T.O. needs a T.O.

Terrell Owens claims he needs a new contract. Apparently he is suffering from Spree-itis. Since he will "only" make $3.65 million or so this coming season, that makes him "underpaid."

Hm. But not if you take the first three years of TO's contract - he'll make around $21 million. Not bad. Yet Drew a/k/a "Rodent" Rosenhaus is only counting the first two years. It's common in NFL contracts to have a lower figure in the 2nd year of a long, multi-year deal. Peyton Manning, for example, will earn far less than his $14 mill per year contract in certain years of that deal (per Howard Eskin of 610-WIP in Philadelphia). Horrors! Get that man Drew's number!

And Stephen A. Smith (of the Philadelphia Inquirer and ESPN) took TO's bait hook, line and sinker. Now Stephen A. is comparing TO's salary to Austin Croshere of the Pacers. Good thing we can compare contracts across sports, I'd have never thunk it. Well, if Spree can't feed his kids on $7-12 million a year, what makes you think TO can provide for his punch-the-time-card mother so she can quit her job? Oh, you didn't hear about her? Hm. Wonder why we didn't hear about her last year when TO got his big signing bonus? Or his previous eight years in San Francisco. "Sorry, Mom. But since Mother's Day is right around the corner, I'll get some brownie points if I bring you into my contract talks".

Let's see - did anyone make TO sign his contract last year? And do they Eagles really cut players before the 3rd year of a 7 year deal? Remind me of one please. Still thinking?

If the Eagles budge on this, they will have rough, rough times ahead.