TO finally managed to piss off his quarterback

[WilliamPitt]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2049794

QB: 'Just keep my name out of your mouth'
Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA -- With Terrell Owens absent, Donovan McNabb didn't miss his target.

While Owens skipped Philadelphia's first mini-camp practice on Friday, McNabb responded sternly to the All-Pro wide receiver's stinging comments about the quarterback's performance in the Eagles' 24-21 loss to New England in the Super Bowl.

"I don't play games in the media," McNabb said. "I'm not going to sit here and try to have a war of words. I'm a man at what I do. If there's a problem with anyone, and they feel the need to lash out, they know how to get in touch with me and we can handle it like men."

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported online Saturday night that Owens' decision to sit out the Eagles' minicamp -- presumable because he wants a new contract -- could come at great cost to his wallet.

The Inquirer report said the Eagles could get back as much as $1.8 million of his $9.6 million signing bonus, according to a source with knowledge of Owens' contract.

The source said Owens would be in breach of his contract for not reporting to a mandatory camp.

Owens -- who has been making waves for most of the past month -- took a verbal shot at McNabb in an interview earlier this month. Some Eagles said McNabb was so ill in the fourth quarter against the Patriots that he couldn't call one play in the huddle.

"I played every snap they allowed me to play," Owens told ESPN.com. "I wasn't even running until, like, two weeks before the game. But I made sure I was in the best shape possible. I wasn't the guy who got tired in the Super Bowl."

McNabb, who made a recruiting pitch to get Owens to Philadelphia before last season, insisted he wasn't tired or sick in the final minutes against New England, though it appeared at one point he was either coughing or struggling to catch his breath.

"If you say I was winded, if you say the (offensive) line was winded, if you say the defense was winded, that's fine," McNabb said. "But to be tired and dropping to a knee, that didn't happen."

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[MrSlayer]

1. He's managed to piss off the entire metro area.

After achieving godlike status last year, he's thrown it all away with one idiotic act. D-Mac is all class though, he's still going to invite T.O. to his private workout camp in Arizona. Owens will be back playing this year without a doubt, the red-lights of Monday Night Football are irresistible to him.

[Mojambo]

2. No amount of talent is worth the garbage that TO brings with him

The Eagles will suffer ON the field this year as a result of his attitude.

Frankly I'm glad I'm not an Philly fan because I'd find it almost impossible to root for any team that had TO as a player.

[KitchenWitch]

5. True

TO is Randy Moss Lite!

[jobycom]

3. Oh, just grin and bear it. His talent is worth his insecurity.

You just gotta pat TO on the head now and then and tell him the team would fail if he weren't there. Then wind him up and send him out to catch footballs and pull his little WWF stunts. NFL fans are so damned homogenous these days. SHow one ounce of personality, and they want to label you the anti-christ.

And anyway, TO's right--McNabb failed. Maybe pissing McNabb off will make him play better next season. He's got that Randall Cunningham/Kerry Collins illness--if you let him think about what he's doing, he starts choking. Get him so pissed at Terrel he can't think straight, and you can slap that Super Bowl trophy on the shelf in Phillie next year.

[Robeson]

4. The bottom line is this comment.....

"If he's here, he's here. If he's not, he's not," Reid said. "We have an understanding here that if you're not here, we move on without you. We have been very successful doing that, so we don't waste a lot of time worrying about those things."

As a fan of a team that hopefully will be competing with the Eagles for the NFC crown, I don't sit up at night in fear of whether TO is on the field or not. I do know, however, that Andy Reid will put a quality team on the field, that will compete with any in the NFC, whether TO is there, or not. The Eagles are more than one man. TO is just gravy, if he's out there.

[KitchenWitch]

6. Absolutely

What do you think of who the Vikings drafted? I give them a B+ for the draft.

I hope Erasmus James becomes less injury prone. I would have rather seen them draft Mike Williams, but I understand the rationale behind drafting Troy Williamson.

[Robeson]

7. Thats what I gave them....

...a B+. I thought the first three picks were all good, and the rest were somewhat of gambles. However, they kept speed in mind to the very end. So they definitely drafted for speed. I think that may have a good impact on our special teams coverage units in the near future. I think of all our pickups, Johnson may have been the most important. That was a solid offfensive lineman pickup, that we desparately needed.

I was torn on the Mike Williams thing, in that he should be a great possession receiver in the NFL - like a Chris Carter - but our team is loaded with possession type receivers, so I, too, understand the rationale of getting someone else who can stretch the field. Even if he doesn't put up Moss-type rookie numbers the first year, Williamson can at least be a solid decoy, which should open up things elsewhere. His speed will have to be respected. I also like his size. He's almost 6' 2", and already around 210 lbs. Thats a pretty strong receiver, coupled with blazing speed. He reminds me of an Eric Moulds, but with speed. Thats a pretty good combo I would take anyday. If James stays healthy, for at least a year or two, this draft may turn in to a A type draft down the road.

[KitchenWitch]

8. Yeah, drafting is one thing that Tice seems to do better than Dennis Green

Everything else? meh.

[Robeson]

9. Unfortunately, thats what I told some on the Purple Page on...

...the Star Trib. That is, the Vikings can have all the talent in the World, but until Tice shows me that he's not a total bonehead, that talent will be for not. The biggest problem the Vikings have, is the gray matter between Tice's ears.