Terrell Owens is learning the hard way. If you don’t play nice, eventually no one will want to play with you.
It was rumored earlier this month that quarterback and friend to T.O., Donovan McNabb, mentioned to the Redskins organization that he wouldn’t mind T.O. on their squad for the upcoming year. This of course made headlines all across the interwebs because it was believed that the two had hated each other. I believe the popular saying is “time heals all wounds”. In this case that may be true for McNabb and Owens, but no amount of time will make anyone in any front office forget about the antics and drama that T.O. brings to each locker room. The Redskins obviously saw T.O. as more of a risk than a reward and passed on the opportunity.
I doubt money was the issue with this decision either. Wade, Galloway and Owens wouldn’t and shouldn’t have expected a contract for more than a year and it just seems that the Redskins wanted to avoid any kind of rocking of the boat that might have come with Owens. T.O. has made his bed and now he has to sleep in it. He gave himself the reputation that he has and he has no one to blame for it but himself.
With all this said about Owens, it doesn’t mean that no one will take him. His talent is too valuable to some teams in need. Also, the risk to reward ratio is subjective by each team. Some teams, like the Lions, will see Owens as more of an asset than a setback to an offense. With Owens and Megatron out wide to the sides and a second year quarterback who seems to have found his ground, the Lions could make the turnaround of the decade for any team in the NFL. That is assuming that the Lions will take the chance on T.O., but let’s be honest, what do they have to lose? They can’t lose more games and they can’t lose more fans. I say pick up T.O. and watch your fan attendance and win total rise substantially.