to talk after the game. Why didn't he say anything before the game? That shows what kind of guy he is. No, see, Freddie talked BEFORE and after the game, that makes him the biggest man of all.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted February 15, 2005 Trade him to the Browns. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Precious Roy 0 Report post Posted February 15, 2005 Trade him to Notre Dame. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted February 15, 2005 To quote Freddie Mitchell... It takes a big man to talk after the game. Why didn't he say anything before the game? That shows what kind of guy he is. No, see, Freddie talked BEFORE and after the game, that makes him the biggest man of all.... Probably during, too. I like FredEx. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Prime Time Andrew Doyle 0 Report post Posted February 15, 2005 Trade him to Notre Dame. Send him back to UCLA Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted February 15, 2005 Only Peter King would call up Freddie Mitchell for expert analysis of the Super Bowl. Why not? He didn't actually do anything, so he might have had plenty of time to analyze it. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1234-5678 0 Report post Posted February 15, 2005 Sam Donnellon | Don't send FredEx packing IN OWN INIMITABLE WAY, MITCHELL IS VALUABLE AH, WHAT TO DO with Freddie Mitchell... Send him long, right? Tell FredEx to keep running, run as long and as fast as that mouth of his does. Overseas if possible. Across the continent at least. Fly, Eagle, fly. That will make your team better, right? No more Freddie to incite the opposition. No more Freddie to claim credit where credit is not due. No more Freddie to force us to peek into the delusional world in which he lives. You know, the one where he calls the plays in the huddle in the final minutes of a game? The one in which he's always open? The one in which he is the true star of the team? In case you missed it, Freddie's mouth did more running over the weekend than most Pro Bowlers in Hawaii did. He told Sports Illustrated's Peter King that "The Patriots aren't all that good," that if the Eagles played them 10 times, the Eagles would beat them eight times; that Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was "like a robot," and that Donovan McNabb has been dry-heaving in the huddle for the 4 years he has been playing with him. "To me, the Patriots are not that good," Mitchell told SI. "We turn it over four times, and still they only beat us by three. We're the better team. But we turned it over too much. A good team crushes that Patriot team." Who needs this, right? Who needs a guy who caught one pass in the Super Bowl, for a measly 11 yards? Who needs a guy popping off like this every week, a guy who seeks controversy as if he's a drive-time sports radio show host? You need him, that's who. Unless you have a better backup plan. Because that's what Mitchell has become. A nice backup plan. It was nice to have those five catches of his in the playoff game against Minnesota when T.O. was still working on his miracle. Remember Freddie-on-the-spot in that game, wrapping up L.J. Smith's fumble into the end zone for a touchdown? Go back and take a look at Dorsey Levens' second-effort touchdown against the Falcons in the playoffs and see who gets up from a successful block to make another one and help spring Levens free. Try to remember who saved your bacon on fourth-and-26 against Green Bay last season, or who it was exactly that was on the other end of Donovan's 14-second miracle play against the Cowboys this season. That wasn't T.O. running an estimated 114 yards total to get himself open. Sure wasn't Todd Pinkston, either. Don't forget the role Freddie Mitchell played on that big crossing pass to Owens across the middle in the first half, illegal pick that it was. And let's just remember that it was not entirely his fault that he caught one pass for 11 yards in the Super Bowl. The quarterback buried one first-down pass to him 4 yards in front of his feet and later sailed one over his head when he was open down the middle of the field. You want Freddie on that wall. You need Freddie on that wall... All right, all right, all right... Calm down. He drives you crazy, I know. He drives me crazy too, and your coach and quarterback, too. You should see the dread on the faces of people in the press box when he does something good in a game, knowing they must now seek his thoughts after the game. I promise everyone out there that if I find a genie bottle on the beach this summer, my first wish will be for Freddie Mitchell to become as mum as Art Monk. But we'll be sorry. Because there are times we want him talking, bull goose looney as he is. And there are times we will miss him on the field, should he be sent packing. Admit this, too: A lot of the noise he said over the weekend was the same noise some of you spouted around here after the Super Bowl. Your team was better - turnovers just killed you. Isn't that what a lot of you said? Brady isn't that good, right? Heck, Freddie even echoed the popular sentiment that Koy Detmer should have replaced McNabb over those final 5 minutes of dry heaves: "The way we approached that long drive, the sense of urgency wasn't there. Maybe, if anything, Donovan should have run off and let Koy Detmer come in." My favorite Freddieism from the weekend though was his reaction when told Patriots coach Bill Belichick called him "terrible" last week. "It takes a big man to talk after the game," Freddie said. "Why didn't he say anything before the game? That shows what kind of guy he is." In Freddie's world, the bigger man talks before the game. In Freddie's world, the bigger man talks smack before the game and after the game - even when he disappears during it. Delusional? Yup. As a rule, the elite wideouts in this league are delusional. Each thinks he's the best, each thinks he should get the ball every play, each can be a pain in the neck at times. Freddie's nowhere near elite. He's the only one who doesn't know that. But it was nice to have him around when T.O. wasn't this postseason. My guess is you will miss him, too, if T.O. goes down at any point next season. Link Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ripper 0 Report post Posted February 15, 2005 I would agree with alot of what he said, only its coming from Freddie Mitchell. Like, i disagree that the "patriots are not that good". Thats BS. They are a VERY good team, obviously. I do agree with the Brady = Robot though. I do agree with the the Pats shoulda blown them out. I don't agree with the "a great team would destroy the pats" because the Pats have a great defense, and there will be no "destroying" of a D that good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted February 15, 2005 FredEx is so fast, at night when he turns off the lights he's in bed before the room gets dark. The Eagles don't understand FredEx, FredEx can't be number 3 on your depth chart. You can't hold down FredEx forever, his fans and talent won't allow such a thing. FredEx needs to get his multi-million dollar deal and win him some Super Bowls. Not be stuck behind some injury-faking loser who couldn't bring in a touchdown while being defended by a man named Gay. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spaceman Spiff 0 Report post Posted February 15, 2005 The Eagles don't even need McNabb. Freddie can QB. Throwing 50 yard bombs to himself. Endzone? Nope, it's the Fredzone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted February 15, 2005 They don't need fans. FredEx can simply run around the stands and make it look full. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
