Dimitri Patterson Among 25 Least Valuable Players In The NFL

He was who we thought he was?

Let the beasting begin.

by TransplantedFan on Jul 12, 2011 2:23 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

I expected this to be the first comment after reading the post. Thank you for not letting me down.

by Adamnb87 on Jul 12, 2011 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions

You have been banned from Big Blue View... "trolling the post game stuff at BBV is just classless and a great mark of a tool. Grow up man, enjoy your victory, but try to not reinforce every stereotype of a Philadelphia fan. Bye bye."

by oldasquick on Jul 12, 2011 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions

I was also considering asking “so does that mean we have to let him off the hook?”

Let the beasting begin.

by TransplantedFan on Jul 12, 2011 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Ugh

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by TricksterG on Jul 12, 2011 2:25 PM EDT reply actions

I agree

I did my fair share of screaming, yelling and name-calling at the guy on the TV but honestly, what else can you expect from a role player/special teamer that’s expected to start and cover top notch competition?

I’m not saying this absolves him of any responsibility, because he was downright awful, but I think our expectations were too high. Not necessarily our expectations for him, but that the defense would continue to succeed in general despite him.

"On the flip side, though, Bleeding Green Nation cites a PFF study that says Jackson dropped the highest percentage of catchable passes (19.67 percent) of any receiver in the league last year. I think he also dropped that punt at the end of the last Giants game. But then he picked it back up."

by Mike757 on Jul 12, 2011 2:25 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Good post. This was the point I was trying to make in the “Keep or Cut” post about him. Regardless if we keep him or cut him, we shouldn’t be upset that he didn’t play well… because he’s not the type of player that we can expect that from. Too many people were overreacting to his bad play… how were you people surprised?

If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
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by PhiladelphiaEagles on Jul 12, 2011 2:29 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

I dont think anyone was surprised

I was surprised the Eagles didnt try to trade for another guy. I was surprised he was the back up plan. I was surprised we let sheldon go and never addressed the RCB issue.

by greenage on Jul 12, 2011 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions

They let sheldon go because he was in the final year of his contract

and they wanted some sort of value for him. Also they had Hobbs who started in New England so they thought he’d be fine here, then Patterson had a pretty damn good preseason as did Hanson.

When Hobbs went down after week 6 we had 3 choices.. Hanson, Patterson and Lindley.

Hanson got tasted as usual. Patterson went in there and actually had a few very good games, then nose dived proving my theory he’s a guy we can count on for 2-3 games but no more than that.. Lindley should’ve been given the keys after Patterson looked so bad, we should’ve let Lindley take his knocks early so we wouldn’t have to look for a RCB this offseason but McDermott fucked it up.

Defensive player of the year for 2011 is...

Wild_Eagle!

Yes, Wild_Eagle's infamous reputation did help him get this award. But he shows that he walks the talk that he serves...with his keyboard. Wild_Eagle protects the motherland (BGN) from the evils of noobs, douche-bags, and other assholes. Although he may be crude and unnecessary, all great defenders draws the yellow flag from time to time.

-Awarded by Number5

Wild_Eagles’ Heart is scarier than Hell, you lose. - d-jackfan10 at the troll known as vicksuck!

by wild_eagle on Jul 12, 2011 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Sheldon didn’t want to be here

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by The Legend on Jul 12, 2011 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Honestly, I think it was a combo of

Sheldon not wanting to be here, the Eagles looking to get some sort of value for him before the last year ran out and the Eagles thinking Hobbs was half-way decent.

Defensive player of the year for 2011 is...

Wild_Eagle!

Yes, Wild_Eagle's infamous reputation did help him get this award. But he shows that he walks the talk that he serves...with his keyboard. Wild_Eagle protects the motherland (BGN) from the evils of noobs, douche-bags, and other assholes. Although he may be crude and unnecessary, all great defenders draws the yellow flag from time to time.

-Awarded by Number5

Wild_Eagles’ Heart is scarier than Hell, you lose. - d-jackfan10 at the troll known as vicksuck!

by wild_eagle on Jul 12, 2011 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Agreed but if Sheldon wasn’t upset I wouldn’t be surprised if he was still here

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by The Legend on Jul 13, 2011 12:25 AM EDT up reply actions

Exactly.. But if he didn't want to be here then I'm glad we got rid of him.

Defensive player of the year for 2011 is...

Wild_Eagle!

Yes, Wild_Eagle's infamous reputation did help him get this award. But he shows that he walks the talk that he serves...with his keyboard. Wild_Eagle protects the motherland (BGN) from the evils of noobs, douche-bags, and other assholes. Although he may be crude and unnecessary, all great defenders draws the yellow flag from time to time.

-Awarded by Number5

Wild_Eagles’ Heart is scarier than Hell, you lose. - d-jackfan10 at the troll known as vicksuck!

by wild_eagle on Jul 13, 2011 3:19 AM EDT up reply actions

Agreed. I think that’s a little unfair to put Mee-tree on the list:

This list of the 25 worst players in the league accounts for playing time, expectations, and salary.

Playing time – Started 9 games.
Expectations – Literally… none.
Salary – Don’t know. League minimum?

And it’s not like he didn’t have his moments. He was awesome against the Colts. He picked off McNabb twice in the Madden rookie level shellacking game, and returned one for a TD. He was a really good gunner on the punt team. I could think of plenty of other players to put on there in front of Patterson, including an Eagle (Nick Cole?).

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by JimmyK on Jul 12, 2011 2:33 PM EDT reply actions

He also had that pick in the 4th of the first Cowboys game. He gets hated on a little too much

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by The Legend on Jul 12, 2011 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Eh...

He did it all to himself, did he make some plays? Sure he did! Did he get burnt like toast more than he made plays? Glad the dude is gone is all I can say.

by scolabird on Aug 2, 2011 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Mee-Tree

.. or as non-Eagle watchers knew him.. “Whoever plays opposite of Samuel”. 9 games was about 7 or 8 games too many.. he tried, and he was beat too many times.

by Sparki on Jul 12, 2011 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions

In the locker room after the Colts game, Mee-tree had a crowd of reporters around him, he was wearing sunglasses, he had his ginormous noise cancelling head phones up on his head (not over his ears), and was answering questions all cool-like. So Asante Samuel sees him and starts crying laughing and starts yelling “Yo Q! Q! Get over here Q!” So Quintin Mikell comes around the corner, and Asante says something like “Look at Primetime over here,” and Mikell just starts crying laughing too. Then they both start chanting “MEEEE – TREE! MEEEEEE – TREE!”

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by JimmyK on Jul 12, 2011 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Lol I wish I woulda saw that

"if you’re going to act like bitches, then I will treat you like bitches". - AR

Do you hear that? That's the sound of the media ramming the Miracle at the New Meadowlands down your throat for the rest of your life...BAHAHAHAHA....

by theaction on Jul 12, 2011 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Almost sounds like the Simspons cat-calling of Daryl Strawberry. Which has to be one of the best episodes they ever did.

Let the beasting begin.

by TransplantedFan on Jul 12, 2011 3:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Haha

Did that really happen?

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by DSmith215 on Jul 12, 2011 3:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Ha, yeah, I’m not just making random shit up here.

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by JimmyK on Jul 12, 2011 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm ready to answer your questions.

by Adamnb87 on Jul 12, 2011 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions

Me too

by Sparki on Jul 12, 2011 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree.. Patterson is nothing more than a

spot starter and STer.

I’d be fine with him starting 2-3 games for an injured CB, I’d be fine with him playing the Slot.. The guy looked fantastic at times but really took a nose dive, and I think a little of that had to do with coaching.

And yes, Nick Cole should’ve made the list before Patterson.

Defensive player of the year for 2011 is...

Wild_Eagle!

Yes, Wild_Eagle's infamous reputation did help him get this award. But he shows that he walks the talk that he serves...with his keyboard. Wild_Eagle protects the motherland (BGN) from the evils of noobs, douche-bags, and other assholes. Although he may be crude and unnecessary, all great defenders draws the yellow flag from time to time.

-Awarded by Number5

Wild_Eagles’ Heart is scarier than Hell, you lose. - d-jackfan10 at the troll known as vicksuck!

by wild_eagle on Jul 12, 2011 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions

on the coaches.

like when the left an injured hobbs out there to be abused by britt. wtf..

he had a few good games. not ready to start by any means.

by Stuk on Jul 12, 2011 2:38 PM EDT reply actions

Some of the “LVP” status for Mee-tree should be put on McD for not giving him help when it became obvious that there were times that he was overmatched.

by The Reddgie on Jul 12, 2011 2:58 PM EDT reply actions

What a stupid ranking...

Who comes up with this shit…and more importantly… why?

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by BWestFactor on Jul 12, 2011 3:31 PM EDT reply actions

I think the introduction to this list over at Grantland is basically a disclaimer that Barnwell knows these lists are absolutely ridiculous and (even though he lists his criteria for the list) hold no substance. He also states that “these lists are also boring.” I think he hit it spot on.

So to answer your first question – Bill Barnwell. I still haven’t figured out why these lists are made up.

by Adamnb87 on Jul 12, 2011 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions

and more importantly… why?

Lockout.

RIP Jim Johnson, best ever.
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by Imp on Jul 12, 2011 3:59 PM EDT up reply actions

What I never got

Is how inconsistent he was. He’d have some amazing plays in coverage and then would just fall over.

In the Colts game he totally shut down a top 5 WR in Reggie Wayne and then he spends the next game sucking ass.

Never made sense.

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by DSmith215 on Jul 12, 2011 3:33 PM EDT reply actions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1QI4P0YqtM

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by JimmyK on Jul 12, 2011 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions

I am suddenly overcome by the feeling that I must acquit.

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by DSmith215 on Jul 12, 2011 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Tbh, I put a lot of it on McD. Gotta scheme to cover up holes like this.

But the question people arnt asking: Hanson is considered a slot corner, at the most, right? Even with his new deal, he’ll never be more than that.. I can’t understand why you wouldn’t plan for 4 to be well above average, or slide hanson to 4 and bring in a 3 that can play outside

I would like to thank my hands for being so great, for allowing me to type this post.

by corn on the kolb on Jul 12, 2011 4:32 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

It's positional stuff

Once Hobbs went down Hanson was 2 on the depth chart. He’s just too slow to play outside.

Once we get a new RCB, if Lindley plays well in camp, Hanson might be our 4th CB overall on the chart but be our 3rd CB on the field.

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by DSmith215 on Jul 12, 2011 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Hanson

is absolutely atrocious on the outside, he’s worse than Hobbs and Patterson at their worst…

I think McD should’ve put Lindley in there when Patterson tanked. Let the Rookie take his lumps, allow him to learn first hand and then most likely late in the season we don’t have that big of an issue at RCB..

I firmly believe if we let Lindley start after the Patterson shit ass game then we wouldn’t have had to worry about RCB all this time.

Defensive player of the year for 2011 is...

Wild_Eagle!

Yes, Wild_Eagle's infamous reputation did help him get this award. But he shows that he walks the talk that he serves...with his keyboard. Wild_Eagle protects the motherland (BGN) from the evils of noobs, douche-bags, and other assholes. Although he may be crude and unnecessary, all great defenders draws the yellow flag from time to time.

-Awarded by Number5

Wild_Eagles’ Heart is scarier than Hell, you lose. - d-jackfan10 at the troll known as vicksuck!

by wild_eagle on Jul 12, 2011 7:44 PM EDT up reply actions

revisionist history

At the time he was our best option, because we went into the season knowing Hanson would not be fast enough against a flanker.

I can see why Lindley would be held back a little- and rookie corners improve sitting too, that first year missed isn’t too big of a deal.

I guess my point his the dimeback should’ve been planned better than Dmitri, since an injury to one of your 2 starters automatically skips mmmbop.

I would like to thank my hands for being so great, for allowing me to type this post.

by corn on the kolb on Jul 12, 2011 10:18 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Let's be honest...

Hobbs wasn’t that good either…

Hanson got played on the outside, he got torched then we put Patterson in there, we went into this season thinking Hanson was capable of moving outside if needed, that was the mistake.. Also Patterson played incredibly well in the preseason, he was one of the bright spots and it looked like he was a quality guy.

Also on my Lindley thing… Looking back I think most would agree that we should’ve played the rookie who’s got a ton of promise, let him take his lumps early, let him learn the NFL game the same way Graham and Nate did. I mean if Lindley went out there and played halfway decent we win a few more games and we’re talking about who’s backing up Lindley and Asante, not who’s our next RCB.

Defensive player of the year for 2011 is...

Wild_Eagle!

Yes, Wild_Eagle's infamous reputation did help him get this award. But he shows that he walks the talk that he serves...with his keyboard. Wild_Eagle protects the motherland (BGN) from the evils of noobs, douche-bags, and other assholes. Although he may be crude and unnecessary, all great defenders draws the yellow flag from time to time.

-Awarded by Number5

Wild_Eagles’ Heart is scarier than Hell, you lose. - d-jackfan10 at the troll known as vicksuck!

by wild_eagle on Jul 12, 2011 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions

More concerned

About the crummy depth they have in the secondary right now. Look, the Eagles knew that they were gambling last year with an injured Hobbs at RCB and little depth. They lost.

by MG77 on Jul 12, 2011 11:44 PM EDT reply actions