T.O. reveals in-game incident that started feud with McNabb

Terrell Owens' perception - as an off-field distraction and a player who eroded team chemistry with his self-serving attitude - is likely the reason he was snubbed by Hall of Fame voters two years in a row.

One of Owens' most notable conflicts was with quarterback Donovan McNabb, when the two were teammates with the Philadelphia Eagles from 2004-05.

In a Wednesday appearance on "Undisputed," Owens detailed an incident that he says sparked the deterioration of his relationship with McNabb,

"There was a game, I can't remember if it was … we were playing the Giants or the Browns or whatever the case may be, but throughout the course of practice, there were designed, specific plays for myself," said Owens, according to FOX Sports' Nick Schwartz. "Ran it over and over. Knew it was going to work in the game. Ran that play to a T. Open, wide open, I didn't get the ball. I could hear my teammates from the sideline: 'Why didn't he throw the ball?' So I go back to the huddle and I was like 'Dude, I was open.' And you know what his response was to me? 'Shut the F up.'

"That was disrespectful. I've never disrespected any of my teammates to that degree. And I didn't make a stink about it on the field, I let it ride. I didn't argue about it, I said 'Cool.' But I went in the locker room and addressed him after the game, man to man. Knowing the things that had happened in San Francisco (Owens' former team), I didn't want that to happen in Philly.

"Went up to him, addressed him, told him I didn’t appreciate that and don’t let that happen again. For whatever reason, I don’t know how he took it, he didn’t like it. And that's how things started to unravel. So these are things that you aren't made aware of that I’ve tried to do to make myself a better person and a player based on things that happened in San Francisco."

Owens continued, saying he didn't believe the issues ever affected his play on the field, but that he thought the Eagles fans' love for him bothered McNabb.

"To go into Lincoln Financial Field, do what I did, have 70,000 people chant your name, 'T.O., T.O.,' maybe that got under his skin," Owens said. "But, for me, I didn't have anything personally against Donovan, because I went there to achieve the goal of helping them get to the Super Bowl."