The Buffalo Bills have just signed T.O. to a 1 year deal worth $6.5 million. This isn't a bad proposition for the Bills if T.O. still has anything left in the tank at 35 years of age. Owens should be extra motivated to prove his critics wrong and earn another big payday this following offseason. The Bills would clearly be the beneficiaries in the 2009-10 season.
Terrell Owens is generally regarded as a lockerroom cancer, but evidence suggests that teams play worse without him, where it matters most in wins and losses. The San Francisco 49ers during T.O.'s last season were 7-9 but were 2-14 the following season without the disgruntled wide receiver. The Philedelphia Eagles started the season 4-3 but after they suspended Owens for the rest of the season, the Eagles finished the season 1-8. While the Philedelphia Eagles finished the following season 10-6, people tend to forget that the team started 5-6 and only went on winning streak with Jeff Garcia at the helm instead of Donovan McNabb. As a Redskins fan, I hope this trend continues with the Dallas Cowboys.
Terrell Owens is generally seen as a scape goat for a team's failure in recent years. Perhaps its easy for the national media to criticize Owens when he is often outspoken. His brash comments usually offend his starting quarterbacks who are not used to such crticism.
Still, it remains to be seen how Terrell Owen's is the root of all the Cowboy's problems. For instance, I fail to see how Tony Romo's decision making will improve simply with T.O.'s departure. Maybe the Cowboy's problems weren't a lack of chemistry but a lack of talent.
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