The Jets are desperate for playmakers and Herm Edwards prides himself on being able to handle all the divergent and quirky personalities a locker room presents. So, the Jets should absolutely make a run at Terrell Owens when the Eagles take him out of storage after the season and trade or release him.But it comes with risks, of course. Imagine this postgame scene when Chad Pennington, coming back from another grueling rehab, underthrows Owens and gets picked off in the red zone with 30 seconds left in the season opener."We would be better off with Donovan McNabb," Owens declares. "Or Joe Namath."The Jets need to make a bold move. They need a big-time player. They need to take a chance, gamble on Owens, the epitome of a look-at-me egotistical player. They don't all have to be like Curtis Martin. If Terry Bradway can't draft Pro Bowl players - his next one will be his first - then go out and get somebody else's. Have faith Edwards can control the league's No.1 headache and teach him what it means to be part of a team. They need to go get Owens.The Jets were interested in Randy Moss before he was traded to the Raiders, but the price was too high. The price would be lower here, and it would be surprising if the Jets don't make a bid for Owens.The Giants? That's too much to ask of Tom Coughlin.Owens needs a new team. And the Jets need firepower and somebody to be the host of some of the 230 hours of television programming they plan next year on SportsNet New York. They need each other. It's a perfect short-term marriage. Edwards has not had one player challenge his authority in five years. His strength is the respect he commands.One GM said yesterday that Edwards' ability to handle Owens "is not even an issue. He's had some guys who have been harder to manage and he's done fine." However, another GM said, "Nobody can handle him. He's one of those guys."Maybe being in New York, with everybody watching and potential endorsement money at stake, would force Owens to conform. The bigger the stage, however, the bigger the risk."New York City would be just awful," one GM said. "Now there's even more opportunity to say something stupid. He's almost better off going someplace where he could hide." Bringing in a divisive player like Owens would be an out-of-character move for the Jets. It was for the Eagles, too. And it worked for a while. They made it through his first season with the biggest controversy being his ankle surgery and Super Bowl status. Then he wanted more money. "He can help the Jets. Who can't he help?" one GM said. "It's not a matter of can he help your team. What is he doing to the fabric? He challenges the fabric of how important 'team' is. He takes you not to the line. He takes you over it. Nobody would touch him with a 10-foot pole."Owens all but got on his hands and knees yesterday in front of his Moorestown, N.J., house and begged the Eagles to take him back. He apologized to Andy Reid, McNabb, Eagles fans, Eagles ownership, well, to basically everyone but Jeff Garcia. Owens was a little late with the humility routine - he's done in Philly."There's no remorse in that guy's heart," one GM said.His agent, Drew Rosenhaus, who struck out months ago trying to get Owens a new contract, answered questions for Owens after T.O.'s statement and lobbied for the Eagles to get him back on the field Monday night against Dallas. The desperation in his voice was clear.Forget it. Owens and his runaway mouth and ego have been deactivated by the Eagles for the rest of this season. When it's over, they will either cut or trade him. The Jets, who plan a total makeover of their offense in 2006, could start with Owens. They should give him a one-year contract that would expose them to minimal financial liability if he starts pulling all that T.O. stuff again. He will be 32 next month and may have entered the rent-a-player-for-one-year phase of his career.He's going to be humbled by the lack of action on the T.O. market. He's scared off so many teams. So it's not like he's going to dictate terms. He's all but talked his way out of the league.Owens will never get a contract better than the seven-year $49 million deal that made him so miserable in Philadelphia. "He can't make money anywhere else," one GM said. "That's why he's apologizing."When the 49ers shopped Owens last year, the Ravens and Eagles were the only teams interested. "He wasn't in demand then," one GM said. "I think he is in worse shape now. You might have more teams now, because he's not going to get big money. He may never get big money. He's a destroyer."The entire Owens package can rip apart a team. Look what he did to the Eagles this season. Yet he is the most dynamic receiver in the league. And the Jets need so much help on offense it can't all come in the draft. At 2-6, they could be on their way to a top-five pick. That could position them to get Southern Cal QB Matt Leinart or his teammate, running back Reggie Bush, if he skips his senior year. Owens would fill another huge need. He would be a nice upgrade over Justin McCareins. Owens would have held onto that fade pass last Sunday on fourth down.The Jets have nothing to lose. And Edwards just might be the authority figure Owens needs, even if he will never have it as good as he did in Philly. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football...4p-309836c.html
I just got done reading that article on my Jets site I go to. My thoughts....PLEASE GOD NO!!!!!!If he is complaining with Donovan McNabb at his QB, what do you think he is gonna do with Brooks Bollinger as his QB. Although you never know since Owens knows if he ever wants to see money again he needs to behave and Herm Edwards is like a father figure (and African-American) so they might get along better.
Wich QB exactly is going to get TO the ball?LT has more Touchdown Passes than all The Jets QB's combined.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (sUpEr21cHaRgEd @ Nov 9 2005, 01:06 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Wich QB exactly is going to get TO the ball?LT has more Touchdown Passes than all The Jets QB's combined. </div>Actually. The Jets have 5 passing TDs now (Bollinger 2, Pennington 2, Fiedler 1). LT has 3.
They could pay T.O. all the money in the world and he wouldn't come to the Jets. Despite what you guys think, he wants to be on a championship team. At the same time he does want money but as you saw with the Ravens 2 years ago. He saw they had one of the worst QBs in the league and immediately wanted out.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SickVick7 @ Nov 9 2005, 07:39 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>They could pay T.O. all the money in the world and he wouldn't come to the Jets. Despite what you guys think, he wants to be on a championship team. At the same time he does want money but as you saw with the Ravens 2 years ago. He saw they had one of the worst QBs in the league and immediately wanted out.</div> Right now I think it's more like WHO WANTS HIM, not WHO HE WANTS. He has done a lot of bad sh*t this year and is not gonna be able to run around the league and do what he wants. He is in the doghouse.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rockANDallstar @ Nov 9 2005, 03:53 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>He is in the doghouse.</div> Who's exactly? I mean, the guy wants to be on a championship team (as do I, but it's not in the cards), but I think it's more important to him that he just goes out and plays. The money, I'm guessing, means more to his freaky-A** agent than it does to him at this point.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SickVick7 @ Nov 9 2005, 03:39 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>They could pay T.O. all the money in the world and he wouldn't come to the Jets. Despite what you guys think, he wants to be on a championship team. At the same time he does want money but as you saw with the Ravens 2 years ago. He saw they had one of the worst QBs in the league and immediately wanted out.</div> TO wanted out of Baltimore because he would never be able to outshine Ray Lewis. It had nothing to do with Kyle Boller throwing the ball. If youll notice, TO took shots at Ray Lewis's past instead of Kyle Boller.I also agree with Rock...there isnt going to be very many teams willing to take on T.O. for any price and I could see him being pursuaded into signing a 3-4 year deal with the Jets where he would probably never see years 3 and 4 much like the Jets did this year with Ty Law.PS: Sickvick, The Jets were a team considered likely to be in the playoffs before the year even began. To say that we are not a contender next year because we are decimated by injuries this year is just ignorant.PSS: I absoultely despise TO and wishes he never wears a Jets Jersey, but I could see it happening and Im sure I will be rooting for him every sunday if he is on my team.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ven0m @ Nov 9 2005, 08:51 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>PSS: I absoultely despise TO and wishes he never wears a Jets Jersey, but I could see it happening and Im sure I will be rooting for him every sunday if he is on my team.</div>Lol. We all would man, that NONE of you guys can deny! Hell, I'm jealous of any team that gets him
I highly doubt he's going to the Jets venom. Maybe when the Jets get a QB. But otherwise it's out of the question.
