Thursday, August 11, 2005

I do not like Terrell Owens

What a crock. Terrell Owens and his agent Drew Rosenhaus are a match made in heaven. I've never seen two guys so completely in love with themselves. These dumbasses were giving an interview to Chris Berman (who embarrassed himself by referring to Owens' playing in the Super Bowl as "heroic") after Owens managed to get himself thrown out of camp for cursing head coach Andy Reid. Yet, most of it consisted of talking about how great Owens is. And Rosenhaus is wearing shirt with a Superman logo on it. Might want to give that ego a little rest there Drew. Oh, and they said the Eagles didn't have to worry about Owens not coming back next week, because "he is a professional". Sure. Asswipe announced that he was going to camp but would be unhappy. He basically admitted that he might be disruptive in camp. Then he gets "hurt" and can't practice. But he can get into a fight with the offensive coordinator and tell him not to talk to him unless he says something first. That should make the offense run smoothly. Then he gets into a fight with Reid because Reid and gets sent home.

How professional is Owens? Am I the only one who thinks that Owens maybe faked his injury? A pulled groin is often one of those "how does it feel?" injuries. He gets to camp so he isn't fined, but he doesn't have to practice. He's made a real ass of himself since he got there. Bet he thinks they may cut him or trade him. I also bet if he's let back into camp on Wednesday that he becomes disruptive again. He may get the chance to hold out without being fined if they keep sending him home. Rosenasshole thinks Owens should be one of the ten highest paid players in the league. Really? I can probably name ten running backs that I would pay more than him. Ole Drew also said that executives (unnamed of course) around the league told him that Owens was underpaid. Assuming that Drew wasn't lying (big assumption), so what? I read a lot of insider reports on the NFL, and I don't read about all these teams trying to trade for Owens. In fact, most say they don't have much interest. Maybe it's the fact that since Steve Young's last full season in 1998, a team with Terrell Owens playing (not on the bench Salisbury) has won exactly one playoff game. And that one had to gall Owens since his arch enemy Jeff Garcia threw for 331 yards and three touchdowns.

I really hope the Eagles stick with what their president, Joe Banner, said. Owens plays for the Eagles or nobody. Actually, I hope it's nobody. I just don't see what the attraction is. As I said, he's played in one winning playoff game since 1998, and that one was followed by him being shut down by the Bucs in the next game. He's a good receiver, but I don't think the distractions are near worth it. Will the Eagles struggle without him, especially with Todd Pinkston getting hurt? Maybe. However, remember this. In 2003, they went to the NFC championship game with their two leading receivers being Pinkston and James Thrash. Neither had more than 575 yards receiving. The year before they made the NFC Championship game with Thrash leading the team with 635 yards. Not to mention that they were in the Super Bowl before Owens came back. The Eagles win with defense, and an offense that makes good use of tight ends and running backs. That is why getting Brian Westbrook into camp was much more important than Owens. The more I think about it, the more I hope he never comes back.

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