Did any of you catch agent Drew Rosenhaus’s comments after T.O. signed with the Bills on Saturday?
Here’s the actual quote:
“He thanks the Cowboys organization for releasing him and adding to his bank account.”
What a joke this guy is…
First of all, the additional money that will go into Owens’ bank account is a minimal figure considering the amount of cash he has earned throughout his career. I believe the total dollar difference amounts to around $500,000.
Second, the move to Buffalo essentially means that any ideas the 35-year-old receiver had of winning a Super Bowl are out the window, as he will fade into the background on a bottom feeding NFL team.
The Bills have no shot.
While they’ll be a bit more competitive and don’t have that bad of a team, in the AFC East, 8-8 is probably their ceiling.
The Pats are clearly the class of the division, Parcells is building a winner down in Miami, and the Jets put nine wins on the board a year ago.
So, most likely, Owens is looking at a third or fourth place finish and a small television market to display his antics and skill set to.
Do you think he’d trade that $500,000 to be in the limelight and have an opportunity to win something meaningful like he had in Dallas?
Absolutely, but Drew will never let you believe it.
He’ll just spin some garbage to diffuse any ill feelings or thoughts associated with the humility of a Hall of Famer being cut by an owner who is trying to win a championship.
Classy Drew, real classy.
I Love Me Some Me
March 11th, 2009 at 14:26
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I am back along with T.O.! What a classless thing to say about North America’s football team. Being a devoted non-bandwagoning Buffalo Bill fan my whole life, I was deeply hurt by this websites comments. Bills stand for tradition and are the standard bearers for what made the NFL prominent. Just because we are one of the last remaining organizations that hasn’t sold out to corporate America, and still play in Ralph Wilson’s Stadium doesn’t mean you have to ridicule us for being small market and inferior. Yes are Lackawanna and Takawanda roots are far from the fake city lights of all the wannabes in the city, but we have what those supposed classy individuals could never have… self-respect. We don’t resort to signing gun toting suicide attempting wide receivers that screw up my fantasy season. Now that the great Mr. Owens has arrived, we have obtained a player who epitomizes class and hard work ethic, which in a way represents the heart and soul of us Buffalonians. I will go on record and say that TO will lead the Bills to the playoffs and possibly beyond, just as long as Trent Edwards doesn’t pull a Romo and start overthrowing Robert Royal by 10 yards with the season on the line.
Nobody Circles the Wagon like the Buffalo Bills!!!!
We are back BABY!!!!!!!!!
admin
March 11th, 2009 at 15:25
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There’s a factual error in this reply. You say “gun toting suicide attempting wide receivers…” I’ll assume that was targeted at Plaxico when in fact, TO was the one on suicide watch in 2006 when he overdosed on pills, right? Enjoy circling the wagons because you won’t have a lot of foot traffic in front of you; Bills fans usually fall off the wagon by the midpoint in the season and 2009 will be no different. And can’t wait to see TO in the frigid conditions of Orchard Park in December.
Mr. 49er
March 12th, 2009 at 00:07
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I think it’s safe to say Drew Rosenhaus is a clown, and that could be said even before his latest remarks. But, in this day an age in football, you can never say a team has no chance. For example, look at the New York Giants from 2007. They were a team left for dead after Elisha Mannings excellent game in which he threw 4 tds (3 to the Minnesota Defense), and got blasted at home, only to come back and catch lightning in a bottle on the way to the Super Bowl. We saw last year the true colors of the team with a 1 and done, so you should not count out the Bills yet. And while they are in a tough division, I think it is safe to say the Jets and the Dolphins will both take steps back this year. The Patriots will be tough, but a wild card for the Bills is not out of the question. And with TO, anything is possible (except for Ahmad Bradshaw getting playing time!).
The Big Tuna
March 12th, 2009 at 20:11
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The Big Tuna is re-tooling our squad down in Miami and we’re going to be the ones competing for the wild card in 2009, not the Toronto, I mean Buffalo Bills. As long as the Fins don’t take as big a step back as Alex Smith and the Niners have since 2006, we’re not worried. But as to the Bills chances of making the playoffs with TO on the team… about as good as Frank Gore taking ten handoffs and not fumbling once – slim to none! Hey Mr Niner fan, what place is San Francisco predicted to finish this year in the Pac 10?
Mr. 49er
March 14th, 2009 at 14:24
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It’s funny, because when I think of big tuna, I think of a can, but the only can I can associate with the miami dolphins is that can of WHOOP-ASS the ravens opened up on you in the first round of the playoffs last year! And how soon we forget, because 2 years ago, it would have been a compliment if I said the dolphins had a chance to win Conference USA! And why are we associating Alex Smith with the 49ers? He hasn’t played in 2 years, and is the number 3 qb on our depth chart. And as for frank gore, does it still sting that we used our 3rd round pick in the 2005 draft for a BETTER RB than you did with your number 2 pick overall that year? But I must give credit where credit is due. I have never heard that joke before about the 49ers being a Pac 10 team. That was not only genius, but definitely original (and since you asked, we are picked for 3rd, slightly behind USC and Oregon). So to the team with a quarterback who throws the most beautiful 5 yard deep ball, I say enjoy that step back, because last year was an aberration. And get used to #81, because whatcha gonna do brother, when TO, runs wild on you!
I Love Me Some Me
March 14th, 2009 at 16:18
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Let me get something straight with all you people. (i.e. the nationwide bias against the 2nd greatest receiver in NFL history). You are the same people who like to call a guy a beast based on his “roided” up performance at some meat market rather than what he has done on the football field. You’re the people who called Mcfadden the next AP, labeled Ismael the next Prime time, and gave a huge contract to a Charger backup DB based on a Monday Night. You are the people who said the Giants didn’t need Plexiglass and “did the right thing” last year, when in reality they pretty much gave away their last hope for another Superbowl. But to get serious for a moment… deep down in the places you armchair football experts don’t like to talk about at the Coffee Beans and Starbucks’ you frequent, in the pits of your soul, you WANT T.O. on your team! You NEED T.O. on your team. Giant fan is jealous that the Bills are now the most relevant team in New York and will appear on Monday Night more than them. Dolphin fan is stinging from the indigestion and excessive amounts of pepto they have consumed for the constant nightmares of 81 getting his fishing pole out and pretending to catch a dolphin in the end zone. And the only reason Mr. Owens was on suicide watch was to protect himself from his own passion and iron will to hurry back on the football field. Yes T.O. had 25 million reasons to be alive, but he was willing to throw it all away just to drape the coveted 81 over his shoulder pads on Sunday afternoon. That is greatness, that is dedication, and that my friends… is class.
-Getcha Popcorn Ready Buffalo
The Big Tuna
March 15th, 2009 at 08:35
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Really Niner fan?? when I think of a can, I think of the many beer cans that must fill your home after watching another loss from your team. While our season finished in January yours was over in September. We’re on the way back up and only have the Patriots to contend with in the AFC East. Parcells is very good at picking in the draft and building through free agency, and I don’t mean cancer’s like TO! How have you guys done? Over $50 million for Justin Smith coming off two sacks. Nice one! We cut Jason Taylor off a 11 sack season, which was more than your entire defensive line probably had. And what was the result? That’s right, we got a 2nd round pick and the Redskins got an out of shape player who is now no longer with them. Parcells has us on track because he is genius. And speaking of Alex Smith, he’s your 3rd? Wow, I didn’t know your franchise was so good to have the #1 pick in entire NFL draft holding the clipboard! And as for the RB thing, didn’t Ronnie Brown have 5 TDs in ONE game while it took your guy 16 to get 6??? And what’s more surprising is that he was able to cross the line six times with the ball in his hands! Gore had one fluky season and everyone knows he is just an average RB! Dolphins are back in 2009 and the Bills are going down. San Francisco is staying down. Out!
Terrell Owens Game Worn Jersey Owner
March 24th, 2009 at 04:18
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As an Australia-based Bills fan, I found your blog on google and read a few of your other Bills posts.
I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.