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Sorry - I just needed to vent. :x

It's ok, I'll vent too. I especially dislike his dick of an agent. Drew can shove it. Did you happen to hear Preston and Steve ripping him on WMMR a few weeks ago? It was priceless. I'm also annoyed that he snubbed Hugh Douglas. Not a nice thing to do to a teammate. If we didn't need him so badly... *sigh*

-Jenna

Yeah, but here's the thing: everyone under the sun has known that for a long, long time. The Eagles decided to look past the character issues and roll the dice, and now it's biting them in the ass.

As a Cowboys fan, I LOVE IT!

cferneyh Wrote:Yeah, but here's the thing: everyone under the sun has known that for a long, long time. The Eagles decided to look past the character issues and roll the dice, and now it's biting them in the ass.

As a Cowboys fan, I LOVE IT!

Agree 100%, the Eagles knew exactely what they were getting in Owens, and yeah he is an asshole, a talented asshole nonetheless.

Jenna_Bird Wrote:It's ok, I'll vent too. I especially dislike his dick of an agent. Drew can shove it. Did you happen to hear Preston and Steve ripping him on WMMR a few weeks ago? It was priceless. I'm also annoyed that he snubbed Hugh Douglas. Not a nice thing to do to a teammate. If we didn't need him so badly... *sigh*

-Jenna

Do the Eagles really need him that bad? Do the Eagles need a player who puts the "I" in "TEAM"? Here is an interesting article on that subject:

By Phil Sheridan

Inquirer Columnist


BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Terrell Owens' final practice as an Eagle was a perfect metaphor for the whole strange series of events that led up to it.

T.O. was on one practice field, running routes by himself.

Andy Reid, Donovan McNabb and the rest of the Eagles were practicing together on another field.

Team here, T.O. over there. That pretty much said it all. A few hours later, Owens was at home in Moorestown, cast out of Lehigh by Reid after a meeting turned nasty.

Let's rewind back to that first sentence. Officially, Owens is suspended for a week. But this had to be the end, his final act as a member of the Eagles organization. We're well beyond the point where Uncle Andy can give young Terrell a timeout and hope his attitude changes.

Put it this way: If Owens is back on the practice field next week, he wins. Reid and the Eagles lose.

That doesn't mean Owens wins what he really wants, a new contract. But it's a victory for him to be allowed to impose his immature will on this team, to continue to disrupt and distract and disturb. If Reid has the grip on his team that he used to have, and that he must have to return to the Super Bowl, then Owens has to go.

Trade him, release him, place him on a reserved list. Whatever the means, the end has to be the end.

Two years ago, New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick shocked and awed his players and fans by releasing popular Pro Bowl safety Lawyer Milloy. The immediate reaction was that Belichick had lost his mind, but the coach believed Milloy's refusal to accept a contract restructured for salary-cap purposes was cause for dismissal.

The Patriots, as you may have heard, won the next two Super Bowls after that radical decision. The message was clear: The team was more important than any individual star player.

Reid sent that message when he released wide receiver Freddie Mitchell back in June. Mitchell, a former first-round draft pick, started writing his own pink slip by making a public fool of himself the week before the Super Bowl.

But that was easy. Mitchell was a disappointment on the field, so it was no big deal to make an example of him. Owens is a great player, not to mention a big-money player. His actions over the last six months - namely, his unfortunate strategy of sliming McNabb in his selfish quest for more money - have been far more egregious than anything Mitchell did.

Mitchell gave the Patriots some bulletin-board material. Owens tore at the very fabric of the team.

So Reid was dangerously close to tolerating an unacceptable double standard before yesterday's blow-up. After this, there's no mincing words. Bringing T.O. back would be hypocritical and would undermine everything Reid has worked to build here.

Review the time line. After months of public agitation and skipped minicamps, Owens announced in July that he would report to camp. His agent, Drew Rosenhaus, said ominously that "an unhappy Terrell Owens" would make life miserable for the Eagles. He added a threat that Owens just might leave camp if he didn't get satisfaction.

Owens reported on Aug. 1. He carried himself like a spoiled child, snubbing teammates, fans and reporters. He injured a groin muscle and missed several days of practice. He returned for a day, aggravated the groin and then stopped practicing again.

There was immediate speculation that Owens' absence was more like a job action than an injury. Early yesterday, the Web site profootballtalk.com reported that Eagles officials believed Owens was "milking" the injury because of his contract status.

Credibility gauge: This is the same site that last week first reported Brian Westbrook would lose a year of service time toward free agency if he didn't report to camp by Monday.

Within hours of yesterday's report, Owens was on that field by himself, catching passes from a trainer. Within hours of that, Owens was gone.

This happened on the same day that Rosenhaus, who threatened Owens would be disruptive and might leave camp, was scheduled to appear on Late Show With David Letterman and Quite Frankly.

Perhaps this is an astonishing coincidence. Or perhaps the plan all along was for Owens to push Reid until the coach pushed back.

At this point, it really doesn't matter. By suspending Owens, Reid announced to the world that the receiver's behavior was intolerable. Because there is no reason to believe Owens' attitude is going to change, there is no reason for Reid to welcome him back next week, or ever.

Can the Eagles win without him? Ask Lawyer Milloy.

gotta admit though...that footage of him working out while being interviewed is priceless :lol:

northern wave Wrote:gotta admit though...that footage of him working out while being interviewed is priceless :lol:

Not the most articulate fellow is he? I was embarrassed for him. :oops:

northern wave Wrote:gotta admit though...that footage of him working out while being interviewed is priceless :lol:

I never saw that, can some put up a link to it, if its possible? Thanks.

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I hope Terrell Owens dies.

And yes, I do really mean that. I hope the press helicopter circling his house falls from the sky and slams directly onto that hard, inflated head of his and kills him dead.

I'm not a Philly fan; I'm not a Baltimore fan; I'm not a Frisco fan. I'm a sports fan who is sick of this ego-maniacal attention-hound.

Please die, T.O. :twisted:

The Horrible Esthete Wrote:I hope the press helicopter circling his house falls from the sky and slams directly onto that hard, inflated head of his and kills him dead.

Now that would be cool.

Terrell's workout while being interviewed is quite funny actually.

Rosenhaus was on Letterman last night. Dave did everything in his power to get the crowd against Drew R and he did. lol. I'm annoyed by the fact that these players and their agents always say "well, the owners are making all the money and the players deserve their share". Well, without the owners there would be no NFL or NHL or NBA. These owners DON'T NEED SPORTS. They made BILLIONS before they owned a team.

I usually see both sides of an argument and I can see Rosenhaus' argument. I mean, he's doing his job. He doesn't care if people hate him. He's a dick but he knows he's a dick and is unapologetic about it. I almost respect him for that.

cferneyh Wrote:

The Horrible Esthete Wrote:I hope the press helicopter circling his house falls from the sky and slams directly onto that hard, inflated head of his and kills him dead.

Now that would be cool.

Unfortunately, his ego is so huge it's inflated his head to the point that he could comfortably take the impact from the helicopter.

I don't wish his death... a career-ending injury is good enough for me. :wink:

like him or not, he's the man once he hits the grid iron...he played pretty fucking good for a guy recovering from a broken leg at the superbowl, and if it weren't for Reid mismanaging his clock, T.O. might've ended up being the MVP.

guys...guys....guys...what we are all looking past here is the fact that he is the biggest Hip fan in the NFL....it's a known fact. What do you think he's bobbin his head to on his ipod whilst leaving training camp....I recognize that bob...it's a 50 Mission Cap bob if I ever saw one...