#If we live in a world where pettiness is truly an art form, #Terrell #Owens might be #Picasso.
#In a much-anticipated interview with #Bleacher #Report’s #Master #Tesfatsion, #Owens addressed the shade directed at him from former #Eagles teammate and quarterback #Donovan #McNabb.
#In what was mostly a cordial interview, the highlight of the ten-minute video will be #Owens flexing the fact that he has a gold jacket as a #Pro #Football #Hall of #Famer, and telling #McNabb that he couldn’t beat out #Rex #Grossman for a starting QB spot.
“I’m in the #Hall of #Fame for what I’ve done and what I’ve accomplished,” said #Owens. “I appreciate the opportunity to have played with him but at the end of the day … check my stats before I got there and check my stats when I left.”
G/O #Media may get a commission
“He’s supposed to be the great quarterback or one of the top quarterbacks in the league in his mind. #You can’t go to #Washington and not beat out #Rex #Grossman.”
#In #January, #McNabb told #Bleacher #Report that the #Owens’ drama in #Philadelphia was a “major distraction” for the team trying to get back to the #Super #Bowl and said that #Owens’ actions were like watching an episode of “Days #Of #Our #Lives.”
#Obviously, #Owens took exception to the words of his former quarterback and retorted that #McNabb was out drinking before their #Super #Bowl game against the #Patriots, which #Owens implies may have contributed to him throwing up in the huddle.
#McNabb denies that vomitous accusation.
The #Hall of #Fame receiver also highlighted what he thought to be hypocrisies in #McNabb’s statements and actions. #Owens said that #McNabb made comments suggesting that those #Eagles teams didn’t need #Owens to be successful, but #Owens said #McNabb still blamed their struggles on him.
#He also illustrated that he wasn’t fond of #McNabb vouching for #Eagles running back #Brian #Westbrook to get a new contract, yet didn’t vouch for #Owens to get a new deal with #Philly.
#When #Owens was asked if #McNabb should be a #Hall of #Famer. #His response was pretty typical.
“I could care less,” said #Owens.
#It’s been close to 15 years since these two players were teammates and the war of words hasn’t ceased. #Maybe this #Owens interview will be the final word in a beef that both men have wasted far too much time on. (#Maybe not.)
“I tried to be cordial with the situation, I thought we had squashed it,” said #Owens. “At the end of the day he don’t make me, man.”
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