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Childress, T.O. talk: The Philadelphia Daily News web site reported Eagles offensive coordinator Brad Childress spoke with T.O. via phone from the press box during the Eagles' preseason victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.

"I talked to him once on the phone, yeah," Childress said told the paper. "It was related to the 2-minute drill in a specific play that got run, and the conversion that needed to happen, football-related stuff."

A major issue leading to Owens' 1-week banishment from camp was his statement to Childress that the coordinator shouldn't speak to him unless T.O. spoke first; Owens later explained on ESPN that Childress had annoyed him by repeatedly addressing him away from the field, saying, "Hey, Terrell." Owens, angry over the organization's refusal to rework his contract, apparently does not want to interact with coaches in informal settings, the Daily News reported.

Childress said he also has spoken to his All-Pro wideout in practice. Asked whether they were communicating through wide receivers coach David Culley, as T.O. had suggested, Childress indicated that has happened at times.