Oct 29 2004
Meanwhile in the Illadelph…
Terrell Owens is at it again, this time blaming the media for drudging up a quote from his autobiography during the week before the Eagles’ matchup against the Baltimore Ravens.
The quote is from Ravens GM Ozzie Newsome, who allegedly told Owens’ agent that Newsome himself “was a black man from Alabama just like T.O.,” and that “sometimes a black man’s gotta be slapped.” Supposedly, once T.O. got word of that quote, he didn’t want to play in Baltimore. Newsome said he didn’t want to talk about the issue, but he didn’t deny the quote, either.
“They’d try and find something,” said Owens of the media. “Why didn’t they bring it up last week or the week before? The book’s been out… A lot of people are looking for me to fail. They’re looking for some type of distraction.”
Of course, the Eagles are in need of a little distraction, since they don’t want anyone to realize that the Eagles’ backfield is starting to resemble the Carolina Panthers’ backfield. Correll Buckhalter and Jon Ritchie are both out for the season with knee injuries and Brian Westbrook is nursing a cracked rib and may miss up to 2-4 weeks. Philadelphia is turning to 34-year-old Dorsey Levens, who hasn’t started at running back in 3 years. Head coach Andy Reid insists the offense isn’t going to change. We’ll see how long that remains true.
On the other hand, the Ravens’ running game isn’t much better, with RB Jamal Lewis serving a two-game suspension for “violating the NFL’s substance-abuse policy” and All-Pro left tackle Jonathan Ogden expected to miss up to 4 weeks with a pulled left hamstring. Tight end Todd Heap, who sprained his ankle in a Week 2 matchup against the Steelers, is not expected to play, either.
This begs the question: will the Ravens have any offense at all on Sunday?
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