Was Signing Terrell Owens a Smart Move by the Buffalo Bills?

Wide reciever Terrell Owens has agreed to a one-year, $6.5 million deal with the Buffalo Bills.

Out of all of Owens’s possible destinations that I heard about, I definitely don’t remember the Bills being one of the prime candidates.

I don't know if they offered him more money or there really weren't any other teams interested in him, but either way, he's suprisingly going to be on the Bills next season.

While this is probably a bad move by TO, is it a good move by the Bills? We all know about the negatives that Owens brings with him when joining a team, but is there any positives about this signing?

The Positives

The Bills aren’t the Raiders.

Owens is a unique type of player similar to Randy Moss. He just doesn’t mix well with losing. If he had signed with a team like the Raiders or the Lions, his situation would have been reminiscent of Moss’s tenure in Oakland, except even worse.

As much of a cancer as TO is sometimes, he never complains when the team wins. He would have fit better with higher level teams such as the Patriots or Steelers, but the Bills have just enough talent where it might work. Key word being “might.”

The Bills play in Buffalo.

Owens playing in big market cities such as Philly and Dallas clearly didn’t work. The Bills are a small market team and the less focus on their team, the less chance of Owens being a problem, and the less likely that a reporter in Buffalo is going to act like Ed Werder by stirring up the pot.

Not to mention, the attention the Bills are going to be getting from this will be good for the team in some ways.

The Bills are finally going to be more in the spotlight, the Owens Bills jersey is going to be a hot seller, and now the Bills are more likely to play in some prime time games.

Terrell Owens is still a great player

No matter what you want to say Owens' character, he is still one of the elite receivers in the league. No one ever questions his work ethic and heart. At least the Bills know that when Owens lines up on Sunday, he’s going to leave everything on the field.

Lee Evans is going to be even more of a deep threat.

Lee Evans is one of the best deep threat receivers in the NFL, and with the addition of Owens he is likely to be even better. Teams are still going to have to concentrate on TO, and Evans is going to benefit from it.

It’s only a one-year deal.

If this deal doesn’t work out, TO and the Bills can just part ways after the season. 

The Bills have nothing to lose.

The Bills haven’t made the playoffs since 1999. They weren’t going to have much chance of winning a Super Bowl with who they had anyway.  In reality, it obviously most likely won’t work out, but why not take the risk?

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