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Donovan McNabb danced around questions about Terrell Owens on this morning conference call with the Valley Ranch media. T.O. fired away while discussing his former QB this afternoon.
T.O. acknowledges that he should have done some things differently in Philadelphia, but he pinned the blame for his bitter divorce from McNabb on the QB's fragile ego.
"We obviously could have done some great things together," T.O. said after the TV cameras had left his locker, "but it wasn't me letting my pride get in the way."
T.O. didn't have to be probed much to give his opinion on why his relationship with McNabb went sour. He was asked whether Tony Romo was the first quarterback to really get him.
"Well, I was really thinking that was the case in Philly before I think the fans and just the excitement of me coming there and being there, it became too overwhelming for Donovan," T.O. replied. "Other than that, I think at one point in time I will say that we had a good relationship. I think I got too big for Philly, too big for him. But here, Tony and I have a great relationship."
T.O. recalled throwing Monday night house parties, where he'd alternate weeks serving as bartender with McNabb. But he sensed the relationship changing during the 2004 season, which ended with T.O. making a miraculous return from injury to put up big numbers in a Super Bowl loss to the Patriots - and later pointing out that McNabb was vomiting during the Eagles' final drive.
"I think everybody knows without harping on it too much," T.O. said. "It is what it is. I can only do so much. Everywhere that I've gone, the cameras follow me. I'm going to get a great deal of fan support and a fan base.
"As I mentioned in the conference call [with Philadelphia media] earlier, I can remember being in that stadium and hearing them chanting my name. That couldn't bode well for Donovan to hear that. It was an every-week thing."
T.O., who hugged it out with McNabb at a Super Bowl party a couple winters ago, said he hasn't talked to his old pal in a while. Probably won't any time soon after McNabb hears about T.O.'s latest take on him.
But T.O. still gave Philly's QB some props, in a back-handed sort of way
"I honestly can say that Donovan made me a better receiver in Philly," T.O. said, "but I think it would be hard for him to admit that I made him a better quarterback."
T.O. acknowledges that he should have done some things differently in Philadelphia, but he pinned the blame for his bitter divorce from McNabb on the QB's fragile ego.
"We obviously could have done some great things together," T.O. said after the TV cameras had left his locker, "but it wasn't me letting my pride get in the way."
T.O. didn't have to be probed much to give his opinion on why his relationship with McNabb went sour. He was asked whether Tony Romo was the first quarterback to really get him.
"Well, I was really thinking that was the case in Philly before I think the fans and just the excitement of me coming there and being there, it became too overwhelming for Donovan," T.O. replied. "Other than that, I think at one point in time I will say that we had a good relationship. I think I got too big for Philly, too big for him. But here, Tony and I have a great relationship."
T.O. recalled throwing Monday night house parties, where he'd alternate weeks serving as bartender with McNabb. But he sensed the relationship changing during the 2004 season, which ended with T.O. making a miraculous return from injury to put up big numbers in a Super Bowl loss to the Patriots - and later pointing out that McNabb was vomiting during the Eagles' final drive.
"I think everybody knows without harping on it too much," T.O. said. "It is what it is. I can only do so much. Everywhere that I've gone, the cameras follow me. I'm going to get a great deal of fan support and a fan base.
"As I mentioned in the conference call [with Philadelphia media] earlier, I can remember being in that stadium and hearing them chanting my name. That couldn't bode well for Donovan to hear that. It was an every-week thing."
T.O., who hugged it out with McNabb at a Super Bowl party a couple winters ago, said he hasn't talked to his old pal in a while. Probably won't any time soon after McNabb hears about T.O.'s latest take on him.
But T.O. still gave Philly's QB some props, in a back-handed sort of way
"I honestly can say that Donovan made me a better receiver in Philly," T.O. said, "but I think it would be hard for him to admit that I made him a better quarterback."
