Bye Bye Mr Pinkston
The Eagles' active preseason continues. WR Todd Pinkston and backup QB Koy Detmer were given walking papers today. I don't think team management feels that Pinkston's achilles injury ever fully healed. Combine that with the addition of Donte Stallworth and the emergence of Hank Baskett, and Pink never had a chance.
Pinkston, who played his college ball at Southern Miss, had the rep of being a fragile player. At about 170 pounds, he had speed down the sidelines, but was never really a facter over the middle, which kind of skews his impressive yards per catch statistic. He was a good second receiver when TO was in Philly, but struggled as a No. 1 guy during the infamous James Thrash era.
Stallworth (Univ of Tennessee) has his good games and his bad. As an avid fantasy footballer, I constantly drafted him in the late rounds. As a part of my team, he would have a 4 catch, 83 yd game one Sunday, and a 1 catch, 17 yard game the next. I didn't draft him last year, and it turned out to be a career year for him (70+ catches, 900+ yards)...wonder if he'll produce like that here. He's rumored to be the No. 1 guy, with Reggie Brown on the other side. He's never been a No. 1 with Joe Horn in New Orleans, so the jury is out whether or not he has the type of game to make defensive secondaries sweat. The battle for the third WR is pretty solid, as both Greg Lewis and Baskett have performed well in the preseason.
I still think the Eagles are a 9-7 team. The NFC East will be brutal this year.
3 days till PSU kicks off vs Akron...cannot wait.
Pinkston, who played his college ball at Southern Miss, had the rep of being a fragile player. At about 170 pounds, he had speed down the sidelines, but was never really a facter over the middle, which kind of skews his impressive yards per catch statistic. He was a good second receiver when TO was in Philly, but struggled as a No. 1 guy during the infamous James Thrash era.
Stallworth (Univ of Tennessee) has his good games and his bad. As an avid fantasy footballer, I constantly drafted him in the late rounds. As a part of my team, he would have a 4 catch, 83 yd game one Sunday, and a 1 catch, 17 yard game the next. I didn't draft him last year, and it turned out to be a career year for him (70+ catches, 900+ yards)...wonder if he'll produce like that here. He's rumored to be the No. 1 guy, with Reggie Brown on the other side. He's never been a No. 1 with Joe Horn in New Orleans, so the jury is out whether or not he has the type of game to make defensive secondaries sweat. The battle for the third WR is pretty solid, as both Greg Lewis and Baskett have performed well in the preseason.
I still think the Eagles are a 9-7 team. The NFC East will be brutal this year.
3 days till PSU kicks off vs Akron...cannot wait.
posted by HappyValley at 1:33 PM
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