Eagles working on a deal for Owens

NJ SKINSFAN · Post by **NJ SKINSFAN** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 11:55 pm

This would suck, they would have someone who could catch the ball.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1760284

RedskinsRule56 · Post by **RedskinsRule56** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 1:20 am

This is total BS if TO finds a way to get out of Baltimore and go to the Eagles! This is just showing a bad example to players that you can cry and bitch until you get what you want! This move would make the Eagles tremendously better and it better not happen!! I hate TO!!! Greedy Bitch! Hail to the Redskins!

SoCalSkinFan · Post by **SoCalSkinFan** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 1:25 am

TO should have no say in where he want to go and play as long he is under contract. 49ers have all the right to trade him.TO isn't a FA.

hkHog · Post by **hkHog** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 1:29 am

I hope it doesn't happen just because TO does not deserve it. Maybe if he had shown SOME good will to his coaches, teammates, and the SF organization I wouldn't have such a problem, but as I've said before and will say again, his behavior is nothing less than DISGUSTING! For him to end up getting his way is the only thing that could make this whole situation worse. It will set a terrible precedent that will ruin the NFL as this kind of behavior will occur far more frequently. The best solution IMO is that the Ravens get compensation and TO gets stuck into the current CONTRACT (legally binding contract -- not agreement or deal) and the NFL forces him to sit out the next two years. Of course this will never happen butI believe it would be fair given that he has destroyed one of the great organizations in football almost single handedly. I do not think that he will be happy in Philly either, how is a four-time pro bowl quarterback that much different than a three timer. Can you imagine if he was in the Eagles locker room four games into last season. They wouldn't have made the playoffs! They may have even finished worse than the Redskins. Just a couple years ago SF was one of the best teams in the NFL and then a few bad games and look what happened. It has nothing to do with a strong locker room presence, although Ray Lewis could probably scare his bad behavior out of him. Not a guy I want on my team (Joe Gibbs doesn't either -- something about CHARACTER maybe). If the Eagles want him, just let them have him. It would just be a pity that Mr. Owens is enriched in any way out of this situation. :evil:

tx_skins_fan · Post by **tx_skins_fan** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 1:38 am

According to the article, his contract said he had until March 2nd to void the rest of the contract. If that's true, then TO should win this case. The league and the owners agreed to change the date to February 21st, but if it says March 2nd in the contract, their agreement doesn't matter. I don't like TO either, except when he danced on the star at Texas Stadium. I just think the 49'ers were doing their best to screw him over, which isn't cool either.

skin_to_the_bone · Post by **skin_to_the_bone** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 2:06 am

As far as Im corncerned let the swirmy little sack of crap go to city of brotherly love. When they don't win with him, what's their next excuse. He's pure poison.... he makes Westbrook looklike an alter boy. Let Philly take him and then crumble again. It must really suck being close that many times and never winning it all. Even though they've been the team to beat in our division the past few years they are still the "whipping boy". No Soup For You, and You, and No Trophies for You!

redskins56 · Post by **redskins56** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 8:59 am

You know this isn't really the first time this ever happened...

Five years before I was born, in 1983, The Baltimore Colts drafted Stanford Cardinal QB John Elway. Elway said he "didn't want to play for those losers," moaned and groaned to the press ala Owens, and even threatened to play professional baseball before playing for the Colts.

He threatented to sit out the season, so they finally trading him. He dictated what happened, whined like a little girl, and got what he wanted.

Because of this I have never liked him, boarderline couldn't stant him. I'm only 15 but that lack of character and class he showed as a rookie for god's sake, when you are supposed to be down to earth, and your head hasn't yet inflated. His image was ruined for me.

When a team is willing to pay you big money to play for them, and you want to handpick your team, uh uh, I'm not buying it. Everyone forgot about it and hailed him such a good guy, and great QB, not me. He was a jerk with a strong arm, nothing more. I wasn't happy when he finally won a title, I could've cared less. I'da much rather seen Brett Favre hoist Lombardy's trophy that night, and Jamal Anderson the next year...

-Geepz My 2 cents

skins75 · Post by **skins75** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 9:51 am

You are so right R56. I cant stomach the good guy image that John Elway has. He is a pre-madonna blow hard. Great QB but what a jerk.

nuskins · Post by **nuskins** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 10:00 am

Hey fans, new guy here!! I just found the website a few days ago and this thread made me feel like posting.. I don't really care for TO either, and DO NOT want him catching Donovan's balls :lol:

, but he does have the right to protest this trade. Not only is it spelled out in his contract that he has until March 15th to declare, yada, yada , yada.....but look at from a different viewpoint. A corporation would never deal a top level executive that way. San Fran made this trade to spite TO IMO, and he has every right to use all manners of recourse to rectify his EARNING ability, this is the mans livelihood were talking about, and not a very long career left. These guys deserve to get paid, there the ones putting people in the stands yet receive pennies on the dollar compared to what the ownership/management makes....

Anyways glad to be here.....been a Skins fan since I can rememeber, use to go to Carlisle in the 80's when I was young and watch camp. Born and raised a skins fan in skins land!!!!

oafusp · Post by **oafusp** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 10:43 am

I heard last night that there is a VERY good chance TO would go to the Eagles.
I heard the 3 teams and TO have come to an agreement where TO would go the the Eagles and the 49ers and Ravens get compensated for the trouble they have been through. BUT, the Eagles would not have to compensate, the league would.

I hope Springs and Smoot are ready for TO, Keyshawn, and Toomer 6 times a year.

jklote · Post by **jklote** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 10:55 am

TO is no saint, but the 49ers have been screwing people over left and right since the mid-80s.

I'm with TO on this one.

jklote · Post by **jklote** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 10:56 am

oafusp wrote:I heard last night that there is a VERY good chance TO would go to the Eagles.
I heard the 3 teams and TO have come to an agreement where TO would go the the Eagles and the 49ers and Ravens get compensated for the trouble they have been through. BUT, the Eagles would not have to compensate, the league would.

I hope Springs and Smoot are ready for TO, Keyshawn, and Toomer 6 times a year.

If the 49ers and Ravens get free draft picks I am going to be pissed. They should't get rewarded for trying to work over one of their players. Also, if you give them an extra pick, all the draft picks after that are less valuable.

joebagadonuts · Post by **joebagadonuts** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 10:58 am

i was initally opposed to this whole 'TO to phili' thing, because i thought it would make them a better team, but now i'm starting to reconsider. the guy is a cancer, and somewhere near week 8 of the season, he'll be yelling at mcnab or reid on the sidelines that he's not getting the ball enough. and when he does, i'm looking forward to a TO sandwich, with arrington and taylor being the bread.

the bottom line, it seems, for skins fans is that for us to be a playoff team, we have to beat the eagles, TO or no TO. it doesn't matter who they have, if we're not good enough to beat them at least once, then we shouldn't be going to the playoffs anyway.

oafusp · Post by **oafusp** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 11:08 am

jklote wrote:
If the 49ers and Ravens get free draft picks I am going to be pissed. They should't get rewarded for trying to work over one of their players. Also, if you give them an extra pick, all the draft picks after that are less valuable.

It is a good thing the Skins only have 1 pick in this case...

NC43Hog · Post by **NC43Hog** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 11:09 am

2 picks oafusp - we got our #5 back when the Rams matched the Butler deal.

oafusp · Post by **oafusp** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 11:12 am

joebagadonuts wrote:i was initally opposed to this whole 'TO to phili' thing, because i thought it would make them a better team, but now i'm starting to reconsider. the guy is a cancer, and somewhere near week 8 of the season, he'll be yelling at mcnab or reid on the sidelines that he's not getting the ball enough. and when he does, i'm looking forward to a TO sandwich, with arrington and taylor being the bread.

If leading the NFL in TD's over the last 4 years is a cancer, then it must be a good cancer...benign i think it is called.

TO is not really a cancer to a team, he is a cancel to the league. He mocks the officials and breaks the rules. He is not what football is...he is new skool and commercial.

The only good thing is that TO is getting old and the injury bug has started to bite him. Hope it continues.
I would not be surprised if the Eagles draft a WR in the first or second round since this years draft is so deep w/ WR's

oafusp · Post by **oafusp** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 11:13 am

NC43Hog wrote:2 picks oafusp - we got our #5 back when the Rams matched the Butler deal.

oh yeah

joebagadonuts · Post by **joebagadonuts** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 11:31 am

oafusp wrote:If leading the NFL in TD's over the last 4 years is a cancer, then it must be a good cancer...benign i think it is called.

hey, the guy can score a hundred touchdowns a year, but, as many formers and curent players have said, to get to the next level you need team chemistry. sure, the niners have made the playoffs recently, but as TO's attitude regresseed, so did the team. mayeb due to additional reasons, sure, but i don't think his whining helped at all.

bigredskinfan63 · Post by **bigredskinfan63** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 6:17 pm

TO is now an eagle according to espn news.apparently his agent did file the paperwork.the ravens got a fifth round pick from philly for their trouble.i loved what TO did with the sharpie,the pompoms,and a few years back in dallas.the big problem i have with him is the way he talks about his teammates,the league,and he even had the balls to compare himself to civil rights pioneer,rosa parks.to do that he is just plain out ignorant.

RedskinsFanInTX · Post by **RedskinsFanInTX** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 6:34 pm

Before

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hailskins666 · Post by **hailskins666** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 6:39 pm

classic... too much, thats great. :lol:

General Failure · Post by **General Failure** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 6:57 pm

That picture really needs a giant lollypop.

hailskins666 · Post by **hailskins666** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 7:03 pm

General Failure wrote:That picture really needs a giant lollypop.

no doubt, that would indeed top it off.

Texas Hog · Post by **Texas Hog** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 7:18 pm

that's great, FanInTX!