Terrell Owens told Philadelphia's WPEN-FM that DeSean Jackson shouldn't take the field for the Eagles' Sunday season opener against the Rams without a new contract. "Absolutely not," Owens said. "I would have to better myself and my family and my situation. That's ridiculous." Jackson is in the final year of his rookie contract, which will pay him about $600,000. Owens said Jackson must have been advised "to go in there, be a man about it and play under the existing contract that he has," but added, "I guarantee you -- if he goes out and gets hurt, god forbid, he's not going to get the contract that he probably would have gotten if he held out." Jackson did hold out for a while, reporting 11 days late to training camp.