Two of the more fascinating plays in the Hall of Fame Game last night involved Tennessee-Titan-in-Houston-Oiler-clothing punter AJ Trapasso, who took a safety to end the game and give Tennessee a useless 21-18 win over the Buffalo Bills. But the best play of the night had to be Trapasso’s fake punt/fake punt fake/run on the Titans’ opening drive, which he took 40 yards for the game’s first touchdown. No wonder LenDale White lost all that weight in the offseason. Having a white punter taking your roster spot can’t be good for street cred.
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I only bring that up because our new friend Joselyn over at Tosh.0 sent us this yet-to-be-aired mock presser featuring Terrell Owens apologizing for the ills of the world. And yeah, it’s kinda cute, and certainly an above-average TV performance for an athlete. But being a dick for seven years and then actually half-acknowledging it on a comedy show does not sympathy make. But if Kobe Bryant did a bit getting fresh with one of those inflatable dolls in front of a ski chalet backdrop, I might have to reconsider that stance. But not before.
The Buffalo Bills running back who allegedly masturbated in front of the window of a 59-year-old woman passed a polygraph test. Pro Football Talk was told yesterday by the agent of fullback Corey McIntyre that McIntyre passed a polygraph test, reaffirming his innocence. Ah, to be innocent again…
“We had to wait for the results of a polygraph test which Corey submitted to and passed before we could say anything further regarding these outrageous and harmful allegations…”
“When Corey was arrested he was simply riding his bike on the same route he did every day as part of his normal workout routine. Once the accuser’s description didn’t add up and the police told him he was clear, an officer even called the Bills to let them know they had the wrong guy.
McIntyre remains free on a $10k bond. Free to not masturbate in front of any more old women.
Owens seems to spawn forgiveness wherever he goes. Here’s the often-embattled wide receiver getting…I can’t believe this…getting the key to the city of Buffalo. It blows my mind how Owens can make any fan, team, or city look like a battered housewife. This time will be different! If I just love him a little more…. Let’s see what Bills fans will be giving Owens in Week 12 this fall.
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Noted douchebag Terrell Owens actually showed up in Orchard Park, NY to take part in the Buffalo Bills’ mini-camp…or to just cry about how he’s been portrayed in the media of late. You know, portrayed like a douchebag:
“What I find so unfair is that I’m not the only guy out of 32 teams that didn’t show up to voluntary and optional weight sessions,” Owens said at a midday news conference. “That’s what so frustrating that everybody nit-picks anything and everything I do.” [...]
“You guys are basically going off of commentators’ comments and broadcasters’ comments,” Owens said. “I honestly feel very good about the way I conducted myself in three years in Dallas.”
And that’s the problem. Owens cries about not getting the ball enough during the season, and then after detonating his rapport with the third team in his career, He expects everyone to ignore him when we all know that he’s a ticking time bomb. Until it gets warm enough to do sit-ups in the driveway in Orchard Park, TO in Buffalo will be like the Manhattan Project, except without all the tragic real-world ramifications. And better abs.
The big news over the weekend must have been Terrell Owens’ one-year, $6.5 million deal with Ralph Wilson’s Football Siberia Bills. The signing, which allegedly occurred shortly after Owens stepped off the plane, was reflective of the bear market that Owens faced in free agency, but also reflected the need of a perennial 7-9 team to load up a weapon not only for the field, but also the ticket office. Given the fact that it takes Owens at least a couple years to piss off everyone around him, the deal seems sensible enough, so much that The Fifth Down asked the New York Jets how they could fall short in the TO Sweepstakes:
“What message are we sending to the team if it signed Owens?” the Jets official said.
You are telling the team the same thing you told it last summer when you cut Pennington and traded for Brett Favre: we’re trying to give ourselves the best chance to win. The more important question is what are you telling the team by not going after an elite receiver, then watching him land in your backyard..
Still, how weird is it to see him in a Buffalo Bills hat? I played as the Bills in Madden 2005 once and traded for Owens in midseason. The next day, my mother died. I never said it was an interesting story.
