PHILADELPHIA -- Forgive Andy Reid for getting a little too revved up after Sunday's 27-10 victory over the Falcons in the NFC championship game.

Goaded by Fox broadcaster Terry Bradshaw, a stoked Lincoln Financial Field crowd and a national television audience, the usually mild-mannered head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles lost his composure. Will injured wide receiver Terrell Owens, Bradshaw demanded to know, be back for the Super Bowl on Feb. 6?

"Well," said Reid pausing, and then giving into the giddy moment. "I have a feeling he will."

Twenty minutes later, in an interview room populated by several hundred media types, Reid distanced himself from those remarks.

"I got caught up in the emotions," Reid said. "We'll see. We'll see. He was standing right there, so I had to make him feel good."

Owens, for the record, suffered a fractured right fibula and two torn ankle ligaments in a Dec. 19 game against the Dallas Cowboys. Super Bowl XXXIX will be played seven weeks after that gruesome fact.

On Monday, when the topic of Owens dominated his press conference, Reid reiterated his wait-and-see position.

"Somewhere in the next few days here, he's going to try and run on that thing, jog on it, see what he can do and progress from there," Reid said.