McCoy: no beef with Smith, but Osi ...
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McCoy: no beef with Smith, but Osi ...
Jonathan Tamari
BETHLEHEM, PA -- LeSean McCoy tried to tamp down concern about any feud with new teammate Steve Smith today, but made it clear he's not ready to end his war of words with the Giants' Osi Umenyiora.
"He’s a teammate of mine, there’s no hard feelings, whatever happened is in the past," McCoy said of Smith, but added, "Now if it’s Osi it’s a different story."
When Smith signed with the Eagles and arrived in camp, the initial interaction between him and McCoy was chilly, according to both players. Today, McCoy tried to put that behind him.
"He's a new member of our team, we embraced him, happy to have him, he could help us out," McCoy said. He said he hadn't interacted much with Smith, though, because the receiver has been rehabilitating from knee surgery and not participating in practice. "I don’t really know him too well, I haven’t really seen him too much."
McCoy and Umenyiora feuded on Twitter over the summer after McCoy wrote that the Giant is "soft" and "overrated." Smith came to Umenyiora's defense, tweeting about "youngins running their mouth" and including a picture of an empty Eagles trophy case.
McCoy also talked about the lofty expectations for this season as the Eagles broke training camp.
"The sky’s the limit, as long as we don’t get too arrogant, too cocky. Be humble, take each game at a time, we should be fine. The talent and the coaching is definitely there," he said.
"The sky’s the limit, as long as we don’t get too arrogant, too cocky. Be humble, take each game at a time, we should be fine.
Not his strong suit. Time to shut up and play.— Scorekeeper- McCoy is generally quiet. A rare comment by him. He will back it up like he did last year. And for the record, the GMEN are soft.— John_Adams
- Thank you Score Keeper... I was thinking the same thing... OSI has a ring... What do you have McCoy?— Cool 1
- Why do GMEN have to flood our Philly site? Get the eff outta here — birdsfan2003
- "OSI has a ring... What do you have McCoy?" well, two working knees for starters.
— Reggie Noble - And a contract he isn't complaining about...
— PhilliefaninAZ - Sounds like that quote should be addressed to JoeB and Jeffery...Ahut up until you win something...— nuggett
- SHUT UP AND PLAY, IDIOT! Stop stirring the pot. Let your actions speak for themselves. Oh, and WE OWN THE GIANTS! They know it. We know it. The NFL knows it. VAGIANTS fans commenting on our lack of SB titles in 5,4,3,2... WE STILL OWN YOU BIOTCHES!!! Holla!— 5NOT4
Comment removed.- The Giants almost beat us last year in the game when DeSean took back that punt as time expired. That was a good game, right Giants fans?— Phillip?
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- In my recording (DVR) library, I am proud to say I have the last half hour of the Giants game...and have watched it frequently over the past few months. Hope for some more gems this year from our Iggles.— TBear
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- Good point, but an even better one is the fact that THE best running backs in NFL history (Eric Dickerson, Walter Payton, Terrell Davis, Emmitt Smith, Barry Sanders, etc) were stand-up guys and nothing like OJ or Larry Johnson. I like Shady, but he needs to just shut up and play ball. A big mouth never won anything. Besides, even as a lifetime Birds fan, I got to admit that Osi killed Shady with that Lady Gaga crack. That's the real reason why Shady is so po'd at Osi. He threw a light jab and got countered with a two-piece knockout combo. Get over it, grow up, and finally bring us the SB ring! — moose_man
- Empty trophy case. That's what it's all about. So what that we've smoked these guys like a fine cigar. I seem to recall those 'soft' guys winning one of the best Superbowls in recent memory. Let's can the trash talk till we do the same.
