I'm not talking about the Bills, I'm talking about in Dallas. He seemed to have lost a step in the 08 season. There was a good segment on NFL Live, I believe, during the 08 season about why T.O. wasn't getting the ball after he complained. It wasn't because Romo was butt buddies with Witten, it's because T.O. was having trouble getting open. They broke it down and showed him having trouble getting of the jam and separating from CB's.
You should also take into account that Romo was hurt for the majority of 2008 and T.O. had to contend with Brad Johnson as his quarterback. From what I saw, T.O. didn't have any more problems separating from CBs than most other WRs (including Randy Moss) do.
Two years removed from that, I can only imagine he's a little slower. This whole "we need another deep threat" thing is a little bit overblown. We need a guy that go over the middle and work the intermediate part of the field. Yes, T.O. was once this guy, but at 37 years old, I don't know if he can separate the way he once did.
As I said before, T.O. is not only a guy that can threaten the perimeter, but he can also threaten the middle of the field. We've all seen him do it thousands of times in his career and he did it last year in Buffahole... even with Trent Edwards and Fitzpatrick throwing him the ball. Give him Tom Brady, a guy capable of putting a pass right on his facemask, and T.O. has now redeemed his career, if only for one year.
The fact that he played on the Bills masks the deficiencies in his game. Everyone points to his bad surroundings for him being ineffective, and although his surroundings didn't help the cause he is just not the same player. He's never had good hands and doesn't have the same speed he once had.
I'd absolutely love to see your proof of this. Tell me, was it early in the morning or late in the afternoon when you clocked Owens' 40 time?
We don't need to go after another big-name guy who is over the hill and will fail to meet expectations (see: Galloway)
Oh, okay. Cool. So I guess we'll just keep going after small-time guys who are over the hill. David Patten, I believe his name is?
Seems like another Joey Galloway who everyone thought was an upgrade over Gaffney and would come in and operate the middle of the field and be that "deep threat" that would make it so much easier on Moss.
You know damn well that T.O. is not another Galloway. To say such just sounds ridiculous. Galloway was a good receiver, but he was a one trick pony throughout his entire career. T.O. has always been a multi-faceted receiver. Galloway didn't take care of himself the way T.O. has and does, which is why you can still get production out of Owens and Galloway still isn't on a team.
Look, the aim here is to upgrade the receiver position this offseason. Why not do it with the best option that there is out there? I don't see anybody else who would even remotely be able to come into this team and make the impact that T.O. could this year. As I said before, if he starts up with the mouth, we could just give him the Philly treatment. For a one year deal, there isn't a lot for us to lose.
Try to put your personal feelings for the guy aside for a moment and look at this objectively...
