After spending several hours filming a soup commercial with his parents, Sam and Wilma, at Lincoln Financial Field, McNabb said that if nothing else, money would bring Owens back. Not more money. The threat of losing it.
"Are you saying you'll sit out and lose money in order to try to get more money, and if it doesn't happen, that you will get that new contract when you've already lost money?" McNabb said. "I don't think people can really sleep well with that. So I expect everyone to be there."
"Everyone" includes Owens, running back Brian Westbrook, and defensive tackles Hollis Thomas and Corey Simon.
Asked whether "a man" should honor his contract, McNabb smiled and replied, "Are you trying to get me?" before adding, "When you sign your name on the dotted line, that's your deal, and you know that's a decision you had to make."