A slow NFL news day got a little more notable Wednesday afternoon when Drew Rosenhaus, agent for wide receiver Terrell Owens declared his client 100% healthy and ready to play for a team right now. That’s a big deal for the 37-year old, who underwent ACL knee surgery early this summer. Naturally, Buffalo Bills fans immediately began speculation… if not hope that the Bills would look into Owens returning with the team he played for in 2009, when he had 55 catches for 829 yards and five touchdowns.
From a purely strategic standpoint, it doesn’t seem like the dumbest idea ever, at least not on the surface. The Bills have shown over the past few weeks they could use a downfield threat and the wide receiving unit has been hit hard by injuries. They’ve already lost Marcus Easley and Roscoe Parrish for the season and Donald Jones for at least a few more weeks. Without question despite being past his prime, Owens is a player opposing defenses would have to account for.
However, an Owens return to Buffalo is highly unlikely as Owens at this stage of his career appears to be the polar opposite of the direction Buffalo is headed. Sure, Owens was well behaved during his time in Western New York, almost to the point of appearing robotic, but remember that despite him saying he’d be open to returning, Buddy Nix showed zero interest in re-signing him when he took over following the ‘09 season— and that was when Owens was almost two years younger.
I have little doubt Owens will soon find work somewhere in the league. Even on the decline he’s still a proven talent and surely some team will take a chance on him. However, despite the need for a deep threat so great Buffalo is toying with C.J. Spiller at wide receiver, Owens landing back in Buffalo is probably not a gamble Nix is willing to take.
But until then, I suppose you should never say never.
The Buffalo Bills take the field at Paul Brown Stadium this afternoon against the Cincinnati Bengals in search of their second straight win. While the Bills (1-8) and Bengals (2-7) are both gone from playoff contention, the game has plenty of potential for fireworks.
To accentuate anything notable, CBS announcer Gus Johnson will be calling the game.
Little has gone right recently for Cincinnati. After starting the season 2-1, the Bengals have lost six straight games, the longest streak in the NFL. While the Bengals have been a colossal disappointment, the offense is still fun to watch. Carson Palmer has thrown for at least two touchdown passes in six straight games and will throw plenty of balls to former Bills receiver Terrell Owens. Since week four, Owens has as many receptions (45) and more receiving yards (682) than anyone else in the NFL.
When you looked at this game on the Buffalo Bills 2010 docket several weeks ago, you probably took the liberty of penciling in a loss. The Bills on the road, traveling to a Cincinnati Bengals team that went 10-6 last season to win the AFC North, including an incredible 6-0 sweep over their divisional foes.
The defense was stout, ranked 4th in the NFL last season in yards allowed. Only 18.2 points per game were surrendered, seventh-best in the league. Offensively, Cedric Benson was a revelation at running back, rejuvenating a once-failing career with 1,251 rushing yards. Quarterback Carson Palmer was expected to have a huge year after adding former Bills receiver Terrell Owens and picking up tight end Jermaine Gresham in the first round of the 2010 draft.
But a funny thing happened on the way to a second straight Bengals march to the playoffs. After starting the season winning two of their first three games, Cincinnati suddenly made losing an art form. They’ve dropped six straight games to fall to 2-7 on the season. All six losses have been by a score or less and just like their Sunday opponent Buffalo; they keep finding ways to lose.
By the end of the 2009 season, most assumed that wide receiver Terrell Owens had little, if anything left in the gas tank. Apparently, first-year Buffalo Bills general manager Buddy Nix was among the doubters. He made the decision weeks before free agency began last winter that the Bills would not make an attempt to re-sign Owens, making him a one-and-done player.
It wasn’t that Owens furthered damaged his reputation while in Buffalo. He was on his best behavior and at times almost robotic with the media and his “I’m just going with the plays that are called” verbiage. Rather, it was concluded because Owens’ time in Buffalo would end because at age 36 his best football was long behind him and the team was ready to give other, younger guys an opportunity.
Admit it! OK, even I can’t admit it, but don’t you kind of miss Terrell Owens? Yes, I’m writing about him because he and Chad OchoCinco are coming to town for the Bills vs Bengals preseason tilt this Saturday. Look, I’d be the last person to feed into T.O.’s gigantic ego. I totally think he used Buffalo as much as we used him for football by suckering our city into being the opening montage for his reality TV career. Honestly, I was pretty cool with the guy until his whole ditching of practice to venture into Toronto for a autograph session.
However, even though I dumped T.O., like many jilted lovers, I still think about him once in a blue moon (Cue the tears).
Yes, I’ll confess, I had flashbacks after watching T.O. do his best self-promotion with OchoCinco on ESPN and during the Bengals first preseason game. Even still, that really didn’t do too much for me. What got me was when he wrote a personal letter to the city of Cincinnati; telling fans to mark February 6th (The Super Bowl) on their calendar. He also mentioned a number of other pleasantries, but that was the one that stuck with me.
Ah, yes….the hype machine is in full effect in Ohio and I kind of miss that for Western New York.
By now it’s quite obvious Terrell Owens won’t be returning to Buffalo in a Bills uniform. However, that doesn’t mean he won’t be seeing the Bills in 2010.
There’s a growing buzz around league circles that Owens will end up signing with the Cincinnati Bengals and partnering up with wide receivers Chad Ochocinco and Antonio Bryant.
That would result in Owens facing the Bills—twice.
When it comes to ex-Buffalo Bills wide receivers still looking for work, Terrell Owens gets all the attention. The future Hall of Famer had an official visit with the Cincinnati Bengals in early March, but the team elected to go with Antonio Bryant. In the time that’s followed he’s been reportedly linked to Oakland, Washington and recently Cleveland, but to this point it’s nothing but unfounded speculation.
He’s not the only former Bills wide-out currently unemployed.
Josh Reed is still looking for a team to play for in 2010. He spent time visiting with the New England Patriots early in the free agent process but eventually left without a contract. Since that time Reed has yet to visit with another team. Carolina was supposedly interested before the draft but may have cooled off after selecting a pair of receivers, Brandon LaFell and Armanti Edwards in the third round of the NFL draft.
After trading Santonio Holmes this past week on the heels of getting fed up with multiple off field issues, the Pittsburgh Steelers very likely are looking to fill a hole at the wide receiver position. Given that he’s currently unemployed, Terrell Owens seemed to be a potential match after the NFL draft next week if the Steelers fail to land an adequate player to replace Holmes.
That’s pretty much out the window now.
Rarely one to mince his feelings, Owens took to his twitter Friday morning to publicly question the Steelers organization, namely comparing Holmes to recently embattled quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
Former Buffalo Bills/current NFL free agent Terrell Owens will eventually find a new team to play for. It’s just that nobody is sure where it will be and when it will happen.
Since being told by Buddy Nix a week before free agency the Bills wouldn’t be offering him a contract to return, Owens has only visited one team. That was the Bengals and they decided to sign Antonio Bryant instead, despite ballroom dancing guru Chad OchoCinco’s public pleas for his BFF Owens.
Owens’ agent Drew Rosenhaus said yesterday that at least three teams were interested in his service. Apparently the Miami Dolphins aren’t one of them.
Among other things, Terrell Owens is a reality television star. Going by his latest reported contract aspirations however, he may be slipping from the reality that exists in his head.
Foxsports.com’s John Czarnecki reports that Drew Rosenhaus, agent for Owens is out trying to find a deal that will pay his client at least $5 million per year.
Not going to happen.
Owens has one likely route to one last significant payday, which could come if the Chicago Bears get desperate. Though Owens doesn’t fit into the Mike Martz style of offense, the team could use a receiver and with Lovie Smith’s job in jeopardy are in “win-now” mode. That could push the team to possibly consider Owens. But even then it’s farfetched to think he’ll get $5 million.
A few Buffalo Bills related notes from an uneventful Thursday at One Bills Drive…
♦♦ As of late Thursday night there was still no word on how the team’s meeting with Vikings defensive tackle Jimmy Kennedy went, if he’s still in town or if a deal is imminent. Obviously when the Bills don’t strike quickly with a player they covet it’s not a good sign. I’d hate to use the comparison; but it’s kind of like a kidnapping case. Typically if a victim isn’t found within the first 24 hours, well sadly you know how that usually goes.
Fan reaction to Kennedy is mixed. Some consider him nothing more than a situational depth guy who’s been a bust since being the 12th overall pick in 2003. Others, including this author regard him as the type of body and talent that will help the defensive line better move into their new schematic 3-4 look.
It looks like for the time being, former Buffalo Bills wide receiver Terrell Owens will remain unemployed. Owens visited the Cincinnati Bengals last night, but today the team went with Antonio Bryant, signing him to a four-year deal that could be worth as much as $28 million.
At this time no other teams have publicly expressed interest in Owens and word is Buddy Nix won’t consider bringing him back.
Still, don’t expect the eccentric receiver to be out of work for long. Washington and Miami have already been looking at receivers and a few more will join the fray.
The offseason fun for the Buffalo Bills and the rest of the NFL soon gets underway. The annual free agent shopping spree commences at the stroke of midnight Friday and obviously the NFL draft is less than two months away. The Bills will be looking to find as many pieces as they can to improve their team and speculation bounds daily on how they’ll go about doing it.
They need at least one if not a pair of offensive tackles. Finding a nose guard and at least one defensive end is a priority for the defense as well as various depth upgrades. A quarterback is more than just a miniscule possibility and with news coming out that Terrell Owens and Josh Reed definitely won’t be back, the team suddenly needs help at wide receiver.
The Buffalo Bills have announced that the team has informed wide receivers Terrell Owens and Josh Reed, as well as defensive end Ryan Denney, that the team will not pursue re-signing them. All three players are unrestricted free agents, and will be seeking employment elsewhere come March 5.
For Owens, it’s the end of a one-year marriage gone wrong. One of the most decorated receivers in NFL history, Owens struggled in 2009 as a Bill, hauling in 55 passes for 829 yards, with five touchdowns. Owens’ biggest accomplishment in his one year in Buffalo was recording his 1,000th reception in a Week 16 loss to Atlanta. He’ll be one of the biggest names available via free agency this year.
Free agency is under a week away. The Buffalo Bills aren’t overly concerned about retaining their own because unlike most teams, the Bills don’t have many worth resigning. On paper Terrell Owens is an exception.
But let’s be real here, folks. By all accounts I’ve heard Owens’ interest in playing for a new team is matched only by Buffalo’s desire to have him move on. Don’t get me wrong; there are no hard feelings. Owens did Buffalo a huge favor by signing with the organization. He generated buzz, helped move season tickets and times even helped on the field.
(Admitted hot head fan/blogger Joe Pinzone AKA “JoeFromNYC” has a blueprint to solve the Buffalo Bills woes. Many won’t agree with his views–and we probably won’t either. But they’re still interesting enough to publish. This is the third in a series of moves he would like to see the Bills make to return to respectability)
Is it getting hot in here or is it just me? I already sense the disdain towards my first two moves as Buffalo Bills general manager. The people have spoken and they said I’m crazy to trade Lee Evans. I made my points perfectly clear that Evans is overpaid and the Bills need draft picks. I’m also having people say that Evans is a key marketing tool for the Bills.
The chances of Terrell Owens returning to the Buffalo Bills in 2010 are slim. The aging receiver had one of the worst years of his career in terms of production and though he behaved nobly during his one-year tenure, it’s not exactly government science that he’s expected to sign elsewhere come March.
By league rule there’s always the option of placing the franchise or transition tag on him, making it a near-lock he’d be back in the Bills’ fold. But we’re going to go on a limb and predict that’s not happening.
Mike Garafolo of the Newark Star-Ledgerpublished Friday the price tags that will accompany franchise and transition players. Owens would cost Buffalo $9.521 million if franchised or $8.651 million to transition.
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Terrell Owens, who missed practice on Thursday and Friday due to illness, has been listed as questionable for Sunday’s home tilt with the New England Patriots.
Owens, who has 45 receptions for 705 yards and 4 touchdowns on the season, is Buffalo’s leading receiver. The upset-minded Bills would likely be forced to start Josh Reed next to veteran Lee Evans on Sunday if Owens can’t go. Owens was in team meetings on Friday, reports BuffaloBills.com, and Owens has been listed as questionable and played in games earlier this season.
Terrell Owens appeared on Fox Sports Jay Glazer’s “After Party” yesterday. During the interview, which also happened to be on his 36th birthday (party was in New York City), Owens talked about a variety of things. Among them, he plans on playing another two to three years, and he certainly didn’t dismiss a return to Buffalo next year, although his only concern for now is finishing the season strong.
After being as unobtrusive as a sick child through half his first, and likely only season in Buffalo, Terrell Owens has made some noise on the field the past few weeks. He has 14 catches for 291 yards and a pair of touchdowns in his last two games.
Uninterestingly enough, Owens, known as much for his mouth than his hands, has been utterly robotic with the media. “I’m just going with the plays that are called” is about the most intriguing sound byte he’s given us this season.
His season has turned around on the field, and after Tuesday so has his withdrawn press conferences off it. If Owens is only here for the next five games, he’s ready to make every moment count, whether it’s on the football field or in front of the podium.
That was the expression uttered by Terrell Owens’ bodyguard Pablo on the premiere of the “The T.O. Show” on VH-1 this summer. There could be a million nouns used to pinpoint T.O.’s performance the first half of his season in Buffalo, and beauty wouldn‘t be one of them. Though the first eight games of 2009 Owens grabbed all of 23 passes, managed just 281 yards and caught exactly one touchdown pass. He was on pace for his worst season since his rookie year with San Francisco in 1996.
But a funny thing happened to his humdrum, one-and-done campaign. The T.O. turnaround is in full flight and suddenly, labeling it as beauty would be quite the understatement. Breathtaking may be more fitting.
Let’s give some credit where its due. The Buffalo Bills were facing an uphill battle coming into their Sunday contest at Jacksonville with an already insurmountable amount of injuries, and the bug relentlessly took chomps out of three more starters by days end.
They also had less than a full week to prepare following off-field turmoil after the Dick Jauron firing on Tuesday. Perry Fewell was only named interim coach on Tuesday, so you’ll have to forgive him if every minor detail wasn’t thoroughly covered in less than five days.
But it is what is. Bad teams find a way to lose games and that’s exactly what the Bills did. They had two touchdowns called back on penalties. Fewell and starting quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick demonstrated deplorable late first half clock management skills, which may or may not have cost them four points. And they botched a designed two point conversion fake.
Dick Jauron met with the media this afternoon, a day after the Buffalo Bills 41-17 fiasco in Tennessee that saw them give up 24 unanswered fourth quarter points.
On the injury front, Demetrius Bell suffered a knee injury yesterday and Ashton Youboty left with a high ankle sprain.
Bell will see a doctor again today after seeing the team’s physician yesterday, but Jauron sounded anything but assured he‘d back soon.
“We’re not optimistic about that at this point.” Jauron said., who also indicated they’ll bring in some free agents to work out this week.
When it comes to meltdowns, Amy Winehouse has nothing on these Buffalo Bills.
It was the defining play of the game and for the Bills, their season. In the fourth quarter Sunday of a deadlocked game with Tennessee, the defense faced a third down and goal from just inside the two. Hold the Titans to a field goal and momentum was one their side. Allow a touchdown and the game is likely over.
Chris Johnson took a handoff from Vince Young and went smack dab into Bryan Scott and Paul Posluszny. Two guys went down. Johnson wasn’t one of them. He ran through both Bills defenders, into the end zone, and just like that the Bills were down a touchdown with 10:44 remaining to play.
From there the Bills did what has been customary this season. They folded like a lawn chair. A Titans field goal and two interception returns for touchdowns closed out the game, as the Bills gave up and gave out in their 41-17 defeat.
A slow NFL news day got a little more notable Wednesday afternoon when Drew Rosenhaus, agent for wide receiver Terrell Owens declared his client 100% healthy and ready to play for a team right now. That’s a big deal for the 37-year old, who underwent ACL knee surgery early this summer. Naturally, Buffalo Bills fans immediately began speculation… if not hope that the Bills would look into Owens returning with the team he played for in 2009, when he had 55 catches for 829 yards and five touchdowns.
When you looked at this game on the Buffalo Bills 2010 docket several weeks ago, you probably took the liberty of penciling in a loss. The Bills on the road, traveling to a Cincinnati Bengals team that went 10-6 last season to win the AFC North, including an incredible 6-0 sweep over their divisional foes.
By the end of the 2009 season, most assumed that wide receiver Terrell Owens had little, if anything left in the gas tank. Apparently, first-year Buffalo Bills general manager Buddy Nix was among the doubters. He made the decision weeks before free agency began last winter that the Bills would not make an attempt to re-sign Owens, making him a one-and-done player.
Admit it! OK, even I can’t admit it, but don’t you kind of miss Terrell Owens? Yes, I’m writing about him because he and Chad OchoCinco are coming to town for the Bills vs Bengals preseason tilt this Saturday. Look, I’d be the last person to feed into T.O.’s gigantic ego. I totally think he used Buffalo as much as we used him for football by suckering our city into being the opening montage for his reality TV career. Honestly, I was pretty cool with the guy until his whole ditching of practice to venture into Toronto for a autograph session.
By now it’s quite obvious Terrell Owens won’t be returning to Buffalo in a Bills uniform. However, that doesn’t mean he won’t be seeing the Bills in 2010.
Charles Roberts of Metro WNY has an excellent story about 
When it comes to ex-Buffalo Bills wide receivers still looking for work, Terrell Owens gets all the attention. The future Hall of Famer had an official visit with the Cincinnati Bengals in early March, but the team elected to go with Antonio Bryant. In the time that’s followed he’s been reportedly linked to Oakland, Washington and recently Cleveland, but to this point it’s nothing but unfounded speculation.
After trading Santonio Holmes this past week on the heels of getting fed up with multiple off field issues, the Pittsburgh Steelers very likely are looking to fill a hole at the wide receiver position. Given that he’s currently unemployed, Terrell Owens seemed to be a potential match after the NFL draft next week if the Steelers fail to land an adequate player to replace Holmes.
Former Buffalo Bills/current NFL free agent Terrell Owens will eventually find a new team to play for. It’s just that nobody is sure where it will be and when it will happen.
Among other things, Terrell Owens is a reality television star. Going by his latest reported contract aspirations however, he may be slipping from the reality that exists in his head.
A few Buffalo Bills related notes from an uneventful Thursday at One Bills Drive…
It looks like for the time being, former Buffalo Bills wide receiver Terrell Owens will remain unemployed. Owens visited the Cincinnati Bengals last night, but today the team went with Antonio Bryant, signing him to a four-year deal that could be worth as much as $28 million.
The offseason fun for the Buffalo Bills and the rest of the NFL soon gets underway. The annual free agent shopping spree commences at the stroke of midnight Friday and obviously the NFL draft is less than two months away. The Bills will be looking to find as many pieces as they can to improve their team and speculation bounds daily on how they’ll go about doing it.
The Buffalo Bills have 
Free agency is under a week away. The Buffalo Bills aren’t overly concerned about retaining their own because unlike most teams, the Bills don’t have many worth resigning. On paper Terrell Owens is an exception.
(Admitted hot head fan/blogger Joe Pinzone AKA “JoeFromNYC” has a blueprint to solve the Buffalo Bills woes. Many won’t agree with his views–and we probably won’t either. But they’re still interesting enough to publish. This is the third in a series of moves he would like to see the Bills make to return to respectability)
The chances of Terrell Owens returning to the Buffalo Bills in 2010 are slim. The aging receiver had one of the worst years of his career in terms of production and though he behaved nobly during his one-year tenure, it’s not exactly government science that he’s expected to sign elsewhere come March.
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Terrell Owens, who missed practice on Thursday and Friday due to illness, has been listed as questionable for Sunday’s home tilt with the New England Patriots.
“You can’t rush beauty, Partna.”
Let’s give some credit where its due. The Buffalo Bills were facing an uphill battle coming into their Sunday contest at Jacksonville with an already insurmountable amount of injuries, and the bug relentlessly took chomps out of three more starters by days end.
Dick Jauron met with the media this afternoon, a day after the Buffalo Bills 41-17 fiasco in Tennessee that saw them give up 24 unanswered fourth quarter points.
When it comes to meltdowns, Amy Winehouse has nothing on these Buffalo Bills.
