Terrell Owens and Eagles soap opera antics continues



Patrick Hodgson


The soap opera never ends with the Philadelphia Eagles and the tyrant that is Terrell Eldorado Owens. As talented as this man is, he is that much more pernicious to his team and the organization.

The Eagles could not take any more of the bizarre episodes and antics of the tempestuous Owens and sent him packing for the season. Head Coach and General Manager Andy Reid told the media Owens was warned an abundance of times to reform and failed to do so.

The suspension of Owens came just days after he blasted the Eagles organization for not glorifying his 100th career touchdown reception a few weeks ago. Owens was not done there: he had to verbally chastise his quarterback and former friend Donovan McNabb by saying the Eagles would be undefeated if Brett Favre was the quarterback.

But Owens didn’t stop there. He was found involved in an intense altercation with former pro bowl standout Hugh Douglass and according to ESPN’s Chris Mortenson, Owens and Douglas came to punches.

Owens’ actions were so mischievous that his Jerry McGuire type agent, Drew Rosenhaus, could not even come to words to speak on the situation. Owens relationship with the Eagles took a drastic turn after he fired longtime agent David Joseph, hired Rosenhaus and demanded a new contract just one season into the seven-year, $49 million deal he signed when he came to Philadelphia in March 2004.

Owens is scheduled to earn over $3 million this season, meaning the four-game suspension would cost him almost $800,000. The Eagles will have to pay Owens nearly $1 million to stay home the final five games. Owens will either be traded or released after the season. He is due to receive a $5 million roster bonus in March 2006, so the Eagles will decide his fate before then.

Despite Owens’ constant bashing of McNabb, the pro bowl quarterback still takes the high road with the Owens situation and is extremely optimistic about the teams’ chances this year despite an incompetent record of 4-4. I think the Eagles have no way of making the playoffs with one of the worst run games seen in all of my years of covering football. The team is just a game out from making the playoffs at the halfway mark. But without a running game and the big play-making ability of Owens, the Eagles are just a club who will end up with a 7-9 or 8-8 record at best.

So what now for one of the most well respected organizations in all of sports? Do you release him? Or do you trade him in the offseason to try to get some type of value for him? The best solution would be to trade him to a struggling team to get revenge at him and to prevent him from signing with a Super Bowl contender if they do in fact want to put up with a nightmare scarier than Fred Krueger.

This way you get back at him and you get a draft pick, which can enable you to get a desperately needed running game. A running game that can be cured by a man who should be in the 2006 draft, Reggie Bush. Quite frankly, if I had it my way I would exile Owens to the Bermuda triangle.

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