Terrell Owens may want to recall the old adage, “Be careful what you wish for.”
In case he’s not aware of it:
Andy Reid isn’t Dennis Erickson or Steve Mariucci. He’s not interested in being any player’s pal, and he’ll nail Terrell’s backside to the wall whenever it seems called for.
Philadelphia fans don’t take kindly to loudmouthed showboaters who don’t produce in the clutch. The first time Owens makes one of his patented half-hearted catch attempts (“I suppose I COULD dive for that one, but I think I’ll just stick my arm in the general direction of the ball, instead”), he will alienate Eagles fans forever… and while it’s no fun to be hated by the fans in any city, it’s REALLY miserable to be hated in Philadelphia.
Enjoy the money, Terrell- I’m betting that’s the ONLY thing you’re going to like about playing in Philly.
I think Owens will try as hard as he can to catch every single pass McNabb throws to him.
But I also think this year is the year McNabb gets exposed as the dumpoff king of the NFL. When the regular season ends, and Westbrook has more catches than Owens, I will no doubt link to past threads where I pointed out this tendency in McNabb. (Assuming the Reader accepts money orders, that is.)
But I eagerly await the weeks where TO blows up on the sidelines because he was legitimately open downfield and McNabb inexplicably chose to dump it off to a back. Should be sometime in mid-September.
(Oh and don’t bother with the Steelers March To The Superbowl thread…clearly this year the New York Football Giants will win it all. Go Big Blue!)
I have a l;eague that runs every year, and we take new players when they sign up. I’ll post the passwords (it’s also a Yahoo league) whn I create the league this year.
It’s going to be difficult climbing up from the basement. My team’s lack of a quality running back, coupled with McNabb’s horrible early season performance, kept me on the losing side of games. I hope some backs become available this year; the fortunate part of a bad record is a better draft position the following year. If I keep Owens, McNabb and Gonzalez, I have the core of a decent team- the draft is they key. Wish I realized that one day earlier last year.