The Seattle Seahawks have shown interest in signing the 38-year-old and the six-time Pro Bowler Terrell Owens after his impressive try-out today.
The Seahawks also acknowledge that T.O still has speed after showing up with a 4.45 40-yard-dash time.
However, how effective and how much of a good decision will the Seahawks make by signing him?
The Seahawks will need a big name and a relatively big threat at receiver after parting ways with T.J Houshmandzadeh in 2009. At the moment, they’re number one receiver is Ben Obomanu (who?) who had 37 receptions last season for the squad. Good decision to sign Owens? Talent-wise yes.
Owens alone had 35 catches (two fewer than Obomanu) in about 11 games in the arena league he played for last season. However, he hasn’t played in the fast pace of the NFL since 2010 with Cincinnati. But he can still produce some teams to put an extra guy on him to help Seattle open a Obomanu on the other side, Zach Miller in the middle or Marshaun Lynch from the backfield to pick up a few extra yards.
Stats wise, we might not see another 100 reception season, maybe not another 1,000 yard performance from T.O. if we look at a pool of 187 players with at least 20 receptions last season; Donald Driver was the only true receiver on the list that was older than 35-years-old with at least 20 receptions (Tight End Tony Gonzales and Wide Receiver Hines Ward were 35 during last season and we’re on the list, but for this sake; let’s stay with the over 35-year-old aspect).
Since turning 35 in 2008, Terrell Owens had 231 receptions including his time in the arena league, (compare to 860 receptions up to that point of his career).
The downturn of signing him, if your Seattle; is the attitude that preludes him. He had his moments in which he could be a normal athlete; but his outburst had made teammates turn on him (as with San Francisco with Jeff Garcia about gay slurs, Philadelphia with Donovan McNabb’s effort in the NFC Championship game and Dallas’ Tony Romo and his then relationship with Jessica Simpson).
He had coaches frown upon him (Philadelphia’s Andy Reid whom benched him in 2005 for half the season due to his attitude), as well as with owners (San Francisco and with the Arena league’s Allen Wranglers). His outburst, his attitude problem with the Wranglers had not just got him cut from the team, but also lost co-ownership of the team because of it.
All and all, it might be best not to sign him because he is up there in age and how much is left in the tank is unknown. Especially if he hasn’t played in the league since 2010 and his production has been steadily decreasing since 2008.
The attitude is still there with him, it hasn’t gone away. Pete Carroll had said on a few occasions that he can change people; but this is a 16-year professional athlete that is pushing 40 years of age, if he hasn’t gotten the message to cool his jets yet, he might never will. He had his changes and blew it on more than one occasion. Terrell Owens will be Terrell Owens. Simple as that.
I’m just not sold that the name will not carry a different message to it.
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