Terrell Owens Thread: Hall of Fame?

Originally posted by darockzillahitman:
He never bashed McNabb while he was his teammate. Same with Garcia.

Management didn't want him gone. That's revisionist history. The 49ers tried to extend his contract before the 2003 season and his asking price was too much for them. That basically meant his 49ers career would be over after 2003, since he was about to hit free agency (until his agent missed the deadline to void his contract and requested a trade). Owens and his agent also asked to be left unprotected for the expansion draft in 2002 and the 49ers refused, instead having Steve Mariucci fly out to Atlanta to meet with him and make up with him for throwing Owens to the wolves after the Dallas star celebrations in 2000.

In Philadelphia, Andy Reid wanted him on the team; so much so that he made him a deal that he could stay on the team if he did all the apologizing he asked for after ESPN took his answer to the Irvin/Favre question out of context (that question was a follow up to Owens saying the Eagles' record would be better if McNabb wasn't injured, but they edited out the previous question). If was only when Owens refused to apologize to McNabb for the out-of-context interview clip that Reid suspended him. The night before the grievance hearing, Owens and Reid actually spoke on the phone and had tentative agreed to a plan to let Owens come back. Reid called him back later and said the deal was off, so somebody nixed it. Considering Reid was actually the Eagles' acting GM at the time, it was either the owner and/or McNabb who blocked it.

If you say so, Jordan Tabor.

Originally posted by pdizo916:

The reason why he's not in the HOF is because the writers are racist AF.

6 time super bowl cheater tom brady, who's on camera screaming at his OC, refs and teammates and other coaches already has a reserved seat.

Terrell Owens is the real goat!

Originally posted by darockzillahitman:

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

Lol more excuses

Excuses for what?

The 49ers tried to extend Owens's contract in the off-season before the 2003 season, and Owens and his agent were asking for outrageous money and they couldn't get a deal done. The 49ers knew before the 2003 season that it was going to be Owens's last with them because he was going to file for free agency, yet for some reason they didn't trade him before that. Yeah, sounds like they "couldn't wait to get rid of him" to me.

The revisionist history with Owens is incredible. I've never seen anything quite like it.

SteveWallacesHelmet challenged people about 50 times to name a single instance of Owens bashing a teammate and nobody could come up with even a single actual example.

I haven't seen you provide s**t other than lies to fit your agenda lol

Originally posted by Young2Rice:

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

Originally posted by SteveWallacesHelmet:

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:

Odd that such an elite talent changed teams so often while in his prime

Except he was all about the $ and rings. TO just burned bridges

Sure but Hurt feelings shouldn't keep em out.

150% agree

Omg everyone is out to get poor TO. The world against him

Originally posted by darockzillahitman:

Originally posted by 49ers81:

You mean besides Donovan McNabb? I don't recall that he ever had much nice to say about Jeff Garcia either but it was a long time ago and my memory on the subject is probably faulty. Regardless of what his teammates may or may not have thought of him, management usually wanted him gone and since they're the ones that sign the checks it's usually their opinion that matters

He never bashed McNabb while he was his teammate. Same with Garcia.

Management didn't want him gone. That's revisionist history. The 49ers tried to extend his contract before the 2003 season and his asking price was too much for them. That basically meant his 49ers career would be over after 2003, since he was about to hit free agency (until his agent missed the deadline to void his contract and requested a trade). Owens and his agent also asked to be left unprotected for the expansion draft in 2002 and the 49ers refused, instead having Steve Mariucci fly out to Atlanta to meet with him and make up with him for throwing Owens to the wolves after the Dallas star celebrations in 2000.

In Philadelphia, Andy Reid wanted him on the team; so much so that he made him a deal that he could stay on the team if he did all the apologizing he asked for after ESPN took his answer to the Irvin/Favre question out of context (that question was a follow up to Owens saying the Eagles' record would be better if McNabb wasn't injured, but they edited out the previous question). If was only when Owens refused to apologize to McNabb for the out-of-context interview clip that Reid suspended him. The night before the grievance hearing, Owens and Reid actually spoke on the phone and had tentative agreed to a plan to let Owens come back. Reid called him back later and said the deal was off, so somebody nixed it. Considering Reid was actually the Eagles' acting GM at the time, it was either the owner and/or McNabb who blocked it.

http://www.espn.com.au/nfl/news/story?id=2604695

Incidentally, your first comment bemuses me. So it's ok to call someone gay, or a quitter, or a poor quarterback as long as you no longer play for the same team? The lack of class of putting down other players publicly is made even worse by the cowardice of not doing it to their face.

TO made his own bed of talking s**t. He was the best at talking s**t without talking s**t. When he's asked a gotcha question about a teammate, he always gets gotcha'd by his body language or by making a dumb comment such as, "I don't know, I wasn't the one who got tired." Or somehow indirectly pointing fingers.

TO's comments were always about covering his own ass first be it directly or indirectly. This is why someone who is passionate about TO can defend him because of TOs round about way of saying things without saying them.

When it came to talking about his teammates, he was never professional by keeping it out of the media. He is a finger pointer. I wonder if to this day he still thinks he should not have been suspended for running 50 yards to stand on the star twice. He probably still feels that wasn't his fault and points the finger at Mooch.

Just imagine if Sherman ran to the Niners logo twice...what kind of character would you think he has?

Hope this mothef**ker gets dissed again, dissing my Team after they payed ur bills for 8 Seasons & gave you ur 1st shot in the NFL, arrogant selfish = Owens

Wow. Some of you are ungrateful. He gave us 8 great years, the catch II, kneeling on the star a bunch of great TDs.

Originally posted by DaBum:

Wow. Some of you are ungrateful. He gave us 8 great years, the catch II, kneeling on the star a bunch of great TDs.

Agreed. This should also show you just how unlikeable the guy is

Originally posted by Hoovtrain:
I haven't seen you provide s**t other than lies to fit your agenda lol

Uh, I have provided facts, as has SteveWallacesHelmet. You have nothing. Absolutely nothing. Doesn't that bother you?

Originally posted by English:
http://www.espn.com.au/nfl/news/story?id=2604695

Incidentally, your first comment bemuses me. So it's ok to call someone gay, or a quitter, or a poor quarterback as long as you no longer play for the same team? The lack of class of putting down other players publicly is made even worse by the cowardice of not doing it to their face.

Of course it is. Who cares what somebody says about somebody who isn't even his teammate?

I think Jeff Garcia might be gay. There, I said it. Does that make me a bad teammate? I'm as much Garcia's teammate as Owens was at the time he answered the Playboy interview question. Not only that, but Owens clarified the day after it came out (from Eagles camp) that he didn't know whether Garcia was gay or not. Why is that never taken into account?

Oh, and in case you missed it: Jerry Rice said in his interview with Joe Buck last year that Steve Young was "messing him up" by running around too much when he first took over. He also said, "I put both of them in the Hall of Fame" (Montana and Young). At first I thought he was just joking around, but then he said, "Steve laughs when I say that, but Joe gets mad."

Originally posted by Joecool:
TO made his own bed of talking s**t. He was the best at talking s**t without talking s**t. When he's asked a gotcha question about a teammate, he always gets gotcha'd by his body language or by making a dumb comment such as, "I don't know, I wasn't the one who got tired." Or somehow indirectly pointing fingers.

TO's comments were always about covering his own ass first be it directly or indirectly. This is why someone who is passionate about TO can defend him because of TOs round about way of saying things without saying them.

When it came to talking about his teammates, he was never professional by keeping it out of the media. He is a finger pointer. I wonder if to this day he still thinks he should not have been suspended for running 50 yards to stand on the star twice. He probably still feels that wasn't his fault and points the finger at Mooch.

Just imagine if Sherman ran to the Niners logo twice...what kind of character would you think he has?

Owens wasn't pointing the finger at anybody except the media. Read the actual question and answer. He was asked about the criticism he had received for trying to play in the game after the broken leg, with some saying he would hurt the team with his lack of physical conditioning. He was pointing the irony of how after all that, the story after the game was about the other star player getting tired (according to Hank Fraley, Freddie Mitchell, and Jon Runyan).

Owens doesn't have a roundabout way of saying anything. The media had to resort to trying to read things into comments that simply weren't there because Owens never actually said anything they wanted him to.

Owens has never pointed a finger at a teammate in his career.

As for the star celebration: He cleared that with WRs coach George Stewart before the game. Mariucci is a piece of s**t. Are you forgetting that Walsh also hated Mariucci?

What Sherman said after the NFCC game about Crabtree was far more annoying than running to the center of the stadium.

Ken Norton Jr punched the Rams' goal posts after touchdowns in 1995. Jerry Rice punched the Saints' logo after a touchdown in 1989.

Originally posted by darockzillahitman:

Originally posted by Joecool:

TO made his own bed of talking s**t. He was the best at talking s**t without talking s**t. When he's asked a gotcha question about a teammate, he always gets gotcha'd by his body language or by making a dumb comment such as, "I don't know, I wasn't the one who got tired." Or somehow indirectly pointing fingers.

TO's comments were always about covering his own ass first be it directly or indirectly. This is why someone who is passionate about TO can defend him because of TOs round about way of saying things without saying them.

When it came to talking about his teammates, he was never professional by keeping it out of the media. He is a finger pointer. I wonder if to this day he still thinks he should not have been suspended for running 50 yards to stand on the star twice. He probably still feels that wasn't his fault and points the finger at Mooch.

Just imagine if Sherman ran to the Niners logo twice...what kind of character would you think he has?

Owens wasn't pointing the finger at anybody except the media. Read the actual question and answer. He was asked about the criticism he had received for trying to play in the game after the broken leg, with some saying he would hurt the team with his lack of physical conditioning. He was pointing the irony of how after all that, the story after the game was about the other star player getting tired (according to Hank Fraley, Freddie Mitchell, and Jon Runyan).

Owens doesn't have a roundabout way of saying anything. The media had to resort to trying to read things into comments that simply weren't there because Owens never actually said anything they wanted him to.

Owens has never pointed a finger at a teammate in his career.

As for the star celebration: He cleared that with WRs coach George Stewart before the game. Mariucci is a piece of s**t. Are you forgetting that Walsh also hated Mariucci?

What Sherman said after the NFCC game about Crabtree was far more annoying than running to the center of the stadium.

Ken Norton Jr punched the Rams' goal posts after touchdowns in 1995. Jerry Rice punched the Saints' logo after a touchdown in 1989.

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