Terrell Owens: Buffalo Has A Tumor In Town

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And by "tumor," I mean malignant. 

When making the decision to play Terrell Owens you can guarantee yourself a few things.

1. A lot of media attention, not necessarily good.

2. A lot of TDs.

3. A lot of 15 yard "excessive celebration" penalties.

Terrell Owens over the years has been proven to be, well, a prick. While performing on the field, he also performs off the field with talking behind teammate's backs (usually his QB), showing off, and generally making a fool out of himself and his team.

Owens hasn't been happy with his quarterbacks in recent memory.

McNabb was harassed in the huddle after incompletions, or when No. 5 decided to pass to other receivers.

Romo suffered the same fate from Owens after an ill-placed pass, or a look to Jason Witten, or any receivers, besides Owens.

And now Owens is going to play for the Bills.

Bills fans are hungry. Nine long years without a playoff berth. Nine long years without a reasonable Super Bowl run.

Nine long years of frustration.

In 2007 Buffalo drafted a much anticipated Trent Edwards. Edwards, since his rookie season, has been underachieving. He has, at the moment, a very average 79.1 QB rating and only 18 TDs to account for his 18 INT.

If we all can remember back to Owens's seasons with above average quarterbacks, he has always had a problem with getting along with them, mainly because they would make a mistake. Edwards is going He will be pulling his hair out if Trent Edwards doesn't pull his head out and start racking up some numbers.

Sure, you could argue that with Owens on the field, other WRs will have an easier time getting open, and therefore give Edwards some easy passes, and I would agree. 

If you wanted to argue that having Owens on the field will leave Marshawn Lynch with some holes to squeeze through and tack on yardage to his numbers, I would have to agree as well.

But, guess what?

Mr. Owens doesn't like it too much when the ball isn't spiraling towards him.

Mr.Owens doesn't like it much if the ball is anyone else's hands but his.

Mr.Owens is going to have a hard time coping on the Bills.

So here are my final predictions for the seasons upcoming where TO will be a "go-to guy" in Buffalo.

If history accounts for anything Owens will be a reasonable, nice teammate next season, maybe even helping Buffalo into the playoffs. But it's usually Owens' second season in any particular team that sends him spiraling into an uncontrollable train of negativity.

In his second season in Buffalo (if he is re-signed), he won't be happy. He will start talking, to the press, and to his teammates. He will realize that he isn't the go-to guy, but rather a humongous, and helpful distraction. 

When he starts talking, he will get people angry. Mostly with Trent Edwards, simply because of his lacking numbers in recent seasons, granted they will be higher this year thanks to Owens, but they won't be on a Peyton Manning level.

A broken team is the last thing Buffalo needs.

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