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. 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." 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."
Chump's pic says it all but I will add that it is obvious that Freddie Mitchell has discovered that by running his mouth instead of making big plays on the field, he will get noticed. Too bad that attention is bad attention instead of good attention. What is even sadder is that the guy is too much of a flake to not know the difference, LOL.
Philadelphia RECEIVING REC YDS AVG LG TD Terrell Owens 9 122 13.6 36 0 Todd Pinkston 4 82 20.5 40 0 Brian Westbrook 7 60 8.6 15 1 Greg Lewis 4 53 13.3 30 1 L.J. Smith 4 27 6.8 9 1 Freddie Mitchell 1 11 11.0 11 0 Josh Parry 1 2 2.0 2 0 Team 30 357 11.9 40 3 Nuff said, talk is cheap you whiny beeyatch.
How big of douche is this guy? This is akin to Iron Mike Sharp talking trash to Hulk Hogan in his prime. TO taking some of his thunder? Champions like Belichick, Brown and Harrison are hurt by his comments? Good grief. Freddie Mitchell is like floating turd that won't flush away.
What an ass. This guy ended up being McNabb's 7th option (ranked just below throwing 2 INT's to Rodney Harrison, LOL). Check the score, Speak no more.
"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." HILARIOUS
Im not sure if anyone actually saw that initial interview where he called out Rodney Harrison. I saw it. It was so obvious he was kidding. When he told Harrison, "Ive got something for you", you can tell he was saying it in a joking manner. The whole interview was laid back and candid. Obviously, if you read about it it looks bad, but if the Pats actually saw the video of it and still reacted in that manner, then they are way too sensitive.
The only reason he said anything was because the interviewer said, "Name me the defensive backs for the Pats". So, he said he didnt know, but that he knew the numbers. But the interviewer kept it coming, "You dont know their names!!!!, HOW CAN THAT BE???" What is Freddie supposed to do in that situation? He was like, "Well, I know Rodney Harrison, etc...". It was a chill interview and Freddie never did anything wrong. If you read it, it looks bad. Otherwise, he was put in an awkward situation, and his responses were made in a joking manner. Total overreaction by the media.
This is pretty true. The media, as always, tends to blow things out of proportion. The next day it was the media guys telling Harrison, Gay, Samuels, and the rest of the Pats defensive backs and defensive players about the interview. It plays right into the media's hands because now they have something to talk about and have something to ask questions about and something to report about when that something is actually nothing. I agree that Mitchell should just shut up and leave it alone, they lost the game and that's that but the media could also quit interviewing and asking him questions if he is the nobody that they and everybody else perceives/knows him to be.
I love how the media wants Freddie to shut up yet everytime he turns around there's a mike in his face. You want Freddie to shut up, stop talking about him.
I think it is all TO's agents doing. Shoot, now TO doesn't even seem like the biggest buffoon on his own team. What a pair those two, dumber and dumberer.
Problem solved. It's just like this thread, nobody wants to hear it or about it but it gives people something to talk about so what do they do, talk about it anyway even though they don't want to hear about it.
At least T.O. backs up his claims, Freddie isn't even a starter. Maybe we can trade him and get $5 and a Big N Tasty combo meal for compensation.
That interviewer was Dan Patrick and IIRC, this is not the first time that he has tried to "lead" his interviewee into saying something controversial. It is that characteristic that makes me dislike Patrick.
