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[Two Deep]

Owens' Book Questioned --

Sun Jul 9, 2006 --from FFMastermind.com

The Boston Globe reports Dallas Cowboys WR Terrell Owens' book was released at a Wal-Mart outside Philadelphia ahead of the embargo date. This was, of course, viewed as an accident and maybe it was, but what's become public so far is predictable. Owens' problems were all of someone else's making. According to Owens, things started to go bad when the Eagles were 9-1 going into a Nov. 28, 2004, game against the Giants. Owens claims QB Donovan McNabb missed him wide open (of course) and when he returned to the huddle he said cordially, "I was open, dude, and you missed me." Owens goes on to write, "I never thought in a million years he would say, 'Shut the [expletive] up.' " Owens then claims McNabb called him at home to tell him he ran the team, not Owens. Why would McNabb get into a beef over the kind of things wide receivers say every game? Owens can think of only one reason. "I was getting so much of the Philadelphia glory that used to be his," is Owens's explanation. How about maybe he was sick of hearing Owens ranting and raving all the time? Might that have had something to do with the breakdown in their relationship?

He is in a world of his own. What a #ick.

 

[Facemask]

He is always open.

 

[Marc Levin]

I hate every pore of the guy - but he is still in my top-4/5 WRs for this year.

A paid and thrown to Owens = one of the best WRs in football.

If I am lucky enough to pick 1-4 this year, I anticipate Owens being my 2nd round choice.

 

[Noahs Troopers]

Owens is a big time jerk, guess Donovan is one too now. What a shame.

 

[CA_7]

A paid and thrown to Owens = one of the best WRs in football.

An unhappy Owens = a team in turmoilAn NFL insider on Sirius this weekend (I think it was Zig Fracasi) stated that he heard from multple sources that the TO acquisition was 100% Jerry Jones' call and Parcells was strongly against it.

 

[Routilla]

He is always open.

Correction...WIDE open.

 

[greenroom]

Owens' Book Questioned --

Sun Jul 9, 2006 --from FFMastermind.com

The Boston Globe reports Dallas Cowboys WR Terrell Owens' book was released at a Wal-Mart outside Philadelphia ahead of the embargo date. This was, of course, viewed as an accident and maybe it was, but what's become public so far is predictable. Owens' problems were all of someone else's making. According to Owens, things started to go bad when the Eagles were 9-1 going into a Nov. 28, 2004, game against the Giants. Owens claims QB Donovan McNabb missed him wide open (of course) and when he returned to the huddle he said cordially, "I was open, dude, and you missed me." Owens goes on to write, "I never thought in a million years he would say, 'Shut the [expletive] up.' " Owens then claims McNabb called him at home to tell him he ran the team, not Owens. Why would McNabb get into a beef over the kind of things wide receivers say every game? Owens can think of only one reason. "I was getting so much of the Philadelphia glory that used to be his," is Owens's explanation. How about maybe he was sick of hearing Owens ranting and raving all the time? Might that have had something to do with the breakdown in their relationship?

He is in a world of his own. What a #ick.

Well at least Owens is Man enough to come out and say what happened and not hide like McNabb has and will forever.

 

[Mik789fl]

Owens' Book Questioned --

Sun Jul 9, 2006 --from FFMastermind.com

The Boston Globe reports Dallas Cowboys WR Terrell Owens' book was released at a Wal-Mart outside Philadelphia ahead of the embargo date. This was, of course, viewed as an accident and maybe it was, but what's become public so far is predictable. Owens' problems were all of someone else's making. According to Owens, things started to go bad when the Eagles were 9-1 going into a Nov. 28, 2004, game against the Giants. Owens claims QB Donovan McNabb missed him wide open (of course) and when he returned to the huddle he said cordially, "I was open, dude, and you missed me." Owens goes on to write, "I never thought in a million years he would say, 'Shut the [expletive] up.' " Owens then claims McNabb called him at home to tell him he ran the team, not Owens. Why would McNabb get into a beef over the kind of things wide receivers say every game? Owens can think of only one reason. "I was getting so much of the Philadelphia glory that used to be his," is Owens's explanation. How about maybe he was sick of hearing Owens ranting and raving all the time? Might that have had something to do with the breakdown in their relationship?

He is in a world of his own. What a #ick.

Well at least Owens is Man enough to come out and say what happened and not hide like McNabb has and will forever.

It's owens version of what happened. I'd like to hear from the other 9 players in the huddle at the time,but we won't because things that are said in the heat of a game stay on the field with most players,only self-serving,egotistical,loud mouthed idiots like Ownes try to make them public to serve their own purpose. He's a terrific wide reciever but the distractions not only hurt his team but himself,he's to stupid to realize his best self promotion is his ability on the football field for some reason he needs to attack those around him thinking he makes himself look better. What a waste,a million dollar talent with a 2 cent brain.

 

[CA_7]

Owens' Book Questioned --

Sun Jul 9, 2006 --from FFMastermind.com

The Boston Globe reports Dallas Cowboys WR Terrell Owens' book was released at a Wal-Mart outside Philadelphia ahead of the embargo date. This was, of course, viewed as an accident and maybe it was, but what's become public so far is predictable. Owens' problems were all of someone else's making. According to Owens, things started to go bad when the Eagles were 9-1 going into a Nov. 28, 2004, game against the Giants. Owens claims QB Donovan McNabb missed him wide open (of course) and when he returned to the huddle he said cordially, "I was open, dude, and you missed me." Owens goes on to write, "I never thought in a million years he would say, 'Shut the [expletive] up.' " Owens then claims McNabb called him at home to tell him he ran the team, not Owens. Why would McNabb get into a beef over the kind of things wide receivers say every game? Owens can think of only one reason. "I was getting so much of the Philadelphia glory that used to be his," is Owens's explanation. How about maybe he was sick of hearing Owens ranting and raving all the time? Might that have had something to do with the breakdown in their relationship?

He is in a world of his own. What a #ick.

Well at least Owens is Man enough to come out and say what happened and not hide like McNabb has and will forever.

It's owens version of what happened. I'd like to hear from the other 9 players in the huddle at the time,but we won't because things that are said in the heat of a game stay on the field with most players,only self-serving,egotistical,loud mouthed idiots like Ownes try to make them public to serve their own purpose. He's a terrific wide reciever but the distractions not only hurt his team but himself,he's to stupid to realize his best self promotion is his ability on the football field for some reason he needs to attack those around him thinking he makes himself look better. What a waste,a million dollar talent with a 2 cent brain.

 

[Peyton Marino]

A thread bashing Owens? No way!

 

[greenroom]

Owens' Book Questioned --

Sun Jul 9, 2006 --from FFMastermind.com

The Boston Globe reports Dallas Cowboys WR Terrell Owens' book was released at a Wal-Mart outside Philadelphia ahead of the embargo date. This was, of course, viewed as an accident and maybe it was, but what's become public so far is predictable. Owens' problems were all of someone else's making. According to Owens, things started to go bad when the Eagles were 9-1 going into a Nov. 28, 2004, game against the Giants. Owens claims QB Donovan McNabb missed him wide open (of course) and when he returned to the huddle he said cordially, "I was open, dude, and you missed me." Owens goes on to write, "I never thought in a million years he would say, 'Shut the [expletive] up.' " Owens then claims McNabb called him at home to tell him he ran the team, not Owens. Why would McNabb get into a beef over the kind of things wide receivers say every game? Owens can think of only one reason. "I was getting so much of the Philadelphia glory that used to be his," is Owens's explanation. How about maybe he was sick of hearing Owens ranting and raving all the time? Might that have had something to do with the breakdown in their relationship?

He is in a world of his own. What a #ick.

Well at least Owens is Man enough to come out and say what happened and not hide like McNabb has and will forever.

It's owens version of what happened. I'd like to hear from the other 9 players in the huddle at the time,but we won't because things that are said in the heat of a game stay on the field with most players,only self-serving,egotistical,loud mouthed idiots like Ownes try to make them public to serve their own purpose. He's a terrific wide reciever but the distractions not only hurt his team but himself,he's to stupid to realize his best self promotion is his ability on the football field for some reason he needs to attack those around him thinking he makes himself look better. What a waste,a million dollar talent with a 2 cent brain.

the book is not a attack on McNabb, but to explain his side of what happened between him and McNabb. From reports of the book he also takes blame for what happened.

 

[acefootball]

This happens every summer with TO. Let the fun begin !

 

[menobrown]

They were talking about this on a Dallas Radio station Friday and the talk show host, Norm Hitzges, said TO is one of the few people in the world who can write a book to defend himself and make himself look worse.

I know the public perception seems to be that Dallas is going to get the best of TO for at least year number. Two things make me not so sure about this. As was mentioned before Parcells had nothing to do with bringing TO in, it was all Jerry. The biggest problem I see is TO trying to pull his shenanigans with Bledsoe. You all saw how Bledsoe jumped all over Keyshawn in a game last year when Keyshawn made a mistake and afterward Bledsoe let it be known he was the leader of the team. I'm not so sure I see a harmonious relationship between Bledsoe(Parcells boy) and TO.

 

[Slider]

TO was a jackass but McNabb set him off. As much as you all hate TO and love McNabb, TO is a way better pro based on ability and more of a man. He's also the bigger idiot. McNabb is as much a leader as my sisters cat.

 

[Marc Levin]

This happens every summer with TO. Let the fun begin !

Inside the football stripes, Owens is a man among boys.

Outside the stripes he's a useless melodramatic infant.

 

[Marc Levin]

McNabb is as much a leader as my sisters cat.

??????Wow - this seems like a totally indefensible position. Would like to see the argument here.

 

[Biabreakable]

If Owens does not get the targets from Bledsoe that he thinks he should get I am sure we will hear about it. And with the big ego's of Parcells and to a lesser extent Bledsoe I could see this becoming ugly.

Bledsoe has some rapport with Glenn and a historical tendency of using the Te more than a average Qb does. I wonder if TO can accept this and keep his mouth shut? Considering his past behavior this does not seem likely.

Parcells yanked Antonio Bryant from the lineup for complaining and then traded him.

All happy in cowboy land?

 

[Slider]

McNabb is as much a leader as my sisters cat.

??????Wow - this seems like a totally indefensible position. Would like to see the argument here.

1st Championship game- Fumble early and throw int to end it.2n- INT to end it.

3rd -INT to end it.

Superbowl- 3 INT's and a puke at the end.

Career 58% passer with a low YPA and a high sacks taken ranking (yeah, that's why his INT's are low).

17 guys going to TO's party AFTER last season.

McNabb bringing out the race card about Owens during the Superbowl. Why?

You need more?

 

[Marc Levin]

If Owens does not get the targets from Bledsoe that he thinks he should get I am sure we will hear about it. And with the big ego's of Parcells and to a lesser extent Bledsoe I could see this becoming ugly.Bledsoe has some rapport with Glenn and a historical tendency of using the Te more than a average Qb does. I wonder if TO can accept this and keep his mouth shut? Considering his past behavior this does not seem likely.

Glenn had 118 targets last year - it is reasonable to expect Owens to have at least that many, and it is highly possible for him to get an additiojnal target or two per game to raise him to over 130 targets. That, IMO, is plenty to keep TO happy and to allow him to have over 1200 yards and over 12 TDs.I do not see TO melting down this year, though I def. understand why folks see it as a distinct possibility.

 

[Marc Levin]

McNabb is as much a leader as my sisters cat.

??????Wow - this seems like a totally indefensible position. Would like to see the argument here.

1st Championship game- Fumble early and throw int to end it.2n- INT to end it.

3rd -INT to end it.

Superbowl- 3 INT's and a puke at the end.

Career 58% passer with a low YPA and a high sacks taken ranking (yeah, that's why his INT's are low).

17 guys going to TO's party AFTER last season.

McNabb bringing out the race card about Owens during the Superbowl. Why?

You need more?

Yes.Those things do NOT disprove his "leadership" ability. The guy was HUGE for the team and was their clear leader until his injury last year.

 

[MLBrandow]

Career 58% passer with a low YPA and a high sacks taken ranking (yeah, that's why his INT's are low).

Are you actually suggesting it's smarter to turn the ball over than lose a few yards? Would you like to join my fantasy football league?

 

[Slider]

McNabb is as much a leader as my sisters cat.

??????Wow - this seems like a totally indefensible position. Would like to see the argument here.

1st Championship game- Fumble early and throw int to end it.2n- INT to end it.

3rd -INT to end it.

Superbowl- 3 INT's and a puke at the end.

Career 58% passer with a low YPA and a high sacks taken ranking (yeah, that's why his INT's are low).

17 guys going to TO's party AFTER last season.

McNabb bringing out the race card about Owens during the Superbowl. Why?

You need more?

Yes.Those things do NOT disprove his "leadership" ability. The guy was HUGE for the team and was their clear leader until his injury last year.

Lol, you might want to check out the D's rankings those years.

 

[gman8343]

McNabb is as much a leader as my sisters cat.

??????Wow - this seems like a totally indefensible position. Would like to see the argument here.

1st Championship game- Fumble early and throw int to end it.2n- INT to end it.

3rd -INT to end it.

Superbowl- 3 INT's and a puke at the end.

Career 58% passer with a low YPA and a high sacks taken ranking (yeah, that's why his INT's are low).

17 guys going to TO's party AFTER last season.

McNabb bringing out the race card about Owens during the Superbowl. Why?

You need more?

Yes.Those things do NOT disprove his "leadership" ability. The guy was HUGE for the team and was their clear leader until his injury last year.

He certainly demonstrated clear clock management ability in the waning minutes of the Super Bowl two years ago.

 

[Slider]

Career 58% passer with a low YPA and a high sacks taken ranking (yeah, that's why his INT's are low).

Are you actually suggesting it's smarter to turn the ball over than lose a few yards? Would you like to join my fantasy football league?

Huh? No, find a WR or throw it away would be nice options. Yes, I would love to join your FF league.

 

[Slider]

McNabb is as much a leader as my sisters cat.

??????Wow - this seems like a totally indefensible position. Would like to see the argument here.

1st Championship game- Fumble early and throw int to end it.2n- INT to end it.

3rd -INT to end it.

Superbowl- 3 INT's and a puke at the end.

Career 58% passer with a low YPA and a high sacks taken ranking (yeah, that's why his INT's are low).

17 guys going to TO's party AFTER last season.

McNabb bringing out the race card about Owens during the Superbowl. Why?

You need more?

Yes.Those things do NOT disprove his "leadership" ability. The guy was HUGE for the team and was their clear leader until his injury last year.

I always thought a leader stepped it up in the bigtime. Mind putting McNabb's Championship and Superbowl game ratings uo here?

 

[Marc Levin]

So, John Elway is not a good leader because he struggled in the SB?

 

[Slider]

So, John Elway is not a good leader because he struggled in the SB?

Who's talking about Elway? BTW, he didn't win a thing til he got to play in the WCO. Something Mr 58% has been in his whole career. And why would you limit it to Superbowls when there were a few Chapionship games that preceded that. Seems you're starting to run out of steam.

 

[Marc Levin]

So, John Elway is not a good leader because he struggled in the SB?

Who's talking about Elway? BTW, he didn't win a thing til he got to play in the WCO. Something Mr 58% has been in his whole career. And why would you limit it to Superbowls when there were a few Chapionship games that preceded that. Seems you're starting to run out of steam.

yes - out of steam - b/c you haven't convinced me and I donlt feel like arguing it with you - I simply dont care enough.I've read your arguments and support and they don't convince me of anything regarding McNabb's "leadership" ability.

I'd say, go ahead and use the data dominator and look at his comeback/close games stats - and his numbers in the red zone - and you will see evidence of a leader.

 

[Slider]

So, John Elway is not a good leader because he struggled in the SB?

Who's talking about Elway? BTW, he didn't win a thing til he got to play in the WCO. Something Mr 58% has been in his whole career. And why would you limit it to Superbowls when there were a few Chapionship games that preceded that. Seems you're starting to run out of steam.

yes - out of steam - b/c you haven't convinced me and I donlt feel like arguing it with you - I simply dont care enough.I've read your arguments and support and they don't convince me of anything regarding McNabb's "leadership" ability.

I'd say, go ahead and use the data dominator and look at his comeback/close games stats - and his numbers in the red zone - and you will see evidence of a leader.

Ok, but I would rather continue sitting in section 133 and seeing how he looks lost. Fair enough, I'll never convince you but I know I'm right.

 

[Marc Levin]

Fair enough, I'll never convince you but I know I'm right.

It's all you buddy - I'll let someone who cares about the Eagles defend mcnabb - I just don't care enough.

 

[BigRed]

WHOO HOOOOOOOOO GB ANOTHER OWENS THREAD

We were way overdue!

He good!

 

[Captain Quinoa]

They were talking about this on a Dallas Radio station Friday and the talk show host, Norm Hitzges, said TO is one of the few people in the world who can write a book to defend himself and make himself look worse.

I know the public perception seems to be that Dallas is going to get the best of TO for at least year number. Two things make me not so sure about this. As was mentioned before Parcells had nothing to do with bringing TO in, it was all Jerry. The biggest problem I see is TO trying to pull his shenanigans with Bledsoe. You all saw how Bledsoe jumped all over Keyshawn in a game last year when Keyshawn made a mistake and afterward Bledsoe let it be known he was the leader of the team. I'm not so sure I see a harmonious relationship between Bledsoe(Parcells boy) and TO.

But TO doesn't make mistakes.

 

[Sopranos]

WHOO HOOOOOOOOO GB ANOTHER OWENS THREAD

We were way overdue!

He good!

He real Good

 

[Captain Quinoa]

For serious I got burned in the second half by TO last year but would not hesitate to snap him up in the 2nd round this year.

 

[Pat Patriot]

McNabb is as much a leader as my sisters cat.

??????Wow - this seems like a totally indefensible position. Would like to see the argument here.

1st Championship game- Fumble early and throw int to end it.2n- INT to end it.

3rd -INT to end it.

Superbowl- 3 INT's and a puke at the end.

Career 58% passer with a low YPA and a high sacks taken ranking (yeah, that's why his INT's are low).

17 guys going to TO's party AFTER last season.

McNabb bringing out the race card about Owens during the Superbowl. Why?

You need more?

Yes.Those things do NOT disprove his "leadership" ability. The guy was HUGE for the team and was their clear leader until his injury last year.

I always thought a leader stepped it up in the bigtime. Mind putting McNabb's Championship and Superbowl game ratings uo here?

In the last 6 years, 4 NFC championship games (1 victory), all of the Eagles leaders were on the defensive side of the ball. Brian Dawkins, Jeremiah Trotter, Troy Vincent, Hugh Douglas.Hugh Douglas now works for WIP in Philly and has said on numerous occasions that McNabb is not a leader of that team. McNabb thinks that he is THE leader of the team because he has a $100 million contract. The other players do not follow him like they would a true leader. This is evidenced by a great number of players (up to half the team) attending TO's party after last season.

McNabb is not the leader of the team just because he is the QB and because he thinks he is.

 

[Bri]

McNabb is as much a leader as my sisters cat.

??????Wow - this seems like a totally indefensible position. Would like to see the argument here.

1st Championship game- Fumble early and throw int to end it.2n- INT to end it.

3rd -INT to end it.

Superbowl- 3 INT's and a puke at the end.

Career 58% passer with a low YPA and a high sacks taken ranking (yeah, that's why his INT's are low).

17 guys going to TO's party AFTER last season.

McNabb bringing out the race card about Owens during the Superbowl. Why?

You need more?

eagles record since McNabb enterred the league, eagles record previous 5-10 years before he enterred the league

 

[SSOG]

TO was a jackass but McNabb set him off. As much as you all hate TO and love McNabb, TO is a way better pro based on ability and more of a man. He's also the bigger idiot. McNabb is as much a leader as my sisters cat.

Hey, I hear that they're going to have open tryouts for QB of the Jets next year. If he's really that good, you should sign your sister's cat up!

Career 58% passer with a low YPA and a high sacks taken ranking (yeah, that's why his INT's are low).

Are you actually suggesting it's smarter to turn the ball over than lose a few yards? Would you like to join my fantasy football league?

Huh? No, find a WR or throw it away would be nice options. Yes, I would love to join your FF league.

Your first post said that HIS INTS ARE LOW BECAUSE HE TAKES SACKS. You definitely implied a direct causal relationship- he takes a lot of sacks, and THAT'S WHY his ints are low- which means if Donovan McNabb starts taking fewer sacks, he will start throwing more interceptions. Like MLBrandow asked, are you actually suggesting it's smarter to turn the ball over than lose a few yards?

 

[SSOG]

Also, anytime anyone quotes any of Donovan McNabb's statistics to me, I don't even listen unless they attach a big asterisk and say FOR THE MAJORITY OF HIS CAREER HIS TOP TWO WIDE RECEIVERS (Pinkston and Thrash) WEREN'T EVEN GOOD ENOUGH TO EARN A #3 ROLE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE LEAGUE. IN THE ONLY SEASONS WHERE HE HAD A DECENT TARGET TO THROW TO, THESE WERE HIS STATISTICS INSTEAD.

 

[Bri]

Your first post said that HIS INTS ARE LOW BECAUSE HE TAKES SACKS. You definitely implied a direct causal relationship- he takes a lot of sacks, and THAT'S WHY his ints are low- which means if Donovan McNabb starts taking fewer sacks, he will start throwing more interceptions. Like MLBrandow asked, are you actually suggesting it's smarter to turn the ball over than lose a few yards?

I agree with most of this.Young Donovan ran around like crazy in the backfield trying to buy time and had to be told a zillion times to throw it away or get down and take a sack but don't set yourself up to take a big hit.

He should throw it away instead of taking a sack, so should every QB. That's just not reasonable though. If it were we wouldn't have the high sack totals we do in the NFL each year. It happens, it just does.

 

[LordBourbon]

Owens' Book Questioned --

Sun Jul 9, 2006 --from FFMastermind.com

The Boston Globe reports Dallas Cowboys WR Terrell Owens' book was released at a Wal-Mart outside Philadelphia ahead of the embargo date. This was, of course, viewed as an accident and maybe it was, but what's become public so far is predictable. Owens' problems were all of someone else's making. According to Owens, things started to go bad when the Eagles were 9-1 going into a Nov. 28, 2004, game against the Giants. Owens claims QB Donovan McNabb missed him wide open (of course) and when he returned to the huddle he said cordially, "I was open, dude, and you missed me." Owens goes on to write, "I never thought in a million years he would say, 'Shut the [expletive] up.' " Owens then claims McNabb called him at home to tell him he ran the team, not Owens. Why would McNabb get into a beef over the kind of things wide receivers say every game? Owens can think of only one reason. "I was getting so much of the Philadelphia glory that used to be his," is Owens's explanation. How about maybe he was sick of hearing Owens ranting and raving all the time? Might that have had something to do with the breakdown in their relationship?

He is in a world of his own. What a #ick.

Well at least Owens is Man enough to come out and say what happened and not hide like McNabb has and will forever.

What? McNabb is a bad teammate for trying to keep teambusiness in the locker room!!?!? HA! The mistakes McNabb made was the limited times he responded to Ownes pulling his pigtails.

BTW - apparently that book is better placed in historical fiction rather than non-fiction.

 

[Big Score]

the book is not a attack on McNabb, but to explain his side of what happened between him and McNabb.

From reports of the book he also takes blame for what happened.

Actually, all of the book reviews that I've read, say Owens' DOES NOT accept any blame. It's TO's usual crapola of everyone is against him, it's everybody elses fault, he didn't instigate or do anything, anything negative he might have said was taken out of context...etc...etc...etc...

Here's one review;

"A perfect summer romance: T.O. on T.O.

By Jim Reeves

Star-Telegram Staff Writer

Just what Bill Parcells needed this summer...a little light reading.

And I do mean light.

Settled in with T.O. at about 10:30 Thursday night and, three hours and two pots of coffee later, had knocked it out, all 242 pages of it. Believe me, that says far less about my speed-reading ability than it does the extent of my insomnia and the fact that Terrell Owens' autobiography has lots (and lots!) of short words in it.

Words like "I" and "me."

It's a love story, of course.

Boy (Owens) meets boy (T.O.) and falls in love. They live happily ever after while making everyone else around them miserable.

That's the part that should trouble Big Bill.

I found the book, ghostwritten with Jason Rosenhaus (brother of T.O.'s agent Drew), at my local Wal-Mart, which apparently jumped the release date by about five days. Not that the store was making a big deal of it. I was expecting a can't-miss-this display in the middle of the center aisle. Instead, it was hidden innocuously between editions of new diet books and re-releases of The Da Vinci Code.

I can assure you that T.O. is far less complicated and with an easy-to-figure-out plot: Owens is always right; everyone else is always wrong.

If you're expecting insight, new revelations of T.O.'s stormy relationship with Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb or other juicy tidbits, you'll be sadly disappointed. This is little more than a self-serving, completely one-sided whine about how the whole world is aligned against poor T.O.

Nothing that happened, from the breakdown of his relationship with McNabb, to his locker-room fight with Hugh Douglas, to his suspension by the Eagles, is ever his fault. And on the rare occasion when he does admit to some culpability, he trots out the Kenny Rogers excuse: Yeah, well, maybe I was wrong, but I wouldn't have done that if people hadn't made me upset.

Owens won't even accept responsibility for his infamous shot at McNabb after the Eagles' Super Bowl loss to New England, the one in which he told ESPN.com's Len Pasquarelli, "I wasn't the guy who got tired in the Super Bowl."

In his book, Owens expresses shock to media response to that line.

"The next day, the papers all said I took a shot at Donovan," he [or Rosenhaus] writes. "I didn't mention Donovan's name, but they all assumed I meant Donovan [imagine that]. I talked to Len for a while and said a lot of things to him. That one last sentence was all anybody noticed. I didn't go into that conversation thinking that I was going to say something negative about Donovan. I admit that it looks that way. I admit that at the time, I was angry with Donovan, but when Len asked me if I was talking about Donovan, I would not say I meant Donovan.

"...I did not say, 'Donovan got tired at the Super Bowl,' nor was it my intent to do so. To understand what I meant, you have to understand how I communicate. The best way to describe it is that I operate like a sponge. I soak up what's around me and when pressed, I let out what I took in."

The mentality of a sponge...now that may be as close to a grain of truth as you'll find anywhere in this book, which I doubt even T.O. has read cover to cover.

Or as Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Phil Sheridan noted Thursday, "How many books do you think Owens has read in the last three years? Is there any chance he's read as many [two] as he's had published?"

Sheridan and the rest of the Philadelphia media are righteously up in arms about the book, claiming it's another Owens grenade hurled at the Eagles and their fine city, which is a bit paranoid in and of itself, but somewhat understandable. Owens is described in Sheridan's column as a "no-class, no-clue team-wrecker," a "sociopath" and a "human toxic-waste spill." And those were the nice parts.

I didn't find the book quite so outrageous, merely tedious, repetitive and boring.

How many times can you read one guy saying, "Look, I'm great and you're not" before you start yawning and heading to the kitchen for another cup of coffee?

But Sheridan is right about one thing. There's enough revealed in here about Owens' character, or lack thereof, that should worry the Cowboys.

And, at the risk of spoiling the ending, it should also worry Cowboys fans that in the final chapter, as T.O. describes his signing with the Cowboys, very little is said about Parcells' involvement. Instead, as suspected, it's all Jerry Jones.

"As we sat across from each other on [Jones' private] jet, I watched this self-made multimillionaire tell me that this was one of the happiest days of his career....He explained to me that he had had his share of ups and downs in his life; there were times when he first started with the Cowboys that he was vilified, and he knew what it was like to be treated like Darth Vader."

He will, Owens vows, try to make the Cowboys look like geniuses for signing him by leading them to the Super Bowl in Miami next February. But what makes him really happy is that his contract is for only three years, giving him another opportunity to cash in on yet one more big free-agent contract.

Like I said, it's a love story.

When T.O. says he "loves me some me," he's not kidding.

 

[T Man]

What truly transpired will never be know. What is known is that TO is a tremendous talent and a tremendous primadonna. The things he said and did OFF the football field were childish.

But for those that dump on TO and praise McNabb, isn't it a little telling that the only things said by teammates were generally favorable to TO. THe attendance at his party, etc.

If Donovan was the unqusetioned leader, wouldn't those things be considered a slap in the face??

Donovan is a very good QB, but testifying at the arbitration of TO and the other things he did and said may not sit well with the rest of his teammates. Again, we may never know, byt Philly could very well be a hosue divided still - and my instinct tells me that while TO played a pivotal role, he is not the only one to blame.

 

[Loomba]

In the 90's, it was political correctness.

Today, it is fake rage.

 

[Franknbeans]

the jerk store called...

 

[mightyeskimo]

Well at least Owens is Man enough to come out and say what happened and not hide like McNabb has and will forever.

No way you just went there!! If anyone actually believes the words in this book they may be dumber than TO himself! And yes, the jerk store just called!

 

[JimmyD]

My take on this guy is that he doesn't understand that his actions on and off the field can have a negative impact on the entire team. I think he thinks that no matter what he says or does if he shows up on Sundays and performs at the top of HIS game that its all good.

Great players should lead by example.

Fantasy wise I file him under #1 or #2 WR this year.

Real world I file him under famous people I don't care to meet.

 

[cmap]

McNabb is as much a leader as my sisters cat.

??????Wow - this seems like a totally indefensible position. Would like to see the argument here.

1st Championship game- Fumble early and throw int to end it.2n- INT to end it.

3rd -INT to end it.

Superbowl- 3 INT's and a puke at the end.

Career 58% passer with a low YPA and a high sacks taken ranking (yeah, that's why his INT's are low).

17 guys going to TO's party AFTER last season.

McNabb bringing out the race card about Owens during the Superbowl. Why?

You need more?

I'd need some sisters cat evidence first....

 

[BlueOnion]

If T.O. was in the FFA he would be the greatest fisherman of all-time All of the individuals who don't care for him certainly spent a lot of time fueling his engine.

 

[JetMaxx]

TO was a jackass but McNabb set him off. As much as you all hate TO and love McNabb, TO is a way better pro based on ability and more of a man. He's also the bigger idiot. McNabb is as much a leader as my sisters cat.

I agree with every word you said. There is much in TO's book that I don't question, especially the part about the coaches coming to him and telling him to be easy on McNabb because he gets "tight" in big games. If that doesn't support what I've seen from McNabb over the years, I don't know what does.

Also, if McNabb was a "great" leader he would have known not to respond to TO in the huddle that way, realizing that he's a child mentally and needs to be coddled, not scolded. A "great" leader knows how to get the most from everyone around him and McNabb failed miserably at the most crucial time....once again. Kind of a recurring theme with the guy.

It's funny because during 2004 when everyone in the Linc was singing the TO song, I sat in section 226 during every home game and wondered how the rest of the team felt about him getting such adulation. And low and behold, IMO jealousy got the best of McNabb and that ultimately was the reason for the lash out against TO and the downward spiral.

 

[DrJ]

According to Owens, things started to go bad when the Eagles were 9-1 going into a Nov. 28, 2004, game against the Giants. Owens claims QB Donovan McNabb missed him wide open (of course) and when he returned to the huddle he said cordially, "I was open, dude, and you missed me." Owens goes on to write, "I never thought in a million years he would say, 'Shut the [expletive] up.' " Owens then claims McNabb called him at home to tell him he ran the team, not Owens. Why would McNabb get into a beef over the kind of things wide receivers say every game? Owens can think of only one reason. "I was getting so much of the Philadelphia glory that used to be his," is Owens's explanation. How about maybe he was sick of hearing Owens ranting and raving all the time? Might that have had something to do with the breakdown in their relationship?

He is in a world of his own. What a #ick.

That was really when things "started to go bad"? The tantrum that Owens threw on the sidelines 3 weeks earlier doesn't even register I bet, where he was stalking McNabb around screaming in his face....