The Patriots Should Sign Terrell Owens

It's a match made in heaven, like Kevin Nealon and Susan Yeagley. Or this blogger and his sports betting picks.

How good would Terrell Owens look in a New England Patriots' uniform?

First off, let's do what all NFL teams do when they think of Owens—think of all the positives.

Owens on one side, Randy Moss on the other, Wes Welker moving the chains, Tom Brady breaking his own regular season touchdown record, Fred Taylor running free, and Bill Belichick running up the score.

What would sportsbook oddsmakers do at that point? When the Patriots were peaking in their perfect regular season, the NFL betting spread was nearly 30 points in a few contests.

How big would the point spread be if the Patriots were at home to, say, the Detroit Lions?

The Patriots would be unstoppable.

But now, let's glance away from the angel on one shoulder and look at the little devil on the opposite shoulder.

Owens is a team cancer—a malcontent and every team that he touches usually smells like burnt popcorn two years later.

He's immature, he insults his teammates, he is a back-stabber, and unless the team is winning and he is the reason for it, he isn't satisfied.

All of those things are true, but some of them, not all, were characteristics of Moss. In no way am I equating the two players' attitudes. Because on the spectrum of bad attitudes, Owens is a 9.9 while Moss is in the 4-6 range, depending on the situation.

But the point is that Belichick has shown in the past that with guys like Moss, or even clock-killing Corey Dillon, he can strip off some of that bad attitude.

But here is how this deal could work for the Patriots. First of all, if there is any sort of a bidding war for Owens, the Patriots won't touch him.

Several teams will have to pass on Owens and leave him and his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, on the scrap heap before the Patriots come calling. Then, the Pats can offer a one-year, incentive-laden contract that has more exits than Gillette Stadium.

Owens is obviously a concern when it comes to disrupting team chemistry. But at the same time, T.O. has shown that he can be a team player, in his first season with the team. With both the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys, his first season was arguably his most problem-free.

If that's the case and the Patriots have outs in the contract and if Belichick feels he can control him, then they should sign him. As soon as there is any problem whatsoever, he's gone.

In the modern-day NFL, with the salary cap and revenue sharing, teams are not supposed to be able to have Brady, Moss, Owens, and Welker on the same team. But the Patriots are shrewd, which is why they would be capable of it.

They traded for Welker and Moss on the cheap and could get Owens for a fraction of the price tag that San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Dallas paid.

The thought of Owens on the Patriots is downright scary, if they weren't already. Considering the Pats are still looking at adding Jason Taylor, Joey Galloway, and Marvin Harrison, they could be legitimately back to and beyond their 2007 form.