Oakland Raiders Fans: We Want Terrell Owens

June 9, 2010   ·   Darrin Washington   ·   Jump to comments

A couple of days ago I wrote an article titled Who Should Sign Terrell Owens . The article was syndicated on Bleacher Report and received a lot of positive feedback. One thing that struck me was how badly Oakland Raiders fans wanted Terrell Owens on their team.

In past years, things would have been quite the opposite. For most of Owens' career the media successfully cast him as villain. Fans would literally protest at the thought of bringing Owens to their team. On the 49ers, Owens divided the locker room against Jeff Garcia, who oddly was ousted from the Raiders in favor for JaMarcus Russell in his last NFL spot.

On the Eagles, he was ousted in favor of Donovan McNabb, after returning from breaking his leg in only three weeks to put up an all-time great Super Bowl performance. Owens' next stop was the Cowboys who scapegoated Owens after they failed to meet expectations. Finally, he spent an uneventful year in Buffalo, putting up five touchdowns with Ryan Fit...

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