It’s so nice to get to talk about someone else’s TO problem for a change. If you’ve only recently been rescued from a near-fatal spelunking accident, here’s the story: two years ago, the Philadelphia Eagles were weary of playing bridesmaid to the NFC Champion. To get over that hump, they solicited the services of a preening, narcissistic headline generator named Terrell Owens. With Owens on board, the Eagles went to a Superbowl, and ever since, Owens has been on a full spectrum messianic snit-fit, angling to be anointed the center of the universe with such a perverse display of ego that it makes Bono look like Sam Beam. Flash-forward to last week: Owens, believing that he was not suitably feted for the milestone of scoring his nineteenth touchdown as an Eagle, took to the airwaves with ESPN analyst Michael Irvin and proceeded to drag his team and his quarterback through the mud.

And, so, Philadelphia, quite rightly, hung Owens out to dry – possibly permanently. DCist says good riddance: the guy is so toxic that it’s surprising Erin Brockovich hasn’t drummed up a class-action against him. The only downside to Owens’ suspension we can see is that you just know Danny Six Flags, having been fully immunized against good sense, is looking at his options to bring his cancer here.

Ultimately, there will be plenty of doubters around the country who’ll look at Washington’s 17-10 victory as a win that came solely because the Eagles made the decision to evict Owens from the lineup. However, students of the NFC East know that while Washington-Dallas is the hot rivalry and Washington-New York brings back memories of the old Gibbs-Parcells chess matches, it’s the Redskins and Eagles that usually deliver the great games.