Eagles’ owner: Owens’ deal will not be renegotiated

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 | 9:49 a.m.

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The Philadelphia Eagles will not renegotiate the contract of star wide receiver Terrell Owens, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported today.

Owens fired longtime agent David Joseph in April, hired Drew Rosenhaus and started asking for a renegotiation just one year into a seven-year deal worth almost $49 million.

The Eagles have intimated they wouldn't redo the contract, and owner Lurie told the newspaper, "It's not even an issue."

"It's a non-issue," Lurie said. "There are a lot of things I spend time thinking about, but that's not one of them."

Lurie criticized Owens' new agent for giving him "self-destructive advice."

The flamboyant Owens helped the Eagles reach the Super Bowl in his first season in Philadelphia after eight years with San Francisco.

Owens, reached at his offseason home in Atlanta, declined to comment.

Rosenhaus also declined to respond. "My policies are not to comment, so I have no comment," Rosenhaus said.

Owens skipped the Eagles' mandatory minicamp April 29, in a holdout that could extend into training camp, which starts in late July.

"I know I'm a top player in the game, and my current contract doesn't justify that," Owens had said after hiring Rosenhaus.

Asked if he expects Owens to be with the Eagles next season, Lurie said, "If he wants to win a Super Bowl, he should be."

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Green was arrested at his home on the evening of April 25. A woman's voice could be heard saying "help me" on the 911 call before the line went dead.

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The Browns said last week that they were concerned about Winslow's knee. They said his internal injuries weren't severe.

"I am determined more than ever to get back on the field with my coaches and teammates as soon as possible," Winslow said in a statement today. "I'm OK and excited to be going home."

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"I'm just saying that at this point, that doesn't make sense to me, yes," said Silver, who added that his Democratic conference was "seriously divided" on the issue. But Silver later softened that by saying that "the jury is still out" on the matter.

Silver, Gov. George E. Pataki and Joseph L. Bruno, the Republican majority leader of the Senate, would all have to sign off on $300 million in state financing for the project through the state's Public Authorities Control Board.