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Eagles line up to fill T.O.'s shoes

By wire services
Published November 12, 2005

PHILADELPHIA - Greg Lewis didn't work on his dance moves. Reggie Brown hasn't thought of any new routines. Billy McMullen isn't the showboating type.

The Eagles wide receivers are too busy trying to fill Terrell Owens' shoes on the field to worry about imitating his touchdown celebrations.

"I'm not trying to be somebody I'm not," said Lewis, a third-year pro who has two career TDs, including one in the Eagles' Super Bowl loss to New England.

"That ain't me. I'll leave it to somebody else," said McMullen, who hasn't scored in three seasons.

While the Eagles don't need someone to match T.O.'s innovative end zone theatrics, they must find a way to replace his skills.

The dismissed All-Pro wideout had 47 receptions for 763 yards and six touchdowns in seven games. Lewis, Brown and McMullen have combined for 50 catches, 663 yards and two scores this season.

"It's a difference but it's not a difference where I need to change what I do," Lewis said. "I can't do what he did, and I'm not going to try to do what he did. I'm just going to go out and play my game and do what I'm capable of doing, and I think the other guys are going to do the same. We're going to make it work."

BRONCOS: Backup receiver Todd Devoe was back at practice one day after he told coach Mike Shanahan that his father had been shot and killed. According to Shanahan, Devoe's father was killed in Fort Lauderdale. Law enforcement officials in Fort Lauderdale and Broward County said there had been no reported homicides in their jurisdictions.

CHIEFS: Running back Priest Holmes, out for the rest of the season with head and neck trauma, is taking a break back home in Texas and is not thinking about retirement, his father, Herman Morris, said in Friday's Kansas City Star.

JAGUARS: Running back Fred Taylor will not play Sunday against Baltimore because of an injury to his right ankle.

PACKERS: Running back Walt Williams was placed on injured reserve with a hamstring injury.

SAINTS: Cornerback Fakhir Brown was arrested Wednesday in San Antonio, Texas, on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Brown is the second Saints player to face a DWI charge in two weeks. Linebacker Courtney Watson was charged with drunken driving on Oct. 26.

TEXANS: Rookie center Drew Hodgdon was placed on the injured list with a right foot injury that likely will require surgery.

VIKINGS: Quarterback Daunte Culpepper will have surgery on his right knee next week to repair torn ligaments. The length of his rehabilitation is unknown, but the team expects the three-time Pro Bowl player to be ready for the 2006 season.

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