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2009 TERRELL OWENS TAKE
If someone told you prior to last season that Owens would be tied with Randy Moss in receptions you would not argue, but if you were also told that was only good for #28 in the league behind guys like Steve Breaston and Lance Moore you would have laughed it off. Owens’ numbers were skewed due to the fact that, when #1 QB Romo was injured, his replacement Brad Johnson was so bad it was frightening. Owens still had over 1,000 yards and double digit touchdowns, remaining a #1 option at the position. With the news of Dallas releasing Owens, things drastically change for his fantasy status. At this point in his career, he needs a top tier QB like Romo to get him the ball. If he goes somewhere like say, Oakland, because we all know that Al Davis loves headcases, his production will decline. Try to avoid Owens as your top option at wide receiver unless he ends up in an offense with a top quarterback.
('09 Proj: 82 rec, 1,100yds, 10 touchdowns) ~Steve Cavanagh
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Terrell Owens is quickly becoming the Mike Tyson of fantasy football. No, not the Tyson who was smoking fools, lighting up chumps and knocking out suckas. I’m talking about the Tyson who was getting clowned by the likes of Danny Williams and Kevin McBride at the end of his career. And yet, even then, Tyson could still draw a crowd like few could. TO is this guy now. He gets the pub, but once you get past all that smoke, you realize he’s becoming a shell of himself right before our eyes and the Cowboys appeared to have agreed by cutting him yesterday. He'll latch on somewhere, and you know he can have that occasional big game, but dig deeper and you’ll know that they are coming fewer and farther between. You take away that huge game against the 49ers last year, and he was just an 800 yard receiver. Down goes Owens! Down goes Owens!
('09 Proj: 49 rec, 720 yds, 6 touchdowns) ~Jon Rascon
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Good God, this is the worst player our editor, Rick "The Quick", has thrown out yet. I honestly don't have a clue who this cat will be playing for next season. My guess is that it won't be the Cowboys (prophetic). But history tells us that no matter what team T.O. is on, or how much he dislikes his quarterback, he always seems to get his numbers.
(09' Proj: 65 rec, 1,100 yds, 10 touchdowns) ~Jeremy Fischer
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It took three years but the Cowboys finally removed the tumor known as T.O. Despite all of the headaches he brings he has still put up over 1,000 yards in each of the last three seasons and eight of the last nine as well as double digit touchdowns in each of the past three seasons and seven of the last nine years. Until we find out which franchise Owens will be ruining next, it’s difficult to project his 2009 numbers but despite being the baggage he brings I believe the 35 year old has one more solid season in him.
('09 Proj: 70 rec, 1,003 yds, 9 touchdowns) ~Robb Perkins
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There isn’t much that hasn’t been said about Owens’ physical abilities and, justified or not, locker room antics. Coming off his worst season since his injury-shortened 2005 campaign, Owens still notched at least 10 touchdowns and 1,000 yards for the third straight season despite logging just two 100-yard games. Quarterback Tony Romo’s injury caused a midseason swoon, but with a healthy quarterback, Owens is still among the league’s best.
('09 Proj: 85 rec, 1,300 yds, 12 touchdowns) ~Stan Feldman
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The physical ability just isn't there to take over a game anymore. Age is now beginning to rob him of his dominance. To talk to Owens, he'd point you to his stats and say, he's still got it. No, a young T.O. would have found a way to still get his, somtimes in spite of what was happening around him in a game. What we have here is a late career Tim Brown type resurgance because, until yesterday, he was a cog among a young, talented supporting cast. With T.O. now leaving Dallas for parts unknown, I'm just about as down on the guy as you can get. Dallas was as friendly an offense as T.O. could have had and it's fairly safe to say that wherever he winds up, his road in 2009 just got a lot bumpier.
('09 Proj: 60 rec, 870 yds, 7 touchdowns) ~Rick Perkins
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