The T.O. Show: A Glimpse Into The Future Retirement of Terrell?

Well we've all heard the plans for a T.O. Show on VH1 that Terrell found time to film while he is undoubtedly busy learning a new playbook.  We all know T.O. is a sucker for the spotlight (see shirt-less sit ups in the driveway) and my question is this: is T.O. setting himself up for a major (and very embarrassing) letdown?

OK - the man is physically gifted.  He has proven his talent throughout his career.  He has flourished statistically everywhere he has played - except the next place he is going to play.  The NFL is the epitome of a "what have you done for me lately" league.  Players regularly get praised and practically forgotten in the same breath.  Call me a false prophet but I see one of two things happening during the 2009 season.  First, there is the possibility that the Bills' T.O. "experiment" is a major success, T.O. looks like a football god, and the Bills finally make it to the playoffs for the first time since the 1999 season.  Next there is the more probable scenario.  T.O. has a mediocre season; the Bills miss the playoffs again and slump even more into mediocrity. But will people forget about T.O.?   No.  He will just look like an idiot for looking for all this attention before he has even proven that he can help the Bills who are in such a disastrous situation. 

To me, having a television show before you have retired from the NFL is a joke.  You just don't do that.  You wait until you have exacerbated all of your physical gift and then you move on to reality television, color commentating, or whatever.  If you can't wait to move on, then don't waste the time of football fans.  Do as Tiki Barber did and just hang up the cleats a year or two before people think you should, and go write a kids book or whatever. 

As a die hard Bills fan(atic), I truly hope that T.O. flourishes with my Bills.  The only thing keeping me from being optimistic about the situation is my realistic (pessimistic) notion that the Bills must be doomed (they're not).