Terrell Owens: His 5 Best NFL Seasons

Terrell Owens always seems to find a way to stay in the news, be it for bad or for worse. News broke yesterday that the controversial wide receiver may have torn his ACL either filming a TV show or during a personal training session.

Owens is a physical specimen who takes great care of his body, so if the news about the injury is true it will be interesting to see the manner in which he trains to get healthy again. Owens returned to the play in Super Bowl XXXIX after breaking his ankle two months prior.

Any attempted comeback will probably be fueled by the desire to prove his naysayers and detractors wrong.

Owens is hands down one of the greatest receivers in NFL history, based strictly on stats. He has over 15,000 receiving yards and 150 touchdowns, but his combative and contentious personality have put off many a player and media member that at times his stats aren’t considered to their full potential.

Since there is so much uncertainty regarding Owens and his career, will he retire or won’t he, here are five of Terrell’s best NFL seasons.

San Francisco, 1998, 1,097 Receiving Yards, 14 Touchdowns

His 1998 season was the coming out party of T.O. Before the, now infamous, catch against Green Bay, Owens was just Terrell. A shy country boy from Alabama just trying to find his way in the NFL.

But there was that catch he made in Green Bay in a 1998 Wild Card game against the Packers that served as a catapult for Terrell.

He finished the season with over 1,000 yards receiving and double-digit touchdowns.

San Francisco, 2001, 1,412 Receiving Yards, 16 Touchdowns

His 2000 season may have been the year where people really started to take notice of Owens, but when he was able to duplicate the same numbers he produced the year before, he was official.

Terrell averaged 15 yards per catch, had 16 touchdowns, and logged over 1,400 receiving yards for the second straight season.

Philadelphia Eagles, 2004, 1,200 Receiving Yards, 14 Touchdowns

Owens broke his ankle in 2004 and only played in 14 games, so his stat line should have been much better. But the connection Owens had with Donovan McNabb that season was magical.

These two cats seemed like they were playing backyard ball at times it was so smooth. Place a blindfold on McNabb, and he would probably still complete a 40-yarder to T.O.

It’s a shame that things didn’t work out between Owens and McNabb, because they could have been two of the best quarterback/receiver combos to ever do it.

Dallas Cowboys, 2007, 1,355 Receiving Yards, 15 Touchdowns

Owens averaged almost 17 yards per catch and caught 15 touchdowns in the 2007 season.

It was his next to last season in Dallas, but homeboy produced like a future Hall of Famer that year.

Tony Romo was still growing and Owens’ presence in Dallas aided in Romo’s maturation. The connection that Romo and Owens had that season helped to fuel that Cowboys team to a 13-3 regular season record.

Cincinnati Bengals, 2010, 983 Receiving Yards, 9 Touchdowns

Here’s why Owens’ first and possible last season in Cincy is on the list. After his one-and-done year in Buffalo, where he had only five touchdowns and 829 receiving yards, Terrell was pretty much written off.

He was injured the latter part of the year and still produced almost 1,000 receiving yards on a team with a mediocre quarterback.

Through all of that, he was still able to produce.

If 2010 turns out to be the last season of Owens career, then it was one of his best.