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Terrell Owens has one word for receiver-needy Eagles: ‘Available’

Philadelphia's Terrell Owens runs past Cincinnati's Kim Herring on Aug. 26.
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Terrell Owens isn’t out in his driveway doing sit-ups and hoping some team will notice. The former player with more NFL receptions than anyone other than Jerry Rice simply answered a question on Twitter, and did so in one word.

Still, that word — “Available” — was Owens’ very interesting answer to someone who asked if he would be willing to come out of retirement to help one of his former teams, the Philadelphia Eagles, at wide receiver.

 

https://twitter.com/bmac2838/status/792948649823178753
https://twitter.com/terrellowens/status/793018713247100929

It’s very unlikely this will happen. Owens will be 43 next month and hasn’t caught a regular-season pass in the NFL since 2010.

Still, it might be fun to think about for Eagles fans, whose team is desperate for help at wide receiver. Rookie quarterback Carson Wentz is averaging just 208.3 passing yards a game with only nine touchdown passes in seven games.

Wentz’s top receiver is Jordan Matthews, with 419 yards. Running back Darren Sproles is second on that list, with 227. Tight end Brent Celek leads the team in yards per catch, with 15.8 (five catches for 79 yards).

But then again, maybe the prospect of Owens returning to the Eagles might not seem too fun for fans with good memories. While he was a popular and productive figure his first year with the team in 2004, playing in Super XXXIX despite breaking his leg and tearing a ligament in his ankle just seven weeks earlier.

Soon after, however, Owens’ relationship with the team soured after he staged an extended holdout in hope of renegotiating his contract and multiple remarks taken to be critical of quarterback Donovan McNabb and the team in general. Owens was suspended for the final four games of the 2005 season for conduct detrimental to the team and released the following March.

In the same tweet asking if Owens was interested in coming out of retirement, the Eagles fan also posed the question to another former receiver, Chad Johnson, who played with Owens in Cincinnati.

Johnson didn’t publicly respond to the question, but he did retweet an article about Owens, along with the emoji of a goat. That’s GOAT, as in Greatest Of All Time.

https://twitter.com/ochocinco/status/793255195400634368

charles.schilken@latimes.com

Twitter: @chewkiii

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