Would You Welcome T.O. Back to the 49ers?

I'll just go on the record right now and say I want to have him back. I personally think the best of his loud mouth days are over. His work ethic has never been an issue, he probably trains as hard or harder than the majority of the NFL. Some of his worst moments are some of my best - I dont recall ever having a bigger smile in my life than when he took it to the middle of the star in Texas Stadium.
Bring him back home.

I would welcome him back ..but we all know he will start crying around about not getting enough touches and be a pain in the ass in the locker room eventually.

if he could come here and shut his mouth and accept the role he is given, then maybe it could work, but we know his history of opening up his mouth will eventually cause a lot of s**t.

He would have to accept a supporting role in our offense, Gore, Crabs and Davis are the 49ers big three, the days of being THE MAN on offense are long gone for T.O...but I agree an offensive package with Crabs, Owens, Davis, Morgan and Gore would be scary, but T.O's massive ego would never allow that to happen.

Originally posted by Afrikan:

Originally posted by nflguy49:
I don't want TO and his "I practice when I feel like it" attitude anywhere near Crabtree.

WTF? are you talking about.....do you know anything about T.O......do you know anything about our 9ers.....do you know anything about when T.O. was here...

WHERE THE F DID HE EVER SAY OR GIVE OFF THE IMPRESSION about PRACTICING WHEN HE FELT LIKE IT?

stop talking out of your ***!

You must be too young to remember him pissing off Niner vets by playing dominoes in the locker room when they were busting their ass in practice. In fact there were times when Owens would barely practice at all and it didn't sit well with the vets. That's why Owens was usually closer with rookies and young players then with established vets.

Why do you think the Niners (along with the rest of the NFL) are not interested in Owens??

forgiveness!! bring him back. i honestly believe as a fanbase we have the most fans that would want him on their team!

Lets break the playoff curse!

Hell F'n no. It's not just his attitude either. The guy had mediocre hands when he was here, he still couldn't catch the damn ball in Dallas and let's not forget he was replaced by another loud mouth who has suspect hands in Dallas so what does that tell you?

You really think he'll keep his mouth shut and let Crabby catch 100 while he gets 70? I'm not sure either and that's just it. I read a couple posts that think he's gonna play slot...pull your heads out of your asses. Not worth the risk, not worth the price tag. He doesn't have a team for a very good and very real reason. We got a young team and the last thing we need is this diva pissing in these kids ears and making a spectacle of himself. They have enough pressure on them already.

Yes, again.

yessir

Originally posted by nflguy49:

Originally posted by Afrikan:

Originally posted by nflguy49:
I don't want TO and his "I practice when I feel like it" attitude anywhere near Crabtree.

WTF? are you talking about.....do you know anything about T.O......do you know anything about our 9ers.....do you know anything about when T.O. was here...

WHERE THE F DID HE EVER SAY OR GIVE OFF THE IMPRESSION about PRACTICING WHEN HE FELT LIKE IT?

stop talking out of your ***!

You must be too young to remember him pissing off Niner vets by playing dominoes in the locker room when they were busting their ass in practice. In fact there were times when Owens would barely practice at all and it didn't sit well with the vets. That's why Owens was usually closer with rookies and young players then with established vets.

Why do you think the Niners (along with the rest of the NFL) are not interested in Owens??

His practice routine is not something that's usually sited as a reason why nobody wants him.

Originally posted by tjd808185:

Originally posted by nflguy49:

Originally posted by Afrikan:

Originally posted by nflguy49:
I don't want TO and his "I practice when I feel like it" attitude anywhere near Crabtree.

WTF? are you talking about.....do you know anything about T.O......do you know anything about our 9ers.....do you know anything about when T.O. was here...

WHERE THE F DID HE EVER SAY OR GIVE OFF THE IMPRESSION about PRACTICING WHEN HE FELT LIKE IT?

stop talking out of your ***!

You must be too young to remember him pissing off Niner vets by playing dominoes in the locker room when they were busting their ass in practice. In fact there were times when Owens would barely practice at all and it didn't sit well with the vets. That's why Owens was usually closer with rookies and young players then with established vets.

Why do you think the Niners (along with the rest of the NFL) are not interested in Owens??

His practice routine is not something that's usually sited as a reason why nobody wants him.

When he was a Niner (especially his last few years) he had poor practice habits.

When a player is known as a locker room cancer teams generally don't need additional reasons to stay away.

Rosenhaus was in Santa Clara a few weeks back, talking to 49ers management about Davis and Bowman.
Think he may have gauged 49ers interest in Owens?
Never know with that guy.

Originally posted by Jamespowers:
Rosenhaus was in Santa Clara a few weeks back, talking to 49ers management about Davis and Bowman.
Think he may have gauged 49ers interest in Owens?
Never know with that guy.

I never even thought of that. Absolutely he did. That leads me to believe we're not havin it though cuz Sing would want his triflin' ass signed and ready to attend OTA's.

TO's painted himself into a corner where he doesn't have any choice but to do EVERYTHING that's asked of him, including showing up to OTA's. Not only would Sing not give this F'er a free pass; I guarantee he'll be harder on em than everybody else on the team. TO would never be able to handle Sing, no damn way.

Originally posted by NatralBrnThrila:

Originally posted by Jamespowers:
Rosenhaus was in Santa Clara a few weeks back, talking to 49ers management about Davis and Bowman.
Think he may have gauged 49ers interest in Owens?
Never know with that guy.

I never even thought of that. Absolutely he did. That leads me to believe we're not havin it though cuz Sing would want his triflin' ass signed and ready to attend OTA's.

TO's painted himself into a corner where he doesn't have any choice but to do EVERYTHING that's asked of him, including showing up to OTA's. Not only would Sing not give this F'er a free pass; I guarantee he'll be harder on em than everybody else on the team. TO would never be able to handle Sing, no damn way.

I wonder how things would have been if Sing was here instead of Mooch in late 90's and early 00's

Originally posted by Jamespowers:

Originally posted by NatralBrnThrila:

Originally posted by Jamespowers:
Rosenhaus was in Santa Clara a few weeks back, talking to 49ers management about Davis and Bowman.
Think he may have gauged 49ers interest in Owens?
Never know with that guy.

I never even thought of that. Absolutely he did. That leads me to believe we're not havin it though cuz Sing would want his triflin' ass signed and ready to attend OTA's.

TO's painted himself into a corner where he doesn't have any choice but to do EVERYTHING that's asked of him, including showing up to OTA's. Not only would Sing not give this F'er a free pass; I guarantee he'll be harder on em than everybody else on the team. TO would never be able to handle Sing, no damn way.

I wonder how things would have been if Sing was here instead of Mooch in late 90's and early 00's

Good question. Never woulda got as far as it did that's for sure. 1 of 2 things woulda happened. Either he would of accepted the iron rule and stayed on to have a HOF career or he woulda rebelled against it and had the career that he's had, just with fewer years of it spent here.

I'd like to think that he would of accepted Sing as more of a father figure, which imo is what the dude has needed his entire life. Mooch was more like the cool uncle who let em do whatever the F he wanted. Mooch was and I'd imagine still is a huge push over and alpha dogs like TO smell that in an instant. Doesn't take guys like that long to exploit the situation, especially when everyone around them is on their nut sack telling them "your the sh*t dog, you get that ball in your hands and we'll land the big sweet $..." hmmm hmm! Rosenhaus.

As much as I don't like TO, I despise his F'n agent more than anything. That prick did us absolutely no favors when it came to dealing with TO. He reveled in every single one of the stupid stunts TO pulled over the years and encouraged him to act the way he acts. The more the camera was on TO, the more Rosenhaus got his stupid mug in the shot. Shameless self promoter who ultimately doesn't give a sh*t about TO; again imho.

But whatever, TO's a grown man capable of making his own decisions and I'm not gonna defend his stupidity. He's facing the consequences for his actions and it's long overdue if you ask me. I honestly wouldn't be surprised to see em sit this year and then retire pretty quietly. He's far too proud to face that kind of embarrassment.

Originally posted by nflguy49:

Originally posted by tjd808185:

Originally posted by nflguy49:

Originally posted by Afrikan:

Originally posted by nflguy49:
I don't want TO and his "I practice when I feel like it" attitude anywhere near Crabtree.

WTF? are you talking about.....do you know anything about T.O......do you know anything about our 9ers.....do you know anything about when T.O. was here...

WHERE THE F DID HE EVER SAY OR GIVE OFF THE IMPRESSION about PRACTICING WHEN HE FELT LIKE IT?

stop talking out of your ***!

You must be too young to remember him pissing off Niner vets by playing dominoes in the locker room when they were busting their ass in practice. In fact there were times when Owens would barely practice at all and it didn't sit well with the vets. That's why Owens was usually closer with rookies and young players then with established vets.

Why do you think the Niners (along with the rest of the NFL) are not interested in Owens??

His practice routine is not something that's usually sited as a reason why nobody wants him.

When he was a Niner (especially his last few years) he had poor practice habits.

When a player is known as a locker room cancer teams generally don't need additional reasons to stay away.

practice?



I thought TO was practicing to be an actor

Making the Case for an NFL Team To Sign Terrell Owens LINK

Normally, I do not do this, but as the opening of NFL training camps approaches and fans are looking for players that can help their team, I decided this might change some minds.

What if I told you that your team could get a productive NFL wide receiver without off the field baggage? Would you want that receiver?

Well, here are the numbers of that receiver over the last four years compared to some of his peers over the same time.

Look at the numbers and see if you would want your team to sign our mystery receiver.



Receiver A: 61 games, 327 receptions, 4,019 yards, 25 touchdowns

Receiver B: 63 games, 290 receptions, 4,416 yards, 43 touchdowns

Receiver C: 60 games, 235 receptions, 3,835 yards, 20 touchdowns

Receiver D: 63 games, 195 receptions, 3,341 yards, 25 touchdowns

Receiver E: 64 games, 241 receptions, 3,726 yards, 29 touchdowns

Receiver F: 55 games, 171 receptions, 2,537 yards, 16 touchdowns



Now I will tell you that our mystery receiver is Receiver B. Also, I will tell you that Receiver B has never been in legal trouble or suspended by the NFL.

Receiver A has never been suspended but has been arrested at least five times and had multiple run-ins with the law since 2004.

Receiver C is suspended for the first four games of the 2010 NFL season for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy, arrested at least twice, and admitted to selling drugs while in high school.

Receiver D has never been arrested but is suspended for the first four games of the 2010 NFL season for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy.

Receiver E has been arrested once.

Receiver F has been arrested once and suspended by the NFL for a total of 16 games.

All the receivers above but Receiver B are with an NFL team for the 2010 season.

More information for you: Last season, Receiver B played for a 6-10 team and three different quarterbacks. Also before the season, Receiver B’s team fired its offensive coordinator and the head coach was fired on November 17 after a 3-6 start.

The rest of the receivers on this list had a combined 36-28 record last season. They also had one quarterback all season long except for Receiver E, and none had any of their coaches fired during the season.

So who are our receivers? Receiver A is former Denver Broncos and newly acquired Miami Dolphins player Brandon Marshall. It is widely known that Marshall has had several run-ins with the law over his NFL career.

Receiver C is former Pittsburgh Steeler and recently traded for New York Jet Santonio Holmes. He was run out of Pittsburgh as his off the field problems mounted up over his career.

Receiver D is San Diego Chargers wide out Vincent Jackson. While he has not signed his tender offer from the Chargers, he is expected to play this season after his four game suspension is up.

Receiver E is Braylon Edwards, the former Cleveland Brown who was run out of town after punching a member of LeBron James' entourage. Edwards was able to avoid a suspension for the punch after pleading no contest and was traded to the Jets four games into the 2009-10 season.

Receiver F is Donte' Stallworth, who was missed the entire 2009-10 season after pleading guilty to DUI manslaughter charges. As soon as he was reinstated by Commissioner Roger Goodell, Stallworth was signed by the Baltimore Ravens.

All the receivers above have had off the field issues, but it has not kept teams away from them. To be fair, Edwards and Jackson have never been arrested but did make news for problems off the field.

So who is our mystery receiver? It is Terrell Owens, the biggest name left unsigned of the unrestricted free agents.

Look at all the problems there were in Buffalo last season with Dick Jauron firing his offensive coordinator before the start of the season. Also, none of the Bills quarterbacks would invoke fear in opposing defenses.

The Bills started Ryan Fitzpatrick for eight games, Trent Edwards for seven games, and Brian Brohm for a game. Plus, as I stated before, Jauron found himself on the chopping block after a poor start to the season.

Despite all of this upheaval, Terrell Owens still had 55 receptions, 829 yards, and five touchdowns.

Let us be honest for a second. If Owens had been on a better team with some stability, he might have had a much better season.

Yes, it is true that Owens is 36 years old, but he is one of the fittest players in the NFL and could still be a productive receiver. Owens might have lost a step, but a team in need of wide receiver help could use him.

So why hasn’t any team offered T.O. a contract for the 2010 NFL season? Even more troubling is how troubled wide receivers keep getting chances.

Could it be that NFL general managers and coaches would rather have a player who cannot stay out of legal trouble over a player like Owens who is a locker room killer? It has been well documented that Owens caused locker room problems with the San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, and the Philadelphia Eagles.

Owens has spent most of his career wanting to be the center of attention and ripping his quarterbacks when not crying for them. The poster child for the diva receiver image in the NFL could be what is keeping Owens unemployed.

So is there any team that would want Owens? I believe that a team with a strong head coach could control Owens.

There are not many of those types of coaches in the NFL, but here is the list of teams I think could control T.O.’s locker room behavior.

I'm not looking at whether these teams need wide receiver help, but whether their coach has any chance of controlling Owens. Here is the list:

Jacksonville Jaguars —I have to believe that Jack Del Rio does not take much off any player on his teams.

San Francisco 49ers —Head coach Mike Singletary. That is enough said.

Washington Redskins — Mike Shanahan runs a tight ship, and his teams have little issues on or off the field.

Tennessee Titans —Jeff Fisher has not been the longest tenured head coach because he could not keep players in line.

New York Jets — Rex Ryan likes to stay in the media so much it would be hard for Owens to get camera time, and Ryan would not let Owens tear his locker room apart.

New Orleans Saints —Sean Peyton has kept Jeremy Shockey in line, so one has to believe he can do the same with Owens. Plus, Drew Brees would not let Owens get out of control.

New England Patriots — Bill Belichick has done wonders with Randy Moss. No doubt he could do the same with Owens.

Baltimore Ravens —John Harbaugh has the help of Ray Lewis to keep Owens in line. Also this team is not afraid to take a chance on players. See Donte Stallworth.

Arizona Cardinals — Ken Whisenhunt did a good job winning games even though Anquan Boldin was unhappy during his time in desert.



I believe the nine teams above could keep Owens in line and would not let him tear their locker room apart. Also most of these teams, like the Ravens and Saints. have players who would not let Owens take over the locker room.

One thing is for sure, whether you like Owens or not, there are not many teams who can pass 55 catches and 800 yards. T.O. still can produce, as seen last season, and on a good team, he could produce even more.