The most surprising news of the past twenty-four hours is Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens being cut from the team or sources say. When Owens signed back in 2006, everyone assumed that Owens was the big play wide-receiver that Cowboy’s quarterback Tony Romo needed to lead the Cowboys back to a Super Bowl.
However, now that Owens has been let the go and looking for new work. The real question seems to be where Terrell Owens is going to end up next. Looking at the landscape of the NFL, there are not a lot of options out there for TO but there are four teams I could foresee going after Owens services.
Washington Redskins: The NFC East foes might have possible been the front-runner to go after Owens services. However with most of their money tied up in defensive-tackle Albert Haynesworth and cornerback DeAngelo Hall, the Redskins would have to do some creative work to sign Owens to a deal.
Specifically if you have Dan Snyder as an owner, I would not put anything out of the realm of possibility.
Miami Dolphins: Currently the Dolphins do not have a #1 wide receiver on their roster. One positive for Owens is that current vice president of the team, Bill Parcells, coached Owens with the Cowboys and knows his level of talent.
However, the issue with this is the lack of arm strength by Dolphins quarterback Chad Pennington. Since Owens does his best work with the deep ball, the logic of bringing Owens to Miami would seem to make less sense.
Baltimore Ravens: Remember back in 2004, Owens appeared to be on his way to Baltimore to play with Ray Lewis and the Ravens. However, Owens then decided to sign with Philadelphia and spurn the Ravens.
Well, Ray Lewis who was resigned to a three year deal could put differences aside and gets Owens to come to Baltimore to play with Joe Flacco throwing him the ball. This would seem to make the most sense since Flacco can throw the deep ball and would give Derrick Mason room to work within the offense. The real question here is, Does Ray Lewis forgives and will Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome want him?
Oakland Raiders: Currently, the Oakland Raiders are the leader out of the clubhouse with Fox Sports NFL insider Jay Glazer stating that Owens could be signed by next week.
Raiders owner Al Davis loves to throw the deep ball and with uber-talent at quarterback JaMarcus Russell loves to throw it. The Raiders have not had a talented wide-receiver since Tim Brown, so it would make the most sense that the Raiders would want the services of Owens. Only issue that I could see here is that Owens would probably want to play with a playoff contender. However, 8-8 won the AFC West last year, so maybe Owens will be in silver and black.
Just like a classic Terrell Owens quote, “Get you popcorn ready, this is going to be a show.”
