T.O. suspended for the rest of the season

[2GOLD]

I'll love T.O forever if he pulls a Jack Parkman on the Eagles.

"I'm the only real winner on the team. The rest of them are losers, either by choice or by birth."

 

Either that or call Donovan gay. One of the two.

[JustJoe2k5]

Anyone hear the story out of Tennessee of Chattanooga about the six football players that are being charged with rape? I bring this up because Tennessee of Chattanooga isn't a college you hear alot about, but at the same time this happened with T.O. this story came up. Tennessee of Chattanooga was Terrell Owens' college.

 

Anywho, which teams does everyone think will take a chance on Terrell Owens. He is likely to be reinstated as the NFLPA wouldn't want one of their top players forced to sit out.

[cabbageboy]

I wanna see T.O. go to Atlanta so he can badmouth Vick for being an errant passer and also bring up the obvious "Ron Mexico" business.

 

Either that or Minnesota.

[USC Wuz Robbed!]

I liked how Vick said TO has to put up with his style of play. Guess we won't be seeing a passer in Atlanta for the next 10 years or however long he is in there.

[Guest Vitamin X]

At 4-4 in the NFC, they are what...2 games out of first place?  You keep the best team you can have on the field for that one. 

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Actually, the Eagles are dead-last in the NFC East, and the Giants, Seahawks, Falcons, Panthers, Bears, Bucs, Redskins, and Cowboys are all in much better position for the playoffs than they are. Yes, the Eagles are only 4-4, and being at .500's not bad, but they're playing in the toughest division in football right now. They're fighting for their playoff lives right now, and the NFC has improved to probably being better than the AFC as a whole, even though the three main elite teams (Denver, Pittsburgh and Indy) are in the AFC. NFC has 10 teams at .500 or above while the AFC has 7.

[Damaramu]

Well I don't think TO can pull the shit he pulled with McNabb and expect Vick to just sit back. McNabb is a little bit more quiet and cool headed and I'm sure Vick would have something to say about it if TO called him out.

[USC Wuz Robbed!]

Judging by his whiny speech after the Miami game... T.O. would eat Vick for lunch.

[Fökai]

Edited for idiocy.

[Kahran Ramsus]

The NFLPA will probably win the reinstatement - suspending him for the four game maximum is an acceptable punishment, but suspending him for the rest of the season is overdoing it. They could've benched TO for the final four games to avoid such an incident, but that's taking away a roster spot.

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That's what the Eagles did do. Suspend him for four games (including last Sunday), and have announced that they won't welcome him back after the season is over. He'll get paid for those games, just not the four.

[The Czech Republic]

They could've benched TO for the final four games to avoid such an incident, but that's taking away a roster spot.

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Yeah those roster spots are worth their weight in gold. What are there, like 76?

[The Niggardly King]

This would have never happened if Fast Mouth Freddie was still on the team.

[Fökai]

That's what the Eagles did do.  Suspend him for four games (including last Sunday), and have announced that they won't welcome him back after the season is over.  He'll get paid for those games, just not the four.

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Whatthefuck...why did I think they suspended him for the final four games?

 

Nevermind.

 

Yeah those roster spots are worth their weight in gold. What are there, like 76?

 

55.

[Guest Vitamin X]

53, actually. And it really comes down to about 50 when you consider the kicking game.

[cabbageboy]

Why is Denver all of a sudden an elite team? They'll finish with their usual stale 11-5 or 10-6 before getting waxed in the 1st or 2nd round. In the AFC I think the Colts, Steelers, Bengals, Jags are all more dangerous come playoff time.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Denver is all of a sudden an elite team because they're 6-2 having played a schedule in which every single one of their opponents is at .500 or above except for one (Miami).

[Kahran Ramsus]

And 5 of those wins are at home where Denver rarely loses. They have a 1-2 road record again this year and have games remaining @OAK, @DAL, @KC, @BUF and @SD. Denver is overrated again.

[Vern Gagne]

53, actually. And it really comes down to about 50 when you consider the kicking game.

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Special teams is 1/3 of the game.

[Failed Bridge]

by the kicking game I think he meant the punter, place kicker, and long-snapper. Those 3 players are ONLY in on kicking plays. Some special teams players are starters and play either defense or offense as well.

[Guest Leelee]

Plus, Philly has 2 kickers because Akers is still out.

[Vern Gagne]

by the kicking game I think he meant the punter, place kicker, and long-snapper. Those 3 players are ONLY in on kicking plays. Some special teams players are starters and play either defense or offense as well.

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I kind of figured. I still think having at least a good kicker, punter, and long-snapper is a benefit for the team.

[cabbageboy]

Thank you, Kahran. Everyone always gets fooled into believing Denver is going to do anything. I'm thinking with all the road games they have left they're going to lose 3-4 more games this year. Hell, if the Chiefs and Chargers have a nice second half Denver might not even make the playoffs.

[tominator89]

In responce to Al, I have to say that TO has obviously been a helluva player on the field. However, I can't give him all that much credit for the teams he has been on. The Niners had the Rice/Young combo and were SuperBowl Champions a few short years before Owens arrived. They were not suddenly lifted to greatness because he was drafted. As far as the Eagles, they had a nice NFC championship run BEFORE TO was even signed. I'm no way taking credit away from how he helped the team on the field but it's not like Owens joins a team and instantly they are awesome.

[the pinjockey]

Well, thank god Jesse Jackson finally got on the case.

 

From the Philadelphia Inquirer (also contains a quote from Keyshawn about Drew Rosenhaus):

 

Jesse Jackson defends T.O.

 

By Bob Brookover

 

INQUIER STAFF WRITER

 

 

Add the Rev. Jesse Jackson to the list of high-profile personalities who believe that Terrell Owens deserves to return to the field this season.

 

Jackson, in fact, became the second former presidential candidate this week to say that Owens should not be banished for the season. He put out a statement yesterday that echoed the feelings of consumer advocate Ralph Nader, who sent letters to NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue and Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie on Thursday urging the Eagles to "rescind the misguided suspension and planned inactive designation" of the wide receiver.

 

Unlike Nader, the civil-rights leader spoke to Owens by telephone this week and came away convinced that he was sincere in the apology he issued Tuesday from his home in Moorestown, Burlington County.

 

"First of all, I'm a Donovan McNabb fan," Jackson said last night in a telephone interview. "I want to get that point out there first. I thought what T.O. said was unsportsmanlike and a detriment to the team. We talked about it, and we had prayer.

 

"He is really remorseful about what happened, and from what I've seen, Donovan felt he was sincere in his apology, too. If T.O. had done something egregious, I could understand this penalty. But he did not do anything illegal."

 

Owens, of course, was suspended Monday for four games without pay by the Eagles. Coach Andy Reid said that Owens would not rejoin the team after the suspension ended.

 

Owens and Drew Rosenhaus, his agent, pleaded for the Eagles to reinstate the receiver Tuesday - a request the team rejected. A grievance filed by the NFL Players Association on Owens' behalf is scheduled to be heard Friday in Philadelphia. Arbitrator Richard Bloch will rule on it.

 

"What I find most objectionable is the extent of the punishment," Jackson said. "If the Philadelphia Eagles don't want him on the their team anymore, he should have access to the open market. Don't lock him out in the middle of his career."

 

Jackson said he had tried to contact Lurie and McNabb earlier this week without success.

 

"I don't want to choose sides in this," Jackson said. "I want to reconcile the sides."

 

The Eagles feel as though they are well within their rights to prevent Owens from playing this season because they plan to pay him the remainder of his salary after his suspension is over.

 

Owens did not take part in his weekly radio show for a South Florida station yesterday. Host Dan Le Batard said the receiver was unable to do his weekly 20-minute spot because of the pending grievance.

 

Owens made news in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution because he is selling his 18,000-square-foot home in Lithonia, Ga., an Atlanta suburb. The house is listed at $4,499,000.

 

"We put it on the market before all the latest came up," real estate agent Bill Ransom said. "It's not related to the news this week."

 

Owens put his home in Moorestown up for sale last month before he was suspended by the Eagles. That home is listed at $4.3 million.

 

Johnson on Rosenhaus. Dallas receiver Keyshawn Johnson has refused to comment on Owens' suspension, but he was more than happy to talk about Rosenhaus in an appearance on Sirius NFL Radio on Thursday night.

 

"He's a rat that belongs in the gutter," Johnson said. "I can smell him a mile away. That guy doesn't care about Terrell."

 

In regard to the bolded point, maybe someone should let him know that being a detriment to the team is against the rules (especially in TO's case, after it was made perfectly clear via the letter during training camp.)

[Vern Gagne]

Who the fuck asked for this race baiting asshole's opinion?

[Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly]

Does anybody know anything about Chris carter's meltdown on Inside the NFL? I heard he went off nd had to be bleeped out but I haven't been able to find any transcripts, footage or anything pertaining to what he actually said.