Terrell Owens and the 11 Best Unsigned NFL Free Agents

Even though the lockout in the National Football League delayed the free-agency period for a number of months, almost all of the marquee free agents have been signed to a team for the 2011 season.

That is, with the exception of the following 11 players, who now have approximately two weeks to sign with a team or risk spending the 2011 season unemployed.

Terrell Owens, Wide Receiver

Terrell Owens has played for five different teams in the last eight seasons—an unprecedented number for a future Hall of Famer—and the fact that he has not yet been signed for the 2011 season probably has more to do with his attitude than with his talent.

After all, he can still play.

Last season, the 37-year-old caught 72 passes for 983 yards and nine touchdowns. He ranks fifth all-time in receptions, second in yards and second in touchdowns. Any team would be lucky to have his talents for 2011, even though he would probably be a third receiver instead of a No. 1 or No. 2 guy. 

Keith Bulluck, Linebacker

Bulluck is an 11-year NFL veteran. He spent the first 10 years of his career with the Tennessee Titans before joining the New York Giants for the 2010 season.

Last year, he played in 13 games, started eight and collected just 20 tackles.

He's 34 and currently doesn't have a team, but the former first-round pick should land a team sometime, somewhere.

Mark Clayton, Wide Receiver

A first-round draft pick with the Baltimore Ravens in 2005, Mark Clayton is a borderline bust, as he has never reached his potential as a No. 1 wide receiver.

Last season, he played in just five games for the Rams and caught 23 passes. A torn patellar tendon in his right knee sidelined him for the remainder of the season and is probably the biggest reason why he hasn't been able to find a team yet in 2011.

Ken Hamlin, Safety

Hamlin, 30, played in just nine games last season with the Baltimore Ravens and Indianapolis Colts and collected exactly two tackles.

He was a Pro Bowler as recently as 2007, when he registered a career-high 102 tackles and intercepted five passes as a member of the Dallas Cowboys.

He may no longer have the talent to start, but he could be a solid backup on any team.

Rod Hood, Cornerback

Hood originally began his NFL career as a solid nickel cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles. After 2006, he joined the Arizona Cardinals as a starter and intercepted five passes for 196 yards (and two touchdowns) in 2007.

He played for Tennessee in 2009 but missed the 2010 season with a torn ACL. However, he's only 28 and should be able to play for a few more seasons.

Michael Lewis, Safety

Michael Lewis played five seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, where he earned a Pro Bowl selection in 2004. He then played with the San Francisco 49ers until 2010, when he asked for his release. He later joined the Rams but played just two games for them.

At 31, Lewis has a few years left in his career if any team gives him another shot at the NFL.

Randy Moss, Wide Receiver

Moss is technically retired, but I think he is only retired because he didn't receive any offers for the 2011 season. His 28-catch, 393-yard, five-touchdown performance for three different teams in 2010 certainly didn't help.

However, he is arguably one of the game's best receivers ever and will one day be in the Hall of Fame. At 34, I believe that Moss can still perform, not necessarily as a No. 1 receiver, but as a second or third target.

Julian Peterson, Linebacker

Peterson has been one of the more underrated linebackers over the past decade. He has been selected to five Pro Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks and Detroit Lions.

Last season, he started 14 games and collected 57 tackles. He was released by the Lions after the season, and it's shocking that the 33-year-old outside linebacker doesn't yet have a home for the 2011 season.

Darren Sharper, Safety

Darren Sharper is two years removed from a season in which he intercepted nine passes for 376 yards and three touchdowns and led the New Orleans Saints to their first Super Bowl title in franchise history.

The five-time Pro Bowler and six-time All-Pro did suffer through a disappointing 2010 season in which he played in only eight games, but it's surprising that he doesn't have a team yet for the 2011 season.

Lofa Tatupu, Linebacker

Lofa Tatupu burst onto the scene as a rookie and earned three consecutive Pro Bowl selections to begin his career in the National Football League.

However, he was granted his release by the Seattle Seahawks after the 2010 season and has shockingly not found a team for 2011. He is just 28 years old and could easily play for another five seasons in the NFL.

Pisa Tinoisamoa, Linebacker

A second-round draft pick by the St. Louis Rams in 2003, Pisa Tinoisamoa has played eight seasons in the NFL—the first six with the Rams and the last two with the Chicago Bears.

He bounced back from an injury-plagued 2007 season to start all 16 games in 2008, and he bounced back from a two-game season in 2009 to make 10 starts in 2010.

At 29 years old, he should be signed to a new NFL team sometime in the next few weeks.