• Sources: T.O. hires Rosenhaus to redo deal

[WoodysGirl]

For the interested...
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Add Philadelphia Eagles (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/clubhouse?team=phi) wide receiver Terrell Owens (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?statsId=3664) to the burgeoning list of NFL stars who have retained agent Drew Rosenhaus to do their bidding.

And make him the latest veteran who, apparently, hopes that his new representation will upgrade a contract that already ranks among the league's most lucrative.

League sources on Tuesday confirmed that Owens has hired Rosenhaus, after being represented by Robert David Joseph for the first nine years of his career. Rosenhaus plans to meet with Eagles officials, perhaps as early as Wednesday, to discuss the contract of his newest client, the sources added.

Eagles president Joe Banner, arguably the NFL's top salary-cap manager, did not return a message seeking comment.

Owens is only one season into the seven-year, $48.97 million contract he signed with the Eagles last March after being acquired from the San Francisco 49ers (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/clubhouse?team=sfo). The three-team trade occurred after an arbitrator voided a deal that would have sent Owens to the Baltimore Ravens (http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/clubhouse?team=bal). The contract included a $10.3 million signing bonus. Owens is to earn a base salary of $3.25 million for 2005.

The seven-year contract includes $21.5 million in total base salary and large salary-cap charges during the final three years of the deal, so it is doubtful Owens would have played out the deal. Whether Eagles management is amenable to revisiting the contract after just one season remains to be seen.

Owens, 31, added a big-play dimension to the Eagles' passing game last season. He had 77 receptions for 1,200 yards and 14 touchdowns in his first 14 games, before suffering a broken right ankle. He returned after only 6 ½ weeks of rehabilitation to play in Super Bowl XXXIX, catching nine passes for 122 yards.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=2030532

[Waffle]

Greedy bastid!

[Cowboy from New York]

Did the Eagles honestly think that T.O. was going to be a good soldier for them the whole time he was there? Here's hoping for a long holdout through training camp and a bitter resolution to the whole thing costing the Eagles more cap space. ;)

[jksmith269]

He knows there 8.5mil under the cap and haven't spent any real money. I hope he holds out and then signs and cost them 4mil this season alone.
I hate the Eagles :iggles: :iggles: :iggles: :iggles: :iggles:

[Jimz31]

What a punk. It's not like the whole issue wasn't done on the up-and-up in the first place.

He probably had this in mind from the get-go.

[Witten]

The loss of Freddie Mitchell and Contact dispute with TO, will probably make Eagles WR hungry in the up coming draft. They are probably going to wanting to move up for one of the top 4 WR's(MW, Edwards, Williamson, Clayton). Would they be willing to give up thier 1st, 2nd, 3rd for our #11???

[jimmy40]

What a punk. It's not like the whole issue wasn't done on the up-and-up in the first place.

He probably had this in mind from the get-go.TO's a punk, greedy bastid, , , arrogant .... but he is a hell of a receiver and what he did in the Super Bowl that soon after a broken leg was just amazing.

[Cajuncowboy]

I'm so glad this guy is with the Egirls. They deserve each other. What a honeymoon.

[jksmith269]

I know its speculation that Freddie Mitchell won't be back next year but I have not seen anything saying he has been released as of yet. I hope they keep him suits them right

[HeHateMe]

Good.

Eagles need someone to stick it to them like this and force them to make a decision.

We all knew it wouldnt be long before he started to become the cancer we know him to be.