Freddie Mitchell thinks he can still play

by JasonB on Mar 16, 2008 9:23 AM EDT in Philadelphia Eagles News

I'd like to thank Freddie's mouth, for giving me things to write about

Freddie thinks he can still play and blames his lack of a career on Donovan Mcnabb.

Mitchell, 29, thinks he still has something to offer an NFL team and said he's confident he can make a comeback. To that end, he spent a lot of time Thursday chatting with scouts.

"Success is situational," he said. "The right coach can take an average receiver and put him in the Pro Bowl."

That's not to say Mitchell has ever referred to himself as average. By his thinking, his career in Philadelphia was cut short because of his friendship with controversial receiver Terrell Owens.

"Me and T.O. were the best of friends, and that hurt my relationship with Donovan," he said, referring to Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb. "There were issues between me and Donovan."

I won't even comment on his relationship with Donovan McNabb, because I would have no way of knowing. It sounds pretty far fetched, but who knows?

The problem is that Donovan McNabb isn't the QB of the Kansas City Chiefs, where Freddie was in camp but couldn't make the team, and McNabb isn't the QB of any team in the NFL. My guess is that McNabb doesn't have the power to call every GM in the NFL and blacklist a player. There's a reason Freddie Mitchell's NFL career didn't work out, and it doesn't have anything to do with Donovan McNabb. It's that he just wasn't that good...

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he didnt make kc

because he got injured.

I do actualy believe his career was hurt by donovan. Donovan definately gets pissed when other players get the spotlight. Lets be honest, we have a whiny ass qb.

Im not saying Freddie was a good WR by any means though.

by JoeD on Mar 16, 2008 11:17 AM EDT reply actions

Umm..

"Donovan definately gets pissed when other players get the spotlight."

That is absurd.

Freddie gave us one beautiful memory, so I won't trash him too much. I'll let Bill Belichick do that -- "He's terrible, and you can print that."

If the guy was any good, he would have an NFL job.

http://www.sportsdork.com

by BFH on Mar 16, 2008 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions

re-read

i said i didnt think he was good... listen, donovan is a whiny bitch. He definately got a little pissed when T.O. was getting the spotlight. Obviously, he got even more pissed when the loudmouth said he got tired in the superbowl.

McNabb cries about everything. I can totally see him not liking freddie for being butt buds with TO

by JoeD on Mar 16, 2008 11:44 AM EDT reply actions

is JoeD a troll?

you know, one of those guys who gets on messageboards and spouts obvious falsehoods in an effort to provoke responses?

I'm calling it, JoeD "definately" = troll.

football n b*tches

by crickles on Mar 16, 2008 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions

well...

He's been posting here for quite some time. I don't think he is a troll, but he is definitely a homophobe. That much is apparent from his liberal use of the word "fag" and his insistence on using the word "gay" to refer to those things he considers bad.

"butt buddies" was his most recent slur of choice.

If I was running this blog he would get banned for this repeated bigotry, but, of course, I am not running the blog.

by fuquamanuel on Mar 16, 2008 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions

stop talkin about each other

you wanna do that sh*t go over to concretefield and join them... thats all they do

Its a new season!

by 700 Level on Mar 16, 2008 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Our Worst 1st Rd. Pick Ever?

Maybe not, but the list of receivers we could have drafted that year is depressing as hell.
Reggie Wayne, Chad Johnson, Steve Smith, T.J. Houshmanzadeh or Chris Chambers.

Definitely the biggest douche we ever picked. Calling yourself "the peoples champ" when you suck and being buddy buddy while wearing matching fur coats with Eskin, oh and chummy with TO.
Enough said.

The road to victory

by jaybird13 on Mar 16, 2008 12:15 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah...

I don't like looking at the list of receivers we COULD'VE had that year...it's way too depressing.

I'd say McDougle is the bigger 1st round bust because we actually moved up to get him whereas we didn't give up anything to get Mitchell. But looking over Andy's draft history, I'd say that two busts out of 8 picks isn't that bad. (I'm counting Patterson and Bunkley as successes here, but time will tell.)

by ajay on Mar 16, 2008 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions

he has talent

i always thought he was good and could of been great if he took the time to learn from T.O's tallent and not attitude. all he did was wine and while he showed some spirts ofn great tallent his attitude prevented him(not McNabb) from really going any further.

I actualy belive that is was more andy reid who had a hand in cutting him then McNabb and because Adny cut him other teams dont find someone with a mouth and not T.O quality talent isnt worth picking up.

by NickPampani on Mar 16, 2008 4:27 PM EDT reply actions

Hahahaha...

Freddie's joking, right? How delusional can one man be? The guy just plain doesn't have what it takes to compete at the pro level.

It's actually a shame that he was a total failure in the NFL, because he has the personality to really get inside opposing teams' heads (ala Chad Johnson). But, this is pro football, not pro wrestling, and a larger-than-life gimmick (which he stole directly from WWE's The Rock) can only take a guy so far.

Maybe he can be The People's Champ in arena football or something, because his days in the NFL are clearly over.

by rhy on Mar 16, 2008 7:42 PM EDT reply actions