The Atlanta Falcons agreed to terms with five of their eight picks on Sunday. The team has yet to sign first-round selection Roddy White. General manager Rich McKay said Sunday that Atlanta will sign defensive tackle Jonathan Babineaux, linebacker Jordan Beck, offensive tackle Frank Omilaye, running back DeAndra Cobb and defensive tackle Darrell Shropshire before the team's first practice Monday.

As a war of words between Eagles president Joe Banner and Terrell Owens heats up, T.O. told CSS SportsNite in Atlanta on Thursday that he is willing to leave Philly if the team won't redo his contract, which still has six years remaining on a $49 million deal. "It doesn't bother me," Owens said about Banner's comments. "When it all boils down to it, I'm doing what's best for my family. Not to stir anything up, but I don't really have to play for the Eagles, to be honest. I can go play with any other team and still be productive. "If [Banner] feels that way, then get rid of me," he continued. "I have no gripes, no ill feelings toward any of the players on that team. This is business. They know how business is conducted. I've told them what I'm doing is for my family. If they can't understand that -- and if they feel like I'm a no-nonsense guy -- he wants to talk about Drew and I -- if we're problems then I feel like we can be adults about it. Trade me. Release me, and we can part ways like adults." Owens has a specific idea of where he'd like to be traded. "If Joe Banner can give Drew Rosenhaus permission to seek a trade," he told SportsNite, "who knows, Atlanta might be on the list of people that I could play for." Owens' comments came after Banner criticized the receiver and agent Drew Rosenhaus in the Philadelphia Daily News. "If we were dealing with somebody who was looking at this logically and was going to come to a common-sense conclusion, you'd say [he'll report to camp on time]," Banner told the Daily News. "But you're dealing with two people here who, frankly, don't think in common-sense terms. Anything can happen. They're not going to necessarily do what makes sense." Rosenhaus told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the odds of Owens reporting to training camp on time are "50-50." Owens himself told CSS SportsNite on Thursday that, despite the possible fines, he likely won't attend camp. The Daily News, citing a source in the NFL players' association with knowledge of Owens' contract, reported that the Eagles could fine T.O. five-sixths of the $2.25 million signing bonus Owens received after being traded last year, meaning Owens could be out $1.87 million.

The injury is not considered career-threatening, making for good news for the nine-year veteran defensive end Brady Smith. Smith will likely miss the rest of camp and could be sidelined early in the regular season as well after undergoing neck surgery. Specialists in Rochester, N.Y., performed a nerve root decompression procedure over the weekend to relieve persistent pain that Smith had experienced in his neck. Recovery time for the surgery is six to 12 weeks.

Former Miami Dolphins general manager Rick Spielman, who resigned from the franchise early last month, has interviewed for a position in the Atlanta Falcons personnel department. The title and responsibilities of the job for which Spielman is a candidate are not yet known but, given his tenure and background in the league, the position almost certainly would have to be a prominent one. There may be other candidates for the job as well. In a surprising move, the Falcons last month dismissed vice president of player personnel Ron Hill with a year remaining on his contract. Earlier in the offseason, assistant general manager Tim Ruskell left the Falcons to become president of the Seattle Seahawks. The departure of Spielman from the Dolphins five weeks ago was not unexpected, since there had been considerable speculation that first-year coach Nick Saban wanted to have a personnel chief that he chose, rather than one he inherited. The Dolphins subsequently hired former Seattle and New Orleans Saints general manager Randy Mueller, who served three years as an ESPN.com analyst, to replace Spielman.

After resigning from his general manager post with the Miami Dolphins last month, Rick Spielman interviewed for a position in the Atlanta Falcons personnel department. The title and responsibilities of the job for which Spielman is a candidate are not yet known but, given his tenure and background in the league, the position almost certainly would have to be a prominent one. There may be other candidates for the job as well.