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Although Owens was eager to leave the 49ers organization, Owens's previous agent, David Joseph, missed a
February 21 deadline to void the final years of his contract with the 49ers (Owens would later fire Joseph). On
March 4,
2004, San Francisco traded Owens to the
Baltimore Ravens for a second round pick in the 2004 draft. However, Owens challenged the 49ers' right to make the deal. Owens assumed that he would become a free agent on March 3, and did not believe that the earlier deadline was applicable. So he had negotiated with other teams in advance of his expected free agency, and had reached a contract agreement with the Eagles, whose fan base strongly supported Owens in his desire to play for the team. The NFL Players Union filed a grievance on his behalf.
Before an
arbitrator could make a ruling on Owens's grievance, the NFL and the three teams involved in the controversy reached a settlement on
March 16,
2004. The Ravens got their second-round pick back from the Niners, and the Niners in turn received a fifth-round pick and defensive end Brandon Whiting from the Eagles in exchange for the rights to Owens. Owens's contract with the Eagles is reported to be worth $49 million for seven years, including a $10 million signing bonus.
In
September of
2004, Terrell Owens released his
autobiography,
Catch This! Going Deep with the NFL's Sharpest Weapon. The book is 288 pages and was written by Stephen Singular. Owens later admitted in 2005 that he has never fully read his own autobiography
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