What an offseason so far for Tom Brady- two new babies by two different women, and three new receivers from three different teams. He'll have his hands full next fall, no doubt about it.
(When Bridget Moynihan heard about the second baby, did she say "but I thought I was his favorite receiver?")
The most prominent new Pats wideout is Donte' Stallworth, who left the Eagles to sign a not-so-lucrative contract with New England. People in Philly are upset- shocking, I know- because not only did the Iggles not keep Stallworth, but they have shown no aggressiveness at all thus far in free agency. In fact, I've heard about 10 talk show callers in the last two days argue that the Eagles "aren't committed to winning," and "will never win a Super Bowl" as long as Lurie/Banner/Reid/McNabb are in charge.
Oh, please. Stallworth is a solid player and will be missed, but he's no superstar. He's got drug issues and injury issues (not a good combination, see "Robinson, Koren"), and the Eagles scored more points last year in games he didn't play than in those he did. He won't be that hard to replace.
We go through this every year. The Eagles never make much noise in free agency because there's not their style. The Redskins always do because it is. The Eagles, four of the last five years, have won the NFC East, and the Redskins have not. There's a reason the 'skins haven't been much of a factor since Dan Snyder bought the team.
The Eagles realize that tossing money at free agents is not the way to win in today's NFL, especially this year, in which mediocre players have been getting huge money in a ridiculously over-inflated market. And, they have a record of accomplishment to show for it. Because many, many times in the Reid/McNabb era, Eagles management has been at odds with fan conventional wisdom, and nearly all those times, the Eagles have been right and the fans have been wrong. Take a look at Ricky Williams now if you don't believe me.
Posted by Stephen Silver at March 12, 2007 09:37 PMStop with the false statements. Giselle is so not pregnant. She has a career to think about unlike Moynahan. If she was going to accidently get pregnant it would have been with Leo.
Posted by: A at March 13, 2007 08:50 AMdude, once again I am calling your journalism skills into question. you missed the main angle again ... note that the Us Weekly article mentions that Gisele has a TWIN SISTER!!!
Posted by: LilB at March 13, 2007 04:59 PM