T.O. calls Cowboys over Eagles

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Terrell Owens knows both the Eagles and Cowboys, having played for both NFC East teams. Now, he´s struggling in exile with the Buffalo Bills.
DON HEUPEL / Associated Press
Terrell Owens knows both the Eagles and Cowboys, having played for both NFC East teams. Now, he's struggling in exile with the Buffalo Bills.
The Eagles and Dallas Cowboys, two of Terrell Owens' former teams, meet Sunday.

As you might have heard, Owens left Philadelphia and Dallas amid some acrimony.

Owens is now in Buffalo, where the acrimony is over why the Bills stink and when they will stop stinking.

But we care about things here, the center of the universe. When asked by a reporter for the Buffalo News which team he would root for in Sunday night's Eagles-Cowboys game, Owens said, "Obviously, the game could go either way. But I have to go with my guys down in Big D."

Owens' view will not alter the Earth's spin or even the Eagles-Cowboys game. But he was such a beacon of energy and angst during his days in Philly and Dallas that one can't resist the urge to ask, to hope for something incendiary.

Buffalo is a fine, upstanding community, and it's in New York, but it's a long way from the lights of Broadway. And Owens has, by his standards, mostly avoided starting fires.

Owens is not a recluse, though. After his first practice with the Bills in May, he served as the sportscaster on one of the evening news shows.

"The top story in sports tonight is 'I'm here,' " Owens said on the air, according to the News. He showed some videotape and then added, "Now let's hear what I had to say after practice."

Cast adrift by the Cowboys in the off-season, Owens did not get a lot of offers, as teams worried about chemistry, quarterback relations, his age (35), and how they might be portrayed in Owens' quasi-reality show. Bills owner Ralph Wilson was ready for some pizzazz after three straight 7-9 seasons and a 5-11 campaign before that. Alas, the Bills are just 3-5.

Bills quarterback Trent Edwards missed the last two games after suffering a concussion but might be back Nov. 15, when the Bills return from their bye week.

Meanwhile, quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick - who managed to tie the Eagles, 13-13, while with Cincinnati last season - has struggled. He did complete five passes to Owens for 39 yards on Sunday, but they came in a 31-10 loss to Houston. The lone Buffalo TD came on a 29-yard end around by Owens.

One of the problems for Edwards and Fitzpatrick is that left tackle Jason Peters was traded to the Eagles and Demetrius Bell now has the job. Also, right tackle Jamon Meredith got hurt.

"It's hard to get into a rhythm or develop any kind of chemistry when those guys aren't the guys that started through training camp," Owens said after the game, according to the News. "Every week we've played with an injury or two on both sides of the ball. . . . We're playing musical chairs with a lot of guys in the line."

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Posted 07:23 AM, 11/05/2009
ronmaryann
What reasonable explanation would allow you to give Terrell Owens a single iota of print in your newspaper ? Not only is his opinion meaningless, but he is not even on the radar screen as a top notch player any longer.
Posted 07:35 AM, 11/05/2009
Johnnydeagle
T who???
Posted 07:53 AM, 11/05/2009
Dierte
How's TO doing this year? Haven't heard too much about it...is he playing?
Posted 08:07 AM, 11/05/2009
low tide
good he's always been on the losing side, so we're going to win sunday nite.
Posted 08:20 AM, 11/05/2009
davimcg
I wish you would have asked Owens his take on whether recent signs of economic recovery were legitimate and whether "global warming" is real. As fans, we want to know everything Owens thinks because he is so important and smart. Maybe the Inquirer could give him his own blog. That would be sweet.
Posted 08:54 AM, 11/05/2009
aNutterInDgutter
Come on folks. TO can say what he wants and he can root for any team. He'll never change. It's the dumb reporters that love to quote him. Face it, the highlight of TO's career was with the Eagles. He continues to go downhill. I actually feel sorry for him now. Sike!
Posted 09:32 AM, 11/05/2009
whiteMike
is this the guy averaging 2 catches a game for that team in niagra falls? f him
Posted 09:45 AM, 11/05/2009
EddieCollazo
The Inquirer should ask itself if perhaps publishing inane stories like this are contributing to its demise.
Posted 10:04 AM, 11/05/2009
iggles_rock
Well, there it is. If T.O. says it, it must be true. Eagles might as well just mail in their score; no sense even playing the game. Gimme a break ! I can't believe you're even wasting column space on this has-been idiot. Was it that slow of sports news day?
Posted 10:36 AM, 11/05/2009
yumack
Who cares!!! Why do the writers even bother to tell us what Terrell thinks?
Posted 10:50 AM, 11/05/2009
WhatNow
In total agreement..who cares what TO thinks??
Posted 11:03 AM, 11/05/2009
dansdigs
I call that TO will be unemployed next year.
Posted 11:50 AM, 11/05/2009
craig123
Why do sports writers STILL waist time on this guy?
Posted 12:02 PM, 11/05/2009
jackryan823
You think this is bad? Just wait till he retires and some network picks him up and puts him in a booth. We will be forced to hear his idiocy weekly in more than just quick quips on paper or online. You know it will happen.
Posted 12:24 PM, 11/05/2009
soalivetoday
Seriously, why is this news?
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