Jeremy Maclin - Philadelphia Eagle

[DH]

When following up on a question about heading back down to St Louis, a reporter asked him "Were you getting shtein out on the streets from the fans?" I didnt know you could say that shtein at a PC..

[methdeez]

When following up on a question about heading back down to St Louis, a reporter asked him "Were you getting shtein out on the streets from the fans?" I didnt know you could say that shtein at a PC..

You can in football. In basketball PC's they'll give you a Technical Foul.

[Father Demon]

There are no football fans in St. Louis.  He'll be fine.

[MadMarchHare]

i could be confusing him with another one of the boards MA posters but im pretty sure mmh is one of those who hates athletes cause he thinks they make more than they deserve yet banner inc is entitled to as much as they want no matter what

let him rant and roll

Hardly.  I just want to know why the hell he held out so long, just to make 3MM a year.  I mean, seriously, he misses a week of camp, which all but guarantees he's useless this season.

Jackson was pissed he went in the 2nd, signed his contract, busted his ass, and other than being dumber than a flagpole and spiking the ball early, has started what appears to be a reasonable career.  His next contract will be better (unless he signs a long-term deal with Banner).

So, what, he caved and took what he should've and probably could've gotten weeks ago?  It's ludicrous.  Hold out this long, he should be making more dough.  You get paid what the market allows, yay capitalism.  But don't give me that shtein about "uh, I wanted to be here."  The agents are employees of the player;  if the player wants it done, it gets done.  Banner won, Maclin sort of wins (makes a lot of money for sitting on his thumb).  The Eagles lose, again, and the fans rip their hair out.  WOOHOO!  E-A-G-L-E-S-Eagles!

It's why I have never spent a dime on team merchandise.  farg all of them.

[Eagaholic]

I really wish the NFL would just assign rookie contract salaries, they are usually come out more or less as expected anyway. I'd rather see some of that bonanza high end money go to vet players who labor in the league for many years but might not even make a quarter as much.

[ice grillin you]

I'd rather see some of that bonanza high end money go to vet players who labor in the league for many years but might not even make a quarter as much.

this most certainly will be part of the next cba...even the players realize how ridiculous it is that matthew stafford got more money in his deal that brady or manning got in their last ones

it shouldnt be like the nba because football is a much more dangerous sport with far shorter careers but they need to do something...less guaranteed money along with less years in rookie deals sounds fair to both sides to me

[reese125]

no doubt the rookie salary cap is coming.

I mean how nice would it be for the eagles to actually want to move up in the draft to get a player based on a skill they need and not get the shakes because of the dollars it takes to get him

[shorebird]

What in the farg is Pinkston going to teach anyone about being a wr in the NFL??

[Diomedes]

Stop.  Pinkston was a decent WR.  Not great, but he was effective for a while.  Pinkston haters forever want to replay one or two instances when he declined to offer himself up for murder chasing an unlikely catch because it makes them look tough and football smart.  It's tiresome.  You and your ilk don't know a hundredth of what Pinkston (or any NFL player) knows about the game and how to play it.  You're just Internet tough guys wasting bandwidth.

If Andy could get production from his draft picks commensurate with Pinkston's, the Eagles would be a better team.

[ice grillin you]

he was better than greg lewis but not as good as say kevin curtis...what im saying is he shouldnt be lumped in with guys like matt mccoy who should have never even been in the league to begin with and i think thats what we were doing...naming complete train wrecks under andy...

i am by no means defending pinky i just think the uproar over todd pinkston was much worse than todd pinkston...i mean after time it almost became a fable that was handed down generation to generation with new stuff added to it to the point it just became outrageous

[Tomahawk]

It was Pinkston who stiff armed Roy Williams to the ground and danced into the endzone, correct? That was badass

[PhillyGirl]

Stop.  Pinkston was a decent WR.  Not great, but he was effective for a while.  Pinkston haters forever want to replay one or two instances when he declined to offer himself up for murder chasing an unlikely catch because it makes them look tough and football smart.  It's tiresome.  You and your ilk don't know a hundredth of what Pinkston (or any NFL player) knows about the game and how to play it.  You're just Internet tough guys wasting bandwidth.

If Andy could get production from his draft picks commensurate with Pinkston's, the Eagles would be a better team.

I agree 100%

[General_Failure]

Its not normally the great players that go on to be really good coaches anyway.

[shorebird]

Stop.  Pinkston was a decent WR.  Not great, but he was effective for a while.  Pinkston haters forever want to replay one or two instances when he declined to offer himself up for murder chasing an unlikely catch because it makes them look tough and football smart.  It's tiresome.  You and your ilk don't know a hundredth of what Pinkston (or any NFL player) knows about the game and how to play it.  You're just Internet tough guys wasting bandwidth.

If Andy could get production from his draft picks commensurate with Pinkston's, the Eagles would be a better team.

One or two instances? No. He sucked. Period. He would never have started for any other team in the NFL. Thats why he dissapeared when the Eagles let him go.

[MadMarchHare]

The Birds did get to 3 NFCCGs with Pinky starting, no?

If he got a clean break, he was a decent receiver.  Jam him, and he was gone.