Terrell Owens already wants a new contract from the Philadelphia Eagles before he starts his second season with the team.
Owens, who helped lead the Eagles to the Super Bowl in his first season in Philadelphia, wants to renegotiate the seven-year deal worth almost $49 million he signed last year.
Owens fired longtime agent David Joseph and hired Drew Rosenhaus, who met with Eagles president Joe Banner last week. Last year, Joseph failed to file papers that would have made Owens a free agent from the San Francisco 49ers. Instead, Owens protested a trade from the 49ers to the Baltimore Ravens, refused to show up for a physical and eventually the three teams agreed to a trade before an arbitrator could rule on the case.
“Everyone knows my former agent settled for a low- ball number because of my situation last season when Baltimore traded for me,’ Owens said. “He told me he couldn’t get a cent more, knowing I deserved more than they gave me.
“They used their leverage to strong-arm us because they knew I wanted to leave Baltimore for Philadelphia, and they capitalized on it. I can’t go for that now. It’s not in me to do that. … If they can do what’s best for their financial future, then why can’t I?’
Jaguars: Defensive tackle Marcus Stroud, who ranked seventh on the team with 80 tackles and had 4 1/2 sacks last season despite playing with a knee injury, signed a five- year, $31.5 million extension.
Redskins: Defensive ends Demetric Evans and Ron War- ner re-signed.
Chiefs: Linebacker Quinton Caver agreed to contract terms to return to the team.
Draft: Four players projected to be taken in the middle to low rounds of next weekend’s draft have tested positive for marijuana, a source said.
They are Wisconsin’s defensive tackle Anttaj Hawthorne and guard Jonathan Clink- scale; defensive tackle Eric Coleman of Clemson; and safety Atcheson Conway of Bowie (Md.) State, according to The Associated Press.
In a case of mistaken identity, more than half the NFL’s teams received false information about a college running back who is expected to be a high draft pick, a report said.
InfoMart, a company in Marietta, Ga., used by some teams to conduct background checks on potential draft picks, confused Eric Shelton, a 6-foot-3, 248-pound junior from Louisville, with a different Eric Shelton, who has a criminal record, ESPN.com reported.
The erroneous background check incorrectly informed about 18 teams that Louisville’s Shelton was arrested and convicted in 1999 for aggravated assault, and that he was charged with marijuana possession in 2001.
