10 bold projections for 2009 (part two)

"3. Terrell Owens will play in fewer than 12 games

It seems as though Owens’ "good boy" period shrinks shorter and shorter at every stop. And while I’ve recently seen some maturation in the oft-childish drama queen, I still don’t see him getting through 2009 in Buffalo with smiles, lollipops and ice cream.

This is more of a hunch than anything, but I’m thinking that if off-field dilemma doesn’t strike T.O. this year in western New York, injuries will finally catch up to the 35-year-old.

Aside from that infamous stretch with Philadelphia in 2005, Owens has pretty much gone his entire career without getting hurt. So if he’s not due for another blow-up, he is due for age to catch up to him.

Owens has played in fewer than 14 games only once in his career. I’m going to go out on a limb and say he doesn’t get to 12 in ’09. "

How many games do you think T.O. will play this season? I would have done a poll, but I don't think you can add them to FanShots.

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I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying

by J2 on Jul 21, 2009 4:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

my bad - 19

I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying

by J2 on Jul 21, 2009 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was thinking more along the lines of 14 games.

If we are not in the hunt late in the year, I can’t see T.O. playing in the cold.

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by Joe P. on Jul 21, 2009 4:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t get that perception at all. I think T.O. is too competitive to just quit because he is cold. I would estimate that 95% of his blow-up have been because he wants to win. T.O. may be a lot of things, but I don’t see him as a quitter.

No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.

by sireric on Jul 21, 2009 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The older you get, the less you like getting hit in cold weather. I wouldn't blame him.

And wasn’t he criticized for nursing an injury and not getting back on the field to practice? I have images of him riding a stationary bike on the sidelines, but could be wrong. I agree he is competitive, but if the Bills are out of the hunt…..will he really risk injury and his next big payday for the Bills?

by Joe P. on Jul 21, 2009 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hes not gaurenteed

to play next year. why wouldnt he play in the cold? he still has to prove himself to the league

by billsstein on Jul 21, 2009 5:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And wasn’t he criticized for nursing an injury and not getting back on the field to practice?

That is practice. I also remember him coming back way early from a broken leg and having one of the best games for a WR in Super Bowl history. I think T.O. is one of the most competitive guys out there.

No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.

by sireric on Jul 21, 2009 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Are you equating playing in a SB with play a meaningless Bills game in December?

I am not quesitioning his toughness, just what is required to motivate him.

by Joe P. on Jul 21, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ha! No, but that is the only instance I could think of of him playing through an injury because he is almost never hurt. I think that sitting out of practice and sitting out of a game, no matter how far out of it his team is, are two different things for T.O. Lets not forget that I think it is almost universally assumed that T.O. is playing this year to earn 1 more big contract. Sitting out games at the end of a lost season wouldn’t sit well with future employers.

No night spent pantsless is a wasted night.

by sireric on Jul 21, 2009 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

agreed, unless it is something difficult to prove

like a hurt big toe or a pulled hammy.

by Joe P. on Jul 21, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah but you guys seem to forget that TO played multiple games on a broken freaking leg. I don’t think that anything will keep him off the feild if he wants to play.

by CanadianBillsFan on Jul 21, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If if he has already done that is the first 13 games,

why risk it?

by Joe P. on Jul 21, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is one of the weirdest “bold predictions” that I have ever read.

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by Brian Galliford on Jul 21, 2009 4:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

How so?

by Joe P. on Jul 21, 2009 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mostly has to do with how highly it’s ranked on the list.

Buffalo Rumblings. On Twitter.
"Our style is simple but not that easy. Roll up your sleeves and play good, solid football." -- Marv Levy

by Brian Galliford on Jul 21, 2009 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don’t buy this at all. I wish people would stop making predictions about something going wrong with the Bills. Watch three writers pick the Bills as their “surprise team” of the season. I won’t be surprised. I understand after nine years of no playoffs even though we have posted the number 2 D for two years and number 2 O for 2 other years. God! This is the year to shed the image that we’ve carried for the past decade.

Sorry for the dump.

Delightfully Ignoring The Truth since 1995.

by NeverendingOptimism on Jul 21, 2009 6:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs