The circus in Philly

Yeah, I'm talking about Owens (the other T.O.) and the series of events there last week. Owens said a lot of things to piss off teammates and coaches last week but he appears pretty oblivious to any negative issues.

"During practice and work-related situations he has been and will be attentive and responsive," the statement said. "Terrell only asks what every other worker in America asks for, respect and dignity."

I suppose it's never occurred to him that most (not all) workers are told that they need to talk to fellow workers and supervisors. And if they don't comply, they're fired. I can see why he wants more money now though, he'll be incapable of ever holding a job when his NFL days are behind him.

I predict things are going to get even crazier when T.O. comes back on Wednesday for three reasons.

First, there's the Eagle brain trust, which is sticking with the assertion that he will not get a raise this year, period. When two nearly immovable objects collide many interesting things happen (out here we call them earthquakes).

Second, the press are not going to be able to leave alone the offer by Limbaugh to help Owens and McNabb. In the middle of the Philly dust up, Rush offers to help set up another oil refinery (he's bringing the matches). If you can appreciate the absurdity of sports media, this isn't just icing, it's a three flavor banana split on top.

Finally, the big media guy who had been defending Terrell all along was Stephen A. Smith. Smith has now pulled a Snidely Whiplash with this column. Smith's closes with this:

The situation has surpassed ridiculous purely because Owens appears to have no clue about how ridiculous he looks.

"I'm a good teammate," he said. "Just because I don't speak to a couple of guys doesn't mean anything. I have no desire to speak to [McNabb]."

Well, that's smart - a receiver has no desire to develop chemistry with the guy assigned to throw him the ball.

Brilliant! Now let's see if it gets him a new contract.

Sadly, we know it won't happen. At least not to Owens' liking.

It's time to dismiss this case.

While I'm here, this is for Mark Kiszla (Denver Post). You make some good points about Owens, but you left something out. The whole reason he got a deal beneath his abilities coming into Philly (not much more than a year ago) was because he'd acted like an insufferable prick during his last year in San Francisco and during the process that brought him to Philly. Don Banks covered some of this when he wrote T.O. and Eagles are stuck with each other. Maybe Denver is a place for T.O. to G.O. (as the signs at the preseason game suggested). Rice might be able to talk some sense into him but what happens in three months (weeks) when he's making noises about Jake?

Owens is who he is and he's not changing.