Eagles ready to go without T.O.

Friday, June 10, 2005 | 9:13 a.m.

SUN WIRE SERVICES

The Philadelphia Eagles still don't know if Terrell Owens will show up for training camp after he held out of offseason minicamps because he wants to renegotiate the seven-year deal worth almost $49 million he signed in March 2004.

Coach and general manager Andy Reid said Thursday it's been a few weeks since he talked to Drew Rosenhaus, Owens' agent, but the Eagles' stance hasn't changed. They're not willing to renegotiate a new deal for the receiver who helped lead them to the Super Bowl.

Owens says he simply wants to be paid like one of the top players in the game.

"It's a pretty simple process. Either T.O.'s going to show up or he's not going to show up. He's going to play or he's not going to play," Reid said. "I've said this before, would we like to have T.O.? Sure. We'd like to have him. Can we plug somebody else in there and still win Super Bowls? Yeah, absolutely we feel that way."

Patriots coach Bill Belichick said only that Seymour's absence was unexcused but he would not comment on whether it is the contract holdout the All-Pro defender had hinted at this offseason.

Seymour signed a six-year deal as a rookie that was to pay him $14.3 million. It still has two years left.

The team will lose its "organized team activities" -- essentially practices without pads -- scheduled for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Hill would not divulge the reason he was fired and was "surprised" by the firing, which he said was done by president and general manager Rich McKay.