Terrell Owens was numerous issues over the span of his profession. One of the best receivers of all-time, a paragon of on-field consistency whereas additionally being a legendary headache off of it. Now Owens reveals that he tried to make what would have been the wildest comeback in NFL historical past, with the Buccaneers in 2021.
Owens mentioned he was disrespected and ghosted by Tom Brady when he supplied his providers to the 2021 Buccaneers, who have been attempting to defend their Super Bowl championship on the eve of Brady’s retirement. Owens told the Houston-based Bubba Dub Show podcast that he felt like he was the lacking piece to the puzzle.
“Tom Brady ignored me,” Owens mentioned. “The yr that AB went loopy . . . they simply wanted any individual to fill some holes with AB leaving on the receiver place. I reached out to him by Randy and another individuals, simply to come back in and play third down and pink zone conditions. This dude ignored me. It simply exhibits you the shortage of respect there, however then once they get in entrance of you they wish to act like they respect you.”
Far be it from me to doubt the chip on Owens’ shoulder (or defend Tom Brady), however my man… what precisely did you anticipate Brady to do? Antonio Brown’s blow up with the Buccaneers occurred in Week 17, and the staff was headed to the playoffs. Whether or not you reached out to him by intermediaries or not, Tampa Bay have been simply attempting to maintain issues collectively for a playoff run at that time — and advocating for a brand new receiver wouldn’t precisely be on the listing of priorities.
Furthermore, the largest fallout of the Brown scenario wasn’t simply dropping a receiver, it was the distraction it was inflicting for a staff that needed to be centered. You know what else would have been distracting? SIGNING A 48-YEAR-OLD WIDE RECEIVER WHO HADN’T PLAYED IN OVER A DECADE WITH A LONG HISTORY OF RUBBING PEOPLE THE WRONG WAY.
Even if we assume for a second that 48-year-old T.O. might have gone, why the hell would the Buccaneers have gone that route over actually every other receiver with no staff?
We understand how all this performed out. The Bucs didn’t return to the Super Bowl, and Brady rode off into the sundown. Would T.O. have probably modified that end result? Absolutely not.
