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I don't know what the hell Sean and Mickey were thinking.
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I do. They were thinking let's get rid of a bad-character guy, an unprofessional player, who has never developed to his full potential in exchange for a player and a pick. I'm sure Payton was thinking "I don't have to play favorites with any of these guys like Haslett did, because I didn't draft them. I'm going to keep the guys who will make this team better." Have you seen anything that's happened this season? We've beaten two less-than-average teams, but we've still won: WITHOUT DONTE STALLWORTH. Was he talented? Yes. Was he right for this team? I don't think so. I fully support the trade. We traded him for a guy who's now starting at LB for us,
and a 3rd round pick. That's great value for a guy who's never had more than 1000 receiving yards, even when he was the #1 WR on the team (last year). We've asked Devery and Marques to step up in his absence, and they've done it. Not to mention, we've lost a guy in Donte who didn't mesh with the coaches and had suspect character issues. Am I angry we lost Donte? No. We got a good deal, and I think he's always been overrated. He's never been anything more than a #2 WR, and by the looks of this team, we've got two younger guys who are going to be better than he was. He's got mediocre hands at best, and you can rant and rave about his "blazing speed" all you want, but Devery is probably just as fast, or faster. Not to mention, Devery has shown very impressive catching ability this season. Donte's doing well in Philadelphia right now, big whoop. This preseason he was given every chance to stay with this team, but all he did was drop passes and look average. Sure Marques might not run a 4.35 or whatever Donte does, but he catches the ball when it's thrown to him. He also seems to be a good kid who is going to buy into Payton's system.
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Donte could very well have been the key ingredient to getting us over the hump and into a believable playoff run THIS VERY SEASON. Our D is not inspiring fear, the O line is still a little makeshift, and Drew will have his rough spots (evidence: for about 30 minutes we were facing a loss, once again, to pathetic Green Bay). Can Reggie and Deuce really carry that much of the load all season long?
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First of all, don't get ahead of yourself with the playoff talk. We've beaten Cleveland and Green Bay. We haven't played a quality team yet. But anyways, even if we were right on the edge of going to the playoffs, do you think that having Donte Stallworth would push us over the top? Has he ever pushed this team over the top? No. Have Marques and Devery pushed us over the top in the last two games? Yeah, something like three TD receptions for those kids. Don't forget Marques is a rookie. We haven't seen his best yet. We have, however, seen Donte's best, and guess what, I'm not too impressed. Four full years in the league, never having gone over 1000 yards receiving. Wow, that's awesome. Four full years in the league never having posted more than 8 TDs in a season. Wow, that's real impressive. For two seasons, hasn't posted a catch longer than 45 yards. Wow, real deep threat there. There were 3 or 4 TEs that had longer catches than that last season. If you expected him just to turn to magic with this team because we got a new QB, think again, Stallworth never impressed during mini camp or the preseason.
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I don't care what kind of house-cleaning Payton wanted to do. Sure, Colston has been impressive, but let's not fool ourselves; he's no deep threat. Devery, well, Devery. And with Joe winding down and there being NO TE (unless you think that great completion to Campbell will be the rule rather than the clear aberration it was), well, I'm worried.
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Oh brother, this is great. No facts, no insight, just whimsical bashing of players. How about a little support for your argument? Like Donte is comparable to Ashley Lelie. :roll:
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Here's my summation: Aaron made Donte look bad. Or at least, not as good as he really is. And as for attitude, we can clearly see what kind of team-first guy he is and wants to be: HE'S THE ANTI-T.O.! We needed that...his presence, the deep threat. We certainly did not need 3rd-stringer special-teamer Simoneau and Philly's late-round pick.
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See, now I think you're just f***ing with me. The guy isn't a clubhouse cancer, but he is the kind of guy you don't want if you want to reach that next level. For f***'s sake, Joe Horn called him unprofessional, and that's coming from a guy who pulled a cell phone out of the field goal post. Also, late-round pick? Try first day-pick. Dumb.
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Then again that's just my opinion...I could be right.
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You're not.