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Terrell Owens at 37. Not huge, not vascular, not schmoetastic. A real athlete.
What if Terrell Owens held a workout and nobody showed up?
The job-seeking 37-year-old wide receiver actually learns the answer to that question, staging a workout attended by zero (as in 0) NFL scouts. He's still hopeful of catching on with a team, though.
By Broderick Turner
On a cold, gray Tuesday morning, unemployed wide receiver Terrell Owens stepped onto a high school football field in an attempt to show the NFL that he has overcome a knee injury and is ready to play a 16th season.
The only problem was that on this day the number of reporters (eight) outnumbered the NFL scouts (zero) watching Owens work out for about an hour at Calabasas High.
Owens, 37, said he has fully recovered from a torn anterior cruciate ligament he suffered in early April. The six-time Pro Bowl player also maintained that he wasn't bothered that there weren't any NFL scouts on hand to watch his workout.
"Why would I be upset?" Owens said. "Like I said, I'm a realist. Everybody knows that I'm honest. So, it doesn't bother me that nobody is here. But that doesn't mean nobody is interested."
For those who might be interested in Owens, the NFL Network and ESPN were there to record things.
Owens went through a series of drills and then took off his shirt and ran some passing routes for 25 minutes. He caught passes from Casey Hansen, a former quarterback at Norfolk State andin the Arena Football League.
Drew Rosenhaus, Owens' agent, said he'll send tapes of his client's workout to all 32 NFL teams and expects to attract some interest in the coming weeks.
"I feel like I want to go to a team that's a contender and obviously complete for a championship," Owens said. "I think there are some teams, if you look around the league, you can't say that I can't play on any of those teams."
Owens has played for five NFL teams. Last season he caught 72 passes for 983 yards and nine touchdowns for the Cincinnati Bengals.
He is known to be a controversial figure and a dominant personality in a locker room.
"I can only go by what I've done in the last two years," Owens said. "If everybody wants to be a history major and really go by what happened in the past, that's their loss. I think I've tried to rebuild and do some things different the last two years. When I was in Buffalo [in 2009], you didn't hear a peep. When I was in Cincinnati, you didn't hear much. So other than that, that's all I can do is move forward."
When asked how his knee felt, Owens was quick to answer.
"How did it look?" he asked. "I think if I wasn't feeling well, then it would have showed out there on the field. So, I feel good."
One of those watching Owens' workout was Jerry Rice, his former San Francisco 49ers teammate who now works for ESPN.
In his NFL career Owens ranks second all time, behind Rice, in yards receiving, and Owens and Randy Moss both have 153 receiving touchdowns, also second all time behind Rice.
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Was down there today to watch him run routes. Dude's an athletic freak. Explosive as hell. Hope he get another shot!
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Dude is awesome. Miss him playing for the Cowboys. He was the one that made Romo look good in that 13-3 2007 season. 8)
Please come back!!!!
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Was down there today to watch him run routes. Dude's an athletic freak. Explosive as hell. Hope he get another shot!
"Dude's an athletic freak"...Agreed
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Dude is awesome. Miss him playing for the Cowboys. He was the one that made Romo look good in that 13-3 2007 season. 8)
Please come back!!!!
Fuck no! I don't want him near Dez. Plus Miles and Dez are waaaaayyyyy better than this version of T.O.
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Poor Owens. He's totally broke today. Look at what he earned, year by year:
http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/terrell-owens/
The signing bonuses alone totaled almost 30 MILLION dollars guaranteed.
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the only team i can see taking a gamble on him is NE. belichek has a gift for turning poisonous players around.
but with OC there, i dont even know if they will.
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Poor Owens. He's totally broke today. Look at what he earned, year by year:
http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/terrell-owens/
The signing bonuses alone totaled almost 30 MILLION dollars guaranteed.
How do we know he is broke? Who the fuck can be broke having made that type of money?
THE BEEF
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Terrell Owens is a fantastic football talent.....I too would like to see a team pick him up!
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saw some footage great shape,,either play ball or be fitness model..greedy but world class talent.
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Appears someone didn't plan for retirement.
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saw some footage great shape,,either play ball or be fitness model..greedy but world class talent.
With no class though. If this idiot had half of Jerry Rice's humility and dedication.......
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How do we know he is broke? Who the fuck can be broke having made that type of money?
THE BEEF
(http://brotherpeacemaker.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/antoine-walker-and-girlfriend.jpg?w=255&h=364)
This one. Yeah, he is worth under $2M but that's BS to the $100M he earned, and he still has creditors gunning for him. On top of that his bitched skipped town for Chad Johnson since he can't pay for her anymore. Stupid fucking athlete.
Oh, and the whore is worth $5M. She took his money to build her real estate company.
Stupid Fucking Athlete.
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He reminds me a lot of Herschel Walker, maybe he can move to MMA as he gets in his 40's.
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(http://brotherpeacemaker.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/antoine-walker-and-girlfriend.jpg?w=255&h=364)
This one. Yeah, he is worth under $2M but that's BS to the $100M he earned, and he still has creditors gunning for him. On top of that his bitched skipped town for Chad Johnson since he can't pay for her anymore. Stupid fucking athlete.
Oh, and the whore is worth $5M. She took his money to build her real estate company.
Stupid Fucking Athlete.
A fool and his money.......
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Terrell Owens gets unlikely job offer
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Terrell-Owens-gets-contract-offer-from-WR-needy-?urn=nfl-wp10471
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I disagree.
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Hope he recovers... looks pretty lean and mean.
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in before gh15 and swearing up and down t.o. is all tren. id say he is on no drugs at all. he has always always been ripped and in great shape.
dude is 220 lbs soaking wet. lean and ripped. ill go out on a limb and say he is on nothing at all. just great kneegrow genetics.
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looks like a skinny falcon when he was on the weed
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I thought the Arena League had folded.
Halfway through the season, I've got to agree with the guys who are saying that, while he has the ability to play, the calendar is working against him. Of course he can still run routes and catch the ball, but how quickly could he get on the same page with a QB?
T.O. fan, but he needs to focus on getting a good deal for 2012.
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Check the NFL network, they have arena right before the real season starts.
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He sucks now.
He lucks explosive and fast and quick when he is all by himself. Dude is washed up, he's done.
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He sucks now.
He lucks explosive and fast and quick when he is all by himself. Dude is washed up, he's done.
Agreed best days are behind him.
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Terrel Owens is just another washed up NFL player!
It is now the time for him to change sport and try MMA and get his face smashed by some white trash nobody! ;D
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Poor Owens. He's totally broke today. Look at what he earned, year by year:
http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/terrell-owens/
The signing bonuses alone totaled almost 30 MILLION dollars guaranteed.
Still has a net worth of 35 million. Don't forget he has a TV show and has invested in a number of businesses.
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Still has a net worth of 35 million. Don't forget he has HAD a TV show and has invested in a number of businesses.
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i read that in the workouts he was very so/so.
And I held a workout this afternoon in my garage and had the same number of NFL team personnel show up. ;D
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How do we know he is broke? Who the fuck can be broke having made that type of money?
THE BEEF
Easy, spend more then you have.
You act as if this is shocking.... 78% of NFL players declare banckruptcy w/ in 5 yrs of retirement.
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LOOKS LIKE A SKINNY JOHNNY FALCON ON WEED TO ME A CERTIFIED USER OF THE HERB RUNNING OUTDOORS THINKING HE"S THE SHIT CAUSE HE GOT SOME LEANS FROM COFFEE OH BROTHER
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When everyone was dumping on the guy, I wanted like hell for the Broncos to pick him up.
At his age now, the options are going going gone...
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He'll land a job.
The guy can still play. At least one team will take a chance on him. It's not that he can't play anymore, it's that his durability has gotten increasingly worse over the years due to his age.
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He sucks now.
He lucks explosive and fast and quick when he is all by himself. Dude is washed up, he's done.
STFU