Terrell Owens is the greatest player in the NFL today, capable of transforming any team into  playoff contenders.  Or at least that is what he is requiring anyone interested in his services to acknowledge before he fully commits himself to any team.  But the T.O. problems weren't caused by Owens obsessive infatuation with Owens, rather, they stem from everyone's inability to prove him wrong.

In T.O.'s mind, he believes he can single handedly carry a terrible team on his back for an entire NFL season.  Or, at the very least, his mere presence can turn a good team into a Superbowl team.  And while everyone and McNabb's mother has cried foul over his numerous statements, no one has considered that Owens may be right.

Blasphemy you say?  Go back to San Francisco when the whole "T.O. saga" started.  With the 49'ers dynasty disbanded and the team in salary cap hell, it was Owens presence that transformed a limp-armed quarterback into a perennial pro-bowl player.  In fact, injuries aside, since T.O. departed the only relevant comment that can be made about the former 49'ers, now Lions QB is:  Jeff Garcia who?

Move on to the Eagles.  Sure in the pre-T.O. era the Eagles may have been a solid team, appearing in three straight conference championships, but they never got over the hump did they? 

Sure enough, as he predicted, in Owens first season with Philadelphia he reinvigorated McNabb's status as one of the elite quarterbacks in the NFL (remember his abysmal start the season before?).  McNabb's statistics rose across the board, most notably pass completion percentage, and the Eagles went to the Super bowl.

During this time all Owens has asked was that he be paid what he felt was his due recognition.  His critics responded with name-calling, his coaches suspended him.  But perhaps if someone had actually sat down and explained why T.O.'s theories were wrong then perhaps this whole mess could've been avoided. 

My solution:  The Eagles are done.  So why not give Owens an opportunity to prove everything he's ever said about himself?  Play him.  And when I say play him, I mean PLAY him.  Every minute, every down.

Owens feels he can carry an offense by himself?  Since nearly every play the Eagles call is a pass anyways, direct every single one of them to Mr. Owens.  Send him deep, send him over the middle and most importantly, send him into safeties.  See if he dares question another teammates stamina after being involved in every offensive snap.

Even better, since Owens loathes offensive coordinators so much, don't even bother calling plays.  Don't disguise anything.  Just keep everyone in max protection and send Owens out ALONE.  Let him choose his routes and draw the plays. 

What have the Eagles got to lose?  If, in the highly unlikely event, T.O. manages to win the game, bow down and revere him as the great athlete he has been telling everyone he is.  More realistically though, perhaps the Eagles can accomplish something more difficult than that ever-elusive Super bowl: Teaching Owens some humility.