You would think that once you get kicked to the curb by Jerry Jones, the man who signed Adam 'Pacman' Jones, Tank Johnson, Terrell Owens, and Roy Williams (the one cries everytime he has single coverage and doesn't get the ball for Detroit) you would never get a NFL roster spot again, but nothing is impossible for Terrell Owens. Owens signed a 1-year, $6.5 million dollar deal with the Buffalo Bills.Which nobody saw coming. Why would the Bills take a risk on a guy like, T.O., well duh, because the move makes perfect sense.
Now could a 35-year old, head case receiver who just kicked off America's Team who brings in everyone, and is going threw a decline on the field make such great sense for a team who is like so little in their city so little in their own city and they have to go north of the border to Toronto to sell tickets. Allow me to explain.
Before I go into all the stuff that makes T.O. so great for the Bills, the quote from T.O. that I read in Peter King, saying how he's going to be the same T.O. that he's always been, I joking said to my dad after I watched him make the quote after I read Monday Morning QB with the quote and I jokingly turned to my dad and said Dick Juron just had same scared clueless look he had all of his career while coaching the Bears (actually it's the same one Vinny Del Negro has every night) But if he's the same douchy T.O. he's going to be of little help to this team.
But on the field T.O. is a solid to great wide receiver, but I honestly think that his problem in his last few stops especially in Dallas was they thought he was the guy who fixed all their problems and get them their ring and blah blah blah, you know he was the guy and it was in glorified mega NFL markets. Now he's on Canada's team not America's and he doesn't have to be the guy, Lee Evans is the top receiver he had similar stats to T.O. last year, T.O. had seven more TDs but that's really it, Owens had a couple more catches and around 50 more yards. T.O. and Lee Evans is a top receiver combo as long they will be a combo and not two guys fighting for catches.
So on the field T.O. is the perfect for the receiving core because Lee Evans. Andre Reed, and Roscoe Parish are all speedy big play guys. T.O. is the physical grind it out guy who will catch the ball underneath and get TDs in the redzone that they so desperately need in Buffalo on the field it makes perfect sense.
There is also the huge fact that this a one-year helps the Bills so much, for two reason.
Reason 1: T.O. always puts on a good face in the first year he is with a team because the first year he is "a changed person and has turned his attitude around because he doesn't want what happened last time to happen there." We heard it in Dallas and Philly and we'll hear it at some point in Buffalo, especially now that he's at the same point as Stephon Marbury in sense of he screwed up so bad that he can't screw up again or he's done in this league, most likely, though Al Davis is still in charge so anything is possible with the Raiders now.
I like to compare T.O. to VH1 reality star Tailor Made. Tailor Made conned his way to to winning I Love New York 2 and has sense broke up with New York and now he's killing I Love Money 2 by making secret alliances to tear down the best alliance in the house which has all the people I like in it (Entertainer, Heat who he got send home for Mexico Monday night, 20 Pack) he's really pissing me off. But he cons people when they don't see it coming and is just a great mastermind of madness and if your on his side and he's going all out for you, you'll be on the winning team. Even though everyone hates him he's a genius and so helpful. If you get on his good side you're set and if you don't you're screwed. Geez now does that sound like T.O. or what?
Reason 2: T.O. puts up his best numbers in year one. Peter King also touched on this in Monday Morning QB. His first year with Philly he had 14 TDs in only 14 games because of his broken leg, but even though I hate to see people hurt I'm almost glad he did so we didn't have to see Andy Reed in his tights, Thank God. But then he came back caught number 15 in the Super Bowl. Then in his first year with Dallas he had 13 TDs. You can't really count year one in San Fran because he was a rookie only started 10 games and caught 4 TDs.
So a one-year deal is really a way to make T.O. excel, but their lies the question of what T.O. will do will to do Trent Edwards, after all he killed Jeff Garcia, Donavon McNabb, and Tony Romo, how will Trent Edwards survive.
This is actually a good chance for Trent Edwards for two reasons. One is the TDs Lee Evans only caught 3 TDs last year, T.O. caught 10, so that will Edwards a chance to get some stats and be recognized by fantasy geeks like myself everywhere. Then this is also a chance for Edwards to prove he has balls and say this is my offense, not T.O.'s mine, it's about winning not T.O.'s stats, not Trent Edwards stats, it's about the Bills winning. Great NFL QBs have to be respected not liked, two great examples are Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. This could be a blessing in disguise for Trent Edwards.
So really signing Terrell Owens is a no-lose move for the Buffalo Bills, he can't kill a team in one year and if he does he'll be off to Oakland next year, plain and simple. If you really want to criticize someone for a decision made in New York how about SNL wrecking a hilarious show with Ray Lamontagne, God that was terrible, I watched it on Hulu and almost took a baseball to my computer. That was worst decision made in New York, not the T.O. signing. SNL killed a great show but get no blame and all the Bills do is make themselves playoff contenders and everyone rips them. It's a crazy world.
So I'm out enjoy Selection Sunday and I'll be back next week with my March Madness preview peace out.
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