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T0 Walks out of Camp... again!
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:16 pm
by gilbertarenas
Terrell Owens got into a fight with Andy Reid in a team meeting and drove away from training camp. This was reported on Comcast Sportsnet.
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:38 pm
by Jake
I guess he forgot to take his Flinstone's this morning.
When is he ever going to grow up?
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:52 pm
by Irn-Bru
Report: Owens leaves after verbal spat with Reid
BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens exchanged words with head coach Andy Reid at a team meeting Wednesday and was asked to leave, according to news reports.
Owens then got his belongings and cleared out of Eagles training camp at Lehigh University, according to two television reports.
Earlier Wednesday, he had missed practice for the fifth time in six days because of a left groin injury.
Owens worked out with the team's assistant trainer for about 20 minutes on a separate playing field from his teammates, catching balls from a machine and doing some light running. He did not speak to reporters or acknowledge the fans who chanted his name.
The All-Pro receiver sat out practices last Friday and Saturday. He returned Sunday for both the morning and afternoon sessions, but hasn't practiced since.
Owens is unhappy the Eagles have refused to redo his contract as he enters the second season of a seven-year, $48.97 million deal.
Last season, Owens had 77 receptions for 1,200 yards and a franchise-record 14 touchdowns before severely injuring his ankle late in the season. He missed the final two regular-season games and the first two playoff games before returning for the Super Bowl, in which he had nine receptions for 122 yards.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2130735
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 3:55 pm
by cvillehog
Coaches get mad when the same injury keeps you out of practice one day, then not then next day, and then again the day after that. They start to think you are faking it.
TO leaves camp
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:20 pm
by skins#1fan
just reported on espn that T.Oa has left philis camp. No link yet im sure it will be posted soon. This is exactly what we need.
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:22 pm
by Smithian
Check ATL.
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:28 pm
by JPM36
The real question is- will Terrell Owens ever play for the Eagles again? I say there's a decent chance that he will not.
If this was almost any other player on their roster they would've either traded him or released him by now. He complains about his contract, is a general jerk to everyone at camp, fakes an injury, and then storms out of camp. You think that they would put up with this crap from Thomas Tapeh or Reno Mahe? No way in hell.
The Eagles pride themselves on holding everyone accountable and not letting any one player be above the team. It's like Andy Reid said when Pinkston went down: We wont make any adjustments, the next guy will just step up. So how much longer are they gonna let TO get away with this? And if they do let him get away with it how long will it be before Corey Simon and Brian Westbrook start to act out more in their pursuit of a long term deal?
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 4:42 pm
by gilbertarenas
JPM36 wrote:The real question is- will Terrell Owens ever play for the Eagles again? I say there's a decent chance that he will not.
Who has the cap space to take him on now? Although I agree there is a good chance that he won't be there next year, especially if Philly loses or doesn't even the make the playoffs. The latest from Comcast says he's supsended for one week; I'm not sure if this means training camp or for week 1 of the season.
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:40 pm
by air_hog
Man, this is looking great for us!
No TO, no Pinkston, no Simon...
Who does McNabb have now, LJ Smith and Greg Lewis...
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:48 pm
by jeremyroyce
This is so dumb.. I really think that there is something going on in Philly... All TO wanted to do was perform and do his job, and like T.O. said he is not paid to sign autographs.. If T.O was indeed rehabbing is groin that is understandable
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:16 pm
by curveball
jeremyroyce wrote:This is so dumb.. I really think that there is something going on in Philly... All TO wanted to do was perform and do his job, and like T.O. said he is not paid to sign autographs.. If T.O was indeed rehabbing is groin that is understandable
But he is paid a huge sum of money to sign autographs. I don't know if you realize it or not but a professional athletes get there money for one thing and one thing only -- to put fannies in the seats. The NFL's a business and like any other business owner, an NFL owner really only cares about the bottom line. Make no mistake though, winning is good for the box office, so performance on the field does matter.
When given a choice between having Michael Vick or Tom Brady, I'd be willing to be that almost every owner would go for Vick while a vast majority of the coaches would go for Brady.
Owens seems to have forgotten that while the owner is signing the checks, the money in the account it is drawn from comes directly from the wallets of the fans. Signing a few autographs should have been the least of his concerns.
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:46 pm
by NC43Hog
Baltimore is looking more and more like the winner in the TO sweepstakes from last year.
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:55 pm
by DEHog
Here in Philly land there're saying TO may have been suspended by Reed...I don't like the Eagles but I love the way there FO and coaching staff handle things like this
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:10 pm
by SKINZ_DOMIN8
I want him to stay on the Eagles so he can drag them down into a quagmire this season.
Furthermore, I don't get how everyone thinks Andy REid is some genius, he hasn't won any thing as of yet and in fact chokes in big games. Why is he so hyped?
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:44 pm
by tcwest10
TO is pretty much unbelievable. I can't believe a grown man doesn't realize the potential harm he's doing to the team that he says he wants to play for (at a higher price).
We're lucky to be where we are at WR...does anybody think that LC would've eventually come out the same way ?
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:19 pm
by JPM36
Whoa now. Philly is still the definite winner in the TO sweepstakes. The league engineered a trade of one of the best WRs in the NFL to them in exchange for essentially nothing, even though Baltimore was offering a #2 pick. End result? Philly goes to their first Super Bowl in 25 years and the Ravens are home for the playoffs, largely due to a terrible passing game. The TO trade has already paid off for the Eagles. Even if he never plays another down for them he helped them make the Super Bowl and cost them nothing.
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:26 pm
by BringThePain!
JPM36 wrote:Even if he never plays another down for them he helped them make the Super Bowl and cost them nothing.
actually... he didn't help them get to the Super Bowl... they actually did it this time themselves... but he does take up a roster spot and his 'acts' are now a big bump in there plain of getting there again and winning it... especially when they need him the most with all their WRs down... I wouldn't call them winners at all... not in this situation...
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:29 pm
by JPM36
Oh come on. He was the MVP of their team during the regular season and a big reason why they got home field advantage throughout the playoffs. T.O. was GREAT for the Eagles last year.
How did Brandon Whiting do for the Niners?
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:35 pm
by BringThePain!
They had homefield advantage the 2 years before without him.... and they play in the NFC... we were competing for a playoff spot and we were 6-10...
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:38 pm
by Smithian
I don't care... He got James Thrash back to the alliance from the enemy.
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:43 pm
by JPM36
I still say TO was the best player the Eagles had in 2004 and a big reason for their success. It's not like they gave up anything of value to get him. I think they would go back and make that trade again. If they had given up a high pick or a good player to get him I'd say it was a mistake, but they gave up nothing.
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:47 pm
by die cowboys die
SKINZ_DOMIN8 wrote:Furthermore, I don't get how everyone thinks Andy REid is some genius, he hasn't won any thing as of yet and in fact chokes in big games. Why is he so hyped?
i'm amazed that i actually agree with you, skinz_domin8. reid does not seem to have the capability of game-planning for the "big games".
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:53 pm
by BringThePain!
JPM36 wrote:I still say TO was the best player the Eagles had in 2004 and a big reason for their success. It's not like they gave up anything of value to get him. I think they would go back and make that trade again. If they had given up a high pick or a good player to get him I'd say it was a mistake, but they gave up nothing.
say you never got to third base.... so you go to this party one night, on the way you buy this bottle of jack, mix it with some rocks.. ice for the non-drinkers... and it makes you the MVP of the party... yet... after all that... you still don't end up at third base... and now you have a killer hang-over... and Tylenol won't get rid of it...
so what did you give up? nothing... except a good nights rest and half a liver... either way... you're still not a winner
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:25 am
by JPM36
BringThePain! wrote:JPM36 wrote:I still say TO was the best player the Eagles had in 2004 and a big reason for their success. It's not like they gave up anything of value to get him. I think they would go back and make that trade again. If they had given up a high pick or a good player to get him I'd say it was a mistake, but they gave up nothing.
say you never got to third base.... so you go to this party one night, on the way you buy this bottle of jack, mix it with some rocks.. ice for the non-drinkers... and it makes you the MVP of the party... yet... after all that... you still don't end up at third base... and now you have a killer hang-over... and Tylenol won't get rid of it...
so what did you give up? nothing... except a good nights rest and half a liver... either way... you're still not a winner
Haha while I do like the metaphor I still don't agree.
T.O. was awesome last year for Philadelphia. He completely revolutionized their offense. That game he had on MNF where he embarassed the great Roy Williams over and over was worth the small amount they gave up alone. Philly's defense was not as overpowering and dominant as it had been during the previous couple years and they needed their offense to compensate. T.O. was the main man on that offense. I know that these Eagles fans who stalk this message board bc ConcreteField sucks won't agree with me, but they NEED Owens on the field if they want any chance of making it back to the Super Bowl. He is their best player.
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:58 am
by joeramse
He is playing right into the hands of the media.
Philly is the wrong city for TO to be making enemies. Reed and those fans aren't going to take much more of his crap.