Posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 12:39 PM | 8 comments |
 

Terrell Owens: All Smiles Now
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There is a joke somewhere in here about getting the key to the city of Buffalo, but that would only bring some more nasty e-mails from upstate New York pointing out that it has finally stopped snowing, or at least tapered off to flurries.

Terrell Owens showed up for the OTA's at Buffalo Bills camp this week and, heavens, you'd have thought it was a big deal. The mayor did in fact greet him and present him with the ceremonial key to the city. Fans met him at the airport.

He co-hosted one of the nightly television sports reports, leading off with, "The top story tonight is...I'm here."

If only there were some way to fast-forward this process to the point where T.O. is stomping around the sidelines, screaming at his offensive coordinator and making himself a general pain in the ass. As always, he will eventually be traded away or released, but right now, it's all smiles on the evening news.

Oh, well. It will be fun to track from afar, even if the story will have the feel of another fall re-run.

 
Posted by Bob Ford @ 12:39 PM  Permalink | 8 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:39 PM, 05/20/2009
    It's so funny to me now.... I remember being as naive as all those Buffalo fans. Every 49er fan in the country was saying "just wait" when we signed him and he was all smiles in '04. Then we said it when Dallas signed him. Now Dallas fans get to say it. It won't be long until some other NFL team signs him, he puts on another dog and pony show, and it's the Bill's fans saying "just wait"
    — vetlincbank
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:22 PM, 05/20/2009
    It was still more fun watching him do it to the Cowboys.
    — JingoGuy
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:16 PM, 05/20/2009
    the eagles made their decision based on the idea that everybody deserves a 2nd chance... nobody deserves 4 chances.
    — ill-eagles
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:12 AM, 05/21/2009
    TO didn't take the eagles to the superbowl. Your boy Donovan did.
    — vetlincbank
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:05 AM, 05/21/2009
    If Buffalo is fortunate enough to be the employer of T.O. when he matures in his judgment, they will be richly rewarded for their risk-taking. T.O. made Donovan more effective, until Owens' emotional immaturity surfaced.
    — hillgs
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:31 AM, 05/21/2009
    Bt the time this nut matures his career will be long over.He did not get us to the superbowl,he was out the entire playoffs,it was our 4th n.f.c. championchip in a row.It was a good total team effort.That and Vick out chocked Mcnabb
    — boltfan
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:10 AM, 05/22/2009
    Mcnabb actually had a good game in that championship game and TO didn't play. I don't care about TO or his massa Drew Rosenhaus!
    — phillynupe4


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About Bob Ford
Bob Ford has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 1981, and is still trying to figure it all out. A former beat writer covering the Phillies and the 76ers, Ford became a general sports columnist for the Inquirer in 2003, following in and occasionally falling in the deep footsteps of Bill Lyon, Frank Dolson and many distinguished others. He comes to the Philly.com blogosphere after award-winning success as designer/editor of the fabulous Pen & Pencil Club softball blog. Likes: Palestra, inside-the-park home runs, sunny days. Dislikes: phony people, cloudy days, rewrites.
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