If philly can find someone willing to trade for him that might solve their problems. Can Philly just keep suspending him for the length of his contract?

Basically how it works is…and I’m going ultra-simple w/ this, is the signing bonus the player gets in their contract is spread out through each year. Owens signed a 7 year deal, let’s say hypothetically he got a 14 million dollar signing bonus. 2 million would be paid to him prior to each season in a lump sum.

If you trade or release a player, the cap hit is at least the bonus amount, and then there’s a calculation that makes it even larger…it might even be the entire salary for the next season.

So while the talk about him being over and done with in Phily is all we’re hearing, it’s going to be bad for the Eagles to move or release him as they’ll be paying for it next season.

The best thing they can do is somehow get him back on the field. Get him to sign something that could relieve them of their future commitment…the best thing would be to offer him a one year deal (if they have the cap space), so he can leave as a free agent once the season’s over.

The agent and TO both know that Philly isn’t about to take that big of a cap hit without trying a few things first.

That’s why I think both sides have been negotiating w/ all of the events of the past week. The Eagles made it crystal clear to TO that they’re willing to play dirty if they need to, and the circus rolls on.

TO would definitely help the Broncoes, but for him to get there…they’d have to rework his contract for a lot of money. How many years does Rod Smith have left in his legs?

maybe it’s being a fan in Boston, but fans have a short memory. If the Eagles fail to get anywhere this year, there will be fans who’ll question how they handled the TO thing.

A couple years back, the Postons (sp?), agents for Lawyer Milloy and Ty Law got Bellicheck so fed up that he just avoided having to deal with them or any of their clients at all costs. Law and Milloy weren’t as bad as TO…and Rosenhaus is like the Postons on acid.

McNabb has already proven in his career that there’s a ceiling he’s bound to hit if his guys can’t get open. The Giants and Cowboys can put up a two TD lead, just like the Broncos did.

Owens will hear it from his friends (if he has any of those), to blame his agent and make nice w/ the team. It’ll start making sence to him, and then it’s all about how many games they won without him. If they’re 1-3 or 2-2 in the 4 games, odds are good they’ll try something.