Eagles working to trade TO?

[ice grillin you]

theres a slighty higher chance that the eagles trade TO than take him back on the team

[dis12]

Fool me once, shame on you; Fool me twice, shame on me...

I wonder if any of the GM's out there contemplating signing that horse's ass are familiar with the saying above?
Probably not.

and how many teams are saying, "DAMN, we havent made the playoffs in x-years.  we need to do something, now...let's take a chance". 
It worked for the Eagles...albeit for less than a year.

[qwert246]

Fool me once, shame on you; Fool me twice, shame on me...

I wonder if any of the GM's out there contemplating signing that horse's ass are familiar with the saying above?

Probably not.

No.  He will play somewhere.  People think he will be on his best behavior. 
But at 32, he's pretty much not going to change.  He's an ass for life.

[Rome]

Fool me once, shame on you; Fool me twice, shame on me...

I wonder if any of the GM's out there contemplating signing that horse's ass are familiar with the saying above?
Probably not.

and how many teams are saying, "DAMN, we havent made the playoffs in x-years.  we need to do something, now...let's take a chance". 
It worked for the Eagles...albeit for less than a year.

The Eagles had made the playoffs for four consecutive seasons prior to signing T.O.

[Feva]

No farging way this happens.  Any GM would have to be out of his gourd to trade for this guy, knowing he'll become available 3 days after FA opens.  The bidding war will have a short list, and no one is going to pay big bucks to watch that icehole destroy their lockerroom.

I don't know about that.  The thing is there are too many guys out there that see the production that he still brings at the position and they fool themselves into thinking, "I can handle this guy.  I'll do so and so different from what the Eagles and Niners did and things should work out OK."

I mean... when we were right in the thick of it, you had ESPN and NFL Network asking every Coach/GM/Player under the sun what they would do in the situation with him.  While most seemed to side with the Eagles, a whole lot of them came off as though they could do a better job.  Out of 29 teams (excluding the Eagles, Niners and maybe the Ravens), I don't think it's crazy to think that maybe 4-6 could be really interested in Owens.  That's enough for a bonafide "bidding war" right there.  It's also not crazy to think that of those 4-6 teams, at least one would try to beat the others to the punch and pull off a trade.

I'm not saying we end up with a 1st rounder or anywhere close to it, but I don't think a 4th is that much of a stretch... and considering we only gave up a 5th and a player who's out of the league now... not too shabby.

[SD_Eagle5]

On the NFL channel (Sirius) they asked Gruden about the ESPN report the Bucs are interested in TO. He said he doesn't watch TV and that he's not commenting on a player under contract (guess he doesn't know he's free to seek a trade  ) Rhonde Barber said he doesn't see Owens changing his tude from last season and thinks he'll have the same problems in Tampa. 

[rjs246]

I wish the Barbers weren't such normal dudes. It would make it a lot easier to hate them as much as I do.

[ice grillin you]

eagle fans now sound eerily like 49er fans did when TO was coming to philly

in other words any of you that say TO will implode next year is wrong...TO will be fine wherever he plays next year...its after that where you gotta worry

[SD_Eagle5]

A T.O. Trade Would Be Best Thing For All 




January 10, 2006


He is on the market. Now Terrell Owens will find out what kind of magic his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, can muster by working out a trade with any NFL team.
That is the news here now. According to reports, the Eagles have given Rosenhaus permission to seek a trade for Owens, to engineer a best-case-scenario move.

There is bound to be interest. Why not? Owens is the best receiver in the business, no question about it, and any team looking to bolster its offense might well want to take a look.

We've heard the buzz for weeks and months. Teams want Owens. Teams want his enormous talent and are of the believe that he would fit into their team structure and their offensive system.

It's an interesting twist for those who thought the Eagles would simply release Owens prior to the March date when he's due a $2.5 million signing bonus and $5 million roster bonus. In all, according to reports, Owens is due $8.27 million in 2006.

That's a tasty number, one that might be difficult to attain in free agency. If Rosenhaus is as good as he says he is, then he should be able to find suitors and work out a deal. What would it take for the Eagles to trade Owens? That's a question I can't even come close to answering with any accuracy.

This is one of the many twists and turns the off-season is bound to take, one of the stories to watch, one of the many personnel comings and goings to keep an eye on.

The Terrell Owens story in Philadelphia is not yet complete. The time is ticking, however, with Rosenhaus in control of the wheel for the next couple of months.

[MadMarchHare]

Well, that's the point IGY, isn't it?  What TO really wants is guaranteed money - i.e. signing bonus.  No one is going to want to dump out a 5-10MM bonus to be spread over several years if they know he'll go nuts after season one.  That means a roster bonus.  How many teams have the space to eat a bonus like that next year?

[Don Ho]

On the NFL channel (Sirius) they asked Gruden about the ESPN report the Bucs are interested in TO. He said he doesn't watch TV and that he's not commenting on a player under contract (guess he doesn't know he's free to seek a trade  ) Rhonde Barber said he doesn't see Owens changing his tude from last season and thinks he'll have the same problems in Tampa. 

Donovan Darius S of the Jags was on ESPN Radio yesterday and was presented with the same question.  He said he would prefer not to have TO as the Jags are a tight group, like a family and as great as TO is they can't afford any disruptions in team chemistry with such a young team.

TO wants to play with Pennington?    And he ripped Garcia about his arm strength.  Jeez

[The BIGSTUD]

If Coles and Keyshawn weren't traded I wouldn't think this had any chance to happen. Last year there were stories breaking left and right about how the taterskins were just going to cut the unhappy Coles if they can't find a deal for him. It's basically the same situation. Why would a team trade for someone they know will be cut and why would they take on that current contract?

The only thing I can think of and it's been said before is that one team wants to take care of their receiver issues as soon as possible and guarantee themselves TO so they can focus on the rest of the offseason. Another reason might be that teams fear giving a player like TO a low level contract because of him blowing up down the road. If he's bitching about his current contract imagine what he'd do with one a lot worse than the current one. Then again they could just give him a one year deal to avoid future blow ups, but he may not be content with that.

[pinoyboy2pt0]

Freak, you're saying the Jets could offer us their 4th?  I'd be estatic with that (moreso a 3rd, but hey - that's delusional).

I don't watch ESPN a lot because it's animated shtein...but I was flipping around and that black dude that's on that show on ESPN with the mute button (around the horn?) said don't be surprised if K.C., now with Herm, goes after TO.  Herm loves game breakers, played for the Eagles (don't know if that's relevant), and is a players coach.  K.C. has always been missing that stud WR (who needs Marvin?)...so...whatever.

This off-season is making me go farging crazy.

[methdeez]

This off-season is making me go farging crazy.

Well don't worry, it will be over in only 8 months!

[General_Failure]

I wish the Barbers weren't such normal dudes. It would make it a lot easier to hate them as much as I do.

They're twins. That means they're not normal no matter how normal they are.