Terrell Owens is expected to report back to Eagles camp on Wednesday. AP
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Last week I went to Eagles camp in Bethlehem, Pa., and offensive coordinator Brad Childress asked: "Remember what you said to me last year about Terrell?"

I remembered, of course. Paraphrasing, but not by much, I told Childress, and Eagles coach Andy Reid last year during Owens' first training camp with Philadelphia: "Terrell Owens will be on his best behavior this year. It's his honeymoon year. He'll be the perfect player, the perfect teammate. He's got a lot to prove. Next year's the year it could blow up."

I am about to violate my own 10-day-old rant about the sports media being too T.O.-minded. Here's why: Ten days ago, Owens was not materially damaging the Eagles' chances to win the NFC title in 2005. Now he is, so he's fair game again. I hope this is the last time I need to bash him in this space, but with this lame-brained nut job such as T.O., you never know.

The last straw, which lit my fuse like nothing I've heard in 25 years of covering sports, came last Thursday when Owens said on ESPN that he went off the previous day because Reid told him to shut up. Owens told his coach no one but the people who raised him could talk to him that way. And I thought: What society of enablers allowed this child -- and that is what he is, a child -- to think that in the NFL it is improper for a coach to tell a player to shut up? I just spent three weeks watching NFL teams practice and talked extensively to players and coaches, and I've heard some of the most vein-popping name-calling you'd hear in any workplace. I saw Miami coach Nick Saban browbeat a rookie for forgetting his shoulder pads at practice. I heard Atlanta assistant Alex Gibbs verbally and crudely bash several offensive linemen after a missed assignment. I heard Baltimore offensive coordinator Jim Fassel ream out his offensive line for sluggish play. I saw Green Bay defensive coordinator Jim Bates get in the face of a defensive lineman because he got blocked, questioning the guy's manhood in front of every player in camp.

And Owens is offended because he was told to shut up.

Here are two significant things about the relationship between Owens and Reid.

1. Last year, before the Eagles traded for Owens, Reid didn't trust T.O. as far as he could throw him. Reid and Steve Mariucci had coached on the same Green Bay staff in the '90s and Reid knew if you had trouble playing for Mariucci, which Owens did in San Francisco, you'd have trouble playing for anyone. But Owens passionately pleaded that he was misunderstood, he was a gamer and a great teammate and if the Eagles took him there weren't going to be any problems. And so Reid screwed up. He trusted that Owens was a quality guy.