Unreliable Blind Item Posted Just To Tease The Rabid: Terrell Owens And Rosenhaus Spotted At Nashville Airport?

by August West on Mar 6, 2009 9:57 AM CST in 2009 Free Agency Comment 46 comments

The KSK kids just made this morning interesting for very trusting Titans fans:

EXCLUSIVE: Third-hand information you won’t find at PFT or NFP. Thanks to Mase Dog (presumably his real name, via reader Randy) for sending along a tip that Terrell Owens and Drew Rosenhaus were spotted at the Nashville airport at around 7 o’clock this morning. Could Eldorado be headed to the land of Titans? We say (without the slightest hint of journalistic credibility), YES! I mean hell, it’s not like they were there to check out the Grand Ole Opry with Peter King. TO will probably be a great influence on Vince Young, and a move to the Titans would bring him back to Tennessee, the state where he played his college ball.

There is absolutely no reason to believe this report unless you just really want to believe the Titans would try this. I don't believe it for a second, but there's no way I could deny you guys a report this fun.

***Update: Paul Kuharsky doesn't think much of this rumor, and makes the same joke I did with a co-worker when the blind item came out:

If Terrell Owens and Drew Rosenhaus were, in fact, spotted in the Nashville airport, then they had a layover or they are visiting friends in Music City.

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Money quote:

“TO will probably be a great influence on Vince Young”

Bulluck. B-U-L-L-U-C-K. At least spell his name right....and hate Music City Miracles!

by gramsey712 on Mar 6, 2009 10:19 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

im sure they would get along swimingly

they could compare hazy, media fueled suicide dramas!

The Dual Threat, Official Enforcer/Stat Geek of MCM.

by hal41605 on Mar 6, 2009 10:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I would take T.O.

with no question, that could help put us over the hump… A 1yr deal with T.O. sounds like musiccitymiracles to my ears.

by Big Bad Bulluck on Mar 6, 2009 10:24 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Im going to be the yin to your yang here

and mitigate some of this “hope” that is about to start running rampant:

List of Teams that Do Not Want Terrell Owens

This is a list I found on yahoo! Sports, which is based off ProFootballTalk.com’s list. I don’t know where they’re getting their information though.

Titans are on the list. Other notable teams: Vikings, Ravens, Texans, Browns – all teams that have been thrown around in places he may end up. Oh and the Redskins also don’t want him.

now with less meyton panning.

by Pride of the Southland on Mar 6, 2009 10:28 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

My gut is Oakland

Al is crazy. ’Nuff said.

now with less meyton panning.

by Pride of the Southland on Mar 6, 2009 10:29 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

If the Redskins don't want you, you know you're really screwed.

DannoE

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."

by DannoE on Mar 6, 2009 10:37 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Don't get me wrong

I don’t see it happening at all… He isn’t our type of guy. So pretty much all I do have is hope… I’ve hated this guy for years, I’m just at the point where I would be willing to try anything to win. At least for one season.

by Big Bad Bulluck on Mar 6, 2009 10:36 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Please dear Lord

if the TO cancer be coming to my Titans let me be stricken blind before the season to avoid the sight of him throwing a tantrum on the sidelines and be stricken deaf that I might avoid hearing him complaining that CJ gets the ball more than he………

The PAIN TRAIN is comin baby!

by BigW on Mar 6, 2009 10:48 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Pretty sure...

I’m gonna be in the minority on this one.

by Big Bad Bulluck on Mar 6, 2009 11:14 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

I'm with you Triple B

I have never dislike T.O. Of course I went to school with him, so I knew him when he was Terrell.

And I can think of 20 guys in the NFL that I would want less than him.

Now I wouldn’t throw a ton of money at him, but if the price is right…..

Bulluck. B-U-L-L-U-C-K. At least spell his name right....and hate Music City Miracles!

by gramsey712 on Mar 6, 2009 11:18 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

yep

when jerry freaking jones makes the decision that a 9 million dollar cap hit for you to not play is better than an 8 million dollar cap hit if you do play, that has to say something.

how obvious must it be that TO is only living off reputation, and is still an unmitigated jackass if jerry jones gets it through his thick skull?

we know that jones will tolerate untold foolishness if you are good enough to justify it (irvin, neon deon, nate newton, etc.) but the point is TO is not that good anymore. couple that with the fact that having him on your roster makes you THE goto franchise for every lazy, gossip thirsty sports reporter looking to create a story when they don’t have one. forget the fact that everywhere, without exception, he has played he has openly undermined the best players on the team, as well as the coaching staff)

wake up people! after the philly debacle, the question was “which team will be stupid enough to rationalize the fact that maybe, just maybe, they can make it work w/ TO and he won’t be a cancer?” in usual fashion, one of the dumber owners in football made that rationalization, and look at his returns on the investment.

if TO is still such a good receiver, why did dallas spend 54 mil on a new, basically unproven, #1 receiver mid season? to bust out the DVOA stick, he was the 56th most valuable player per target, one rung below brandon stokely.

56th is sooooooooooo not worth the the completely inevitable headache he brings with him. we could have a conversation if he was still the player he once was, but he isn’t. maybe the titans are TO’s best option, but he sure as hell isn’t ours. the best of all possible bad situations is still a bad situation.

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by hal41605 on Mar 6, 2009 11:35 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

So

since Wade Phillips, Jason Garrett, Jerry Jones and Tony Romo can’t handle T.O., nobody can?

I would contend that we have stronger personalities and/or less meddling at each position in this franchise—and he is still better than anyone we got. And he instantly makes Gage and Washington better.

Offer him a cheap ass one year deal loaded with incentives, and then if he starts acting like a schmuck a la Keyshawn Johnson, you send him home and he ends up with the Raiders in 2010. Then we would be in the same position we are now.

Bulluck. B-U-L-L-U-C-K. At least spell his name right....and hate Music City Miracles!

by gramsey712 on Mar 6, 2009 11:48 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Im with Gramsey and BBB on this one

I agree wtih Hal too that TO is not the best WR in the NFL anymore, or even what he used to be. But you have to agree, he makes Defenses honest. It doesn’t matter where he ends up, the defense is going to have to take notice and make sure he is being covered adequately, even if he is a shadow of what he once was. He may not be as a consistent producer as he used to be, but you have to worry when he is on the field one wrong move and he can turn it into a TD.

Imagine what he would do for the running game as well.

now with less meyton panning.

by Pride of the Southland on Mar 6, 2009 11:55 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

if it's 1 year, veteran minimum

i can’t complain too much because there’s no risk, you just throw him away at the first whiff of diva.

but why do we want a guy we have to “handle”? when TO went after the romo for relying on the best tight end in the league too much, that just shows you he has zero idea about his place on a roster.

number of places TO hasn’t been a problem: 0 for 3. since he proved himself as an elite receiver, there have been few guys who can even dream of approaching his level of douchebaggery.

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by hal41605 on Mar 6, 2009 11:57 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I think the value of his contract with the Cowgirls made him unwelcome

He is definitely not worth what he was making. Not even close.

Bulluck. B-U-L-L-U-C-K. At least spell his name right....and hate Music City Miracles!

by gramsey712 on Mar 6, 2009 11:59 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

And it's not that I think we necessarily WANT a guy we have to "handle"

I just think that he is better than what we got.

Bulluck. B-U-L-L-U-C-K. At least spell his name right....and hate Music City Miracles!

by gramsey712 on Mar 6, 2009 12:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

yeah, but it would have cheaper (cap wise) to keep him.

they essentially paid him to go away. his absence was worth a cool mil to the cowboys. talk about rejection….

to be completely fair, i should acknowledge that last season was the first time that he wasn’t able to more than compensate for his slippery hands by making big plays when he did hold on. but i would say that probably has something to do with being 35 years old. he’s not gonna get younger by coming to the titans

The Dual Threat, Official Enforcer/Stat Geek of MCM.

by hal41605 on Mar 6, 2009 12:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Great new signature.

Bulluck. B-U-L-L-U-C-K. At least spell his name right....and hate Music City Miracles!

by gramsey712 on Mar 6, 2009 12:18 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm actually all for it

Call me crazy – but this MIGHT be a good move. We’ll see…

by NotMyForte on Mar 6, 2009 11:58 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

The only way I could handle TO for a year as a TItan

would be if they promised to cut Justin MacCareins as part of the deal. Not only because he’s awful, but because his last name is a lot harder to spell than Owens.

Then again, maybe Owens could show Justin how to not drop so many balls. Oh, wait.

by numbertenox on Mar 6, 2009 11:58 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Seriously

If we could weather the media attention without everyone freaking out, a one year deal would be potentially a good thing, TO would HATE being here. He wouldn’t get the ball nearly as much as he’d want or nearly as accurately as he’d want, he wouldn’t like the super conservative coaching staff, and the locker room and nashville press would gang up on him. But, while he was hating life and cursing the day he came to Nashville, teams we play wouldn’t stack the box, the run game would work better, and throws to TE and CJ and even the other WRs would be a lot easier. The opposition defense is gonna pay attention to TO for certain.

More than a year of it is probably more than any party involved could bear, but that one year might be a good one.

by numbertenox on Mar 6, 2009 12:09 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

All of you people are crazier than TO

He has gotten run out of town in every city that he has been in. What is going to make him any different here?

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by Jimmy on Mar 6, 2009 1:20 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Absolutely nothing

That’s why you only keep him for a year. By the time everyone is intolerably sick of him he’s headed out the door. You plan on running him out of town. In the meantime, though, he’d be attracting a lot of opposing defense attention even if we had Mickey Mouse throwing to him.

by numbertenox on Mar 6, 2009 4:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I agree

Jimmy is just upset we aren’t getting Vick…

by Big Bad Bulluck on Mar 6, 2009 5:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That's hilarious!

Titans Blogger at Music City Miracles even though gramsey hates it.

by Jimmy on Mar 6, 2009 6:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Mickey Mouse has a weaker arm

than Chad Pennington.

Titans Blogger at Music City Miracles even though gramsey hates it.

by Jimmy on Mar 6, 2009 6:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

YOU KNOW WHAT....

I’m so tired of hearing this nonsense that the Titans have the veteran coach and veteran QB that we could “handle” TO. Is everyone forgetting that his worse episode to date was with veteran coach Andy Reid and veteran QB Donovan McNabb… this guy is a cancer and WILL NOT BE A TITAN!!!! ARRRRRRGGGGHHH!!!!!!

by Air McNair 9 on Mar 6, 2009 1:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

The latest from ESPN

Titans not courting T.O.

now with less meyton panning.

by Pride of the Southland on Mar 6, 2009 1:50 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

UPDATE!

Titans now considering bringing back Carl Pickens and Yancey Thigpen

by pigskinpundits.com on Mar 6, 2009 2:30 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Reason for TO to be in Nashville

It’s possible TO spent the night in Chattanooga and took the early flight out of Nashville?

by pigskinpundits.com on Mar 6, 2009 2:30 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

TO never comes back to Chattanooga

Bulluck. B-U-L-L-U-C-K. At least spell his name right....and hate Music City Miracles!

by gramsey712 on Mar 6, 2009 2:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Dallas to Nashville is a funny way to get to Oakland

now with less meyton panning.

by Pride of the Southland on Mar 6, 2009 2:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

If we can have T.O. play for us like this and act like this, it shouldn’t be too bad. Again, I said IFFFFFF.

by samhitch on Mar 6, 2009 3:06 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I don't give a shit

what he does… Its not like he beats women, shoots people, or puts his hand through televisions by slipping on mcdonald’s wrappers… Fisher can and would set rules and control him, he catches passes and lots of them for TD’s which is what we need. How many arrests does he have? None right? Lets not make him out to be an absolute monster. He’s and asshole, but so is Lendale White…

by Big Bad Bulluck on Mar 6, 2009 3:09 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

This is one of the best places for him to go.

If he came here, do you know what? The press wouldn’t concern themselves with him anymore. It’ll still be about the Cowboys and Giants and Steelers and maybe Phoenix a little now.

The press doesn’t give a crap about the Titans. If he’s pouting, no one will care.

If nobody cares, maybe he’ll stop doing the wrong things to get attention.

by T the D on Mar 6, 2009 5:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

wow

im glad some of the guys here don’t work in the front office. TO’s is not good anymore. Our stat geek has shown it. Gage and Washington are better. He drops balls and worse, gives up on routes.

And more importantly, this guy is a cancer in the locker room. why would we want that distraction?

IMO, it’s crazy to think that TO is the answer to get us over the hump and win the Superbowl. Even for just one year. Even a game.

Go Titans!

by Pinoy Titan on Mar 6, 2009 10:38 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Thank you Pinoy

You will henceforth be known as the MCM Voice of Reason

Titans Blogger at Music City Miracles even though gramsey hates it.

by Jimmy on Mar 6, 2009 10:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Wow!

Finally found someone to agree with you… So now you believe your thinking with more reason than everyone else? LoL

by Big Bad Bulluck on Mar 7, 2009 10:16 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Reasons:

Number of times TO hasn’t been run out of town:0
Number of WR’s who stage dynamic comebacks at/after the age of 35 not named Jerry Rice:0

i can’t emphasized this enough: his aggregate value last season was the same as brandon jones.
that means we got the same value out of the 62 times we threw to b. jones as the cowboys got out of the 139 times they threw at owens. owens was targeted 3 times more than b.jones and 12 gage combined last season.

The Dual Threat, Official Enforcer/Stat Geek of MCM.

by hal41605 on Mar 7, 2009 10:41 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Are we nuts here? Completely nuts?

Aggregate value shmaggregate value. B Jones is not TO, and no defense in the world is going to gameplan the same for those two guys. You are on some good weed. Smoking stats?

by numbertenox on Mar 7, 2009 9:49 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

you have clearly confused

the TO of the present with the TO from 2-3 years ago

The Dual Threat, Official Enforcer/Stat Geek of MCM.

by hal41605 on Mar 7, 2009 11:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

maybe so

35 is getting pretty far up there, but TO does take care of himself. We’ll see if the Bills get anywhere near their money’s worth or not, and see how BJ does. BJ’s contract is 5 years for about 16 million, with about 5 guaranteed, so he’ll be making less than TO next year but not a lot less.

My bet is TO does a whole heck of a lot better than BJ next year, and has a much more dramatic impact for the Bills than BJ will for the 49ers. Lee Evans will benefit immensely from TO being on the field as well.

by numbertenox on Mar 8, 2009 12:11 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

who cares about BJ...

i bet Nate Washington will do better than TO next year.

As for the dramatic impact TO would bring to the Bills, watch it happen when they lose and TO doesn’t get enough touches. I wish Trent Edwards good luck.

Go Titans!

by Pinoy Titan on Mar 8, 2009 3:29 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

It will certainly be entertaining

regardless of which side of the argument proves out right.

And I sure hope. N. Washington has a great year.

Really, I can’t stand diva players, so didn’t want TO here, but I do think he’s going to have a very positive impact for them this year on the field. As far as off the field whining goes, they only have to put up with a season of it.

At the end of the season we can compare TO, BJ, and NW score cards and someone has to buy somebody a beer!

by numbertenox on Mar 8, 2009 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

From the Bills' POV...

this is a good signing.

it will bring a lot interest back on a team which hasn’t been to the playoffs in a decade and currently lacks an identity. it will be a boost to stadium attendance.

Go Titans!

by Pinoy Titan on Mar 8, 2009 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs