Owens call McNabb a HYPOCRITE..and more

[MissionCoach]

Sorry if this is a repost...the TO plot thickens...I just don't see how the eaGALS and Time Out are gonna mend fences this season...

Clipped from: AP article by Dan Gelston

Quarterback Donovan McNabb insisted he wasn't stung by criticism from Terrell Owens, laughing off the banished wide receiver's remarks before turning serious and telling him to "keep my name out of your mouth."

While Owens left his home for the Bahamas, McNabb joked with reporters, tapped the mikes and rubbed his hands together before taking his seat inside a jammed media tent shortly after Philadelphia's Friday practice.

"Yeah! C'mon, bring it!" McNabb said to laughter.

Owens again blasted McNabb on two separate interviews with ESPN on Thursday, calling the quarterback a "hypocrite" and saying the two of them could not be successful together. Owens also said he had no desire to speak with McNabb.

"It's so funny to me how my name keeps getting thrown out there," McNabb said. "You've just got to have fun with it and that's exactly what we're doing."

Owens was told to go home Wednesday after a heated dispute with coach Andy Reid - and to stay there for a week. He's since lifted weights and shot hoops in front of the reporters camped outside his house and had harsh words for Reid and McNabb in TV interviews.

On Friday morning, Owens left his Moorestown, N.J., home with two suitcases and went to Philadelphia International Airport, where he told KYW-TV as he headed to a security gate: "I'm going to the Bahamas. I'm going to get a tan."

McNabb, light and smiling throughout his interview, agreed with Owens the two didn't necessarily have to speak to win.

"I still to this day see no reason for us to talk," McNabb said. "When we step on this field, it's all about business. We're professionals that line up and do the right thing."

This was the second time this year McNabb has warned Owens to stop talking about him.

After Owens complained that McNabb was tired in the Super Bowl, McNabb said "Just keep my name out of your mouth," during a mandatory minicamp.

McNabb, who made a recruiting pitch to get Owens to Philadelphia before last season, was tired of hearing Owens complain.

"Now for my name to be thrown out again, this is the second time. Keep my name out of your mouth," he said. "Keep my family's name out of your mouth."



Owens called McNabb a "hypocrite" on Thursday because the quarterback said publicly that he did not want to meet with Owens, while T.O said McNabb did try to arrange a meeting. McNabb said he didn't learn until Thursday that his brother did reach out to someone close to Owens to arrange a meeting where the two Eagles could possibly work out their differences. McNabb was bothered that Owens brought his family into his televised rants.

"My family doesn't need to be involved in any of this. I don't need to be involved in any of this," he said. "Now when you bring my family into it, I have a problem."

 

[Mr. Fantasy]

Thanks for the post but please.... ray2: lets take all the Owens crap out of this forum. NFL Zone maybe? Doesnt he have enough press?

 

[Tuna Helper]

I'd bet my next paycheck that Owens doesn't even know what the word "hypocrite" means.

 

[TobiasEagle77]

FWIW... It was the best McNabb press conference I've ever watched. McNabb doesn't usually give a whole lot to the media, but he was totally himself in this pc.

 

[LaTunaNostra]

FWIW... It was the best McNabb press conference I've ever watched. McNabb doesn't usually give a whole lot to the media, but he was totally himself in this pc.

Yes, it was interesting.

I like and respect Donovan.

And feel bad every year it seems there is a brouhaha surrounding him, thru no fault of his own.

First the Rush thing, which he handled, imo, perfectly.

Then the signing of TO after his lobbying of the FO to get him more weapons. The press seemed to have been putting TO's potential for disruption on Donovan, disruption that was sadly (for you guys )borne out.

Then the fall out from last year's SB loss. Mumbles humiliates EVERY QB in some way to some degree, and the poster boy for it is Manning...that BB chose to have his D run Donovan dry heave ragged is not, imo, a fact that should have led to such trashing of McNabb.

Now DM is embroiled in this nutcase generated mess.

He's the divisional 'enemy', but I continue to be impressed by his maturity, leadership, common sense, and savvy handling of the press. That pc was an example of how he knows just how far to go, and still remain genuine.