You might recall that, after hearing Giants DE Osi Umenyiora wanted out of New York, Eagles RB LeSean McCoy basically laughed at him, tweeting that Umenyiora was soft and the third-best DE on the team. You can see that graphic right here:
In response, Umenyiora referred to McCoy as a “she” and said that the Giants defense referred to McCoy as the cute and colorful nicknames of “Chihuahua” and “Lady Gaga.” To be fair, McCoy gained 175 yards in two games against New York last year and averaged 7.29 yards per carry, so he was pretty darn good against Philadelphia. Maybe not Lady Gaga great, but pretty decent nonetheless.
Then, WR Steve Smith jumped into the fray, posting a picture of an empty Eagles trophy case and another action shot of Smith celebrating the Giants Super Bowl title.
All of which was going to make Smith’s signing with the Eagles very, very uncomfortable. Especially because Smith said he was going to give McCoy a hug (no word on whether it was a chest-to-chest hug or one arm-one pat embrace).
“That’s going to take a little time. He wasn’t the happiest,” Smith told reporters, including the Philadelphia Sports Daily, after practice Monday. “He said he meant what he said, so it’s all good.”
I bet Umenyiora -- and his Giants teammates -- don’t feel that anything is “all good.”
Especially when Giants DE Justin Tuck said the team would take McCoy’s tweets personally while basically calling McCoy a ‘fraidy cat. “I honestly think social media has made people cowards. Where I’m from, if you had a problem with somebody, you said it to their face. I think now people are hiding behind computers and smart phones to get out something they got on their chest where I’m used to having a problem with a person, you go tell it to their face. You don’t go blast it out so everybody in the world can see about it."
No word on which side Smith will fight on if Umenyiora and McCoy throw down during one of the Eagles-Giants contests.
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