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Bengals: Palmer, Lewis & Brown all talking about Terrell Owens
CINCINNATI — Everybody was talking about Terrell Owens at the annual Cincinnati Bengals pre-training camp media luncheon Monday at Paul Brown Stadium.
Owner Mike Brown said the team has offered the sometimes mercurial, currently teamless, six-time Pro Bowl receiver (and current Reality TV personality) a contract and hopes he accepts it.
“It’s his call. It’s up to him. But I think he could help us. I judge him by what I see and I like what I saw when I talked to him,” Brown said of his March conversation with Owens.
“I trust my own eyes on these sorts of things…and I’m not going to defend that. I have the right to do it … and I chose to do it.
“He’s a good player. He changes field position and makes a lot of plays that win games. I would rather have him line up on our side of the ball than the other side of the ball. I can remember playing Dallas a few years ago when he caught a pass across the middle that won the game for them. So I’ve seen him do it.”
And right now Carson Palmer claims he’s still seeing him “do it,” too.
The Bengals quarterback has been working out with Owens on the West Coast and has been so impressed, he’s been calling coach Marvin Lewis, lobbying him to pick up the 36-year-old receiver.
“Carson’s comments to me — they resonate well,” Lewis said with a chuckle. “I know when Carson has something important to say, he calls me.”
The St. Louis Rams had been interested in Owens as well, but Monday they said they no longer were. At the moment, it appears the only suitor for Owens — who had a mediocre season with the Buffalo Bills last year, catching 55 passes for 829 yards and five touchdowns — is Cincinnati.
While Lewis was a little more tempered on his embrace of Owens just before the luncheon began — “We’ve got to be in consensus on this.”… “I’ve got to look at the ramifications to our football team down the way, the effects it would have on everyone else,”… “He has to understand our expectations of him,” — the coach voiced less hesitation after spending the meal sitting next to Brown.
“Terrell gives you a proven threat,” Lewis said. “He’s done it. We’ve witnessed it. We’ve tried to prevent it.
“I saw him do it to us when we played Dallas and when he was with San Francisco against us in 2003. And I saw him do it to us when I was in Washington on ‘02.”
“You think he’s on Reality TV now? You ought to be on that sideline watching him do it…. That’s real Reality TV.”
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By the truth
July 28, 2010 7:16 AM | Link to this
even though I I’m a true Brown Fan yes I jump on they bandwagon I like seeing any Ohio team win weather high school college semi pro or pro until they meet I’m all Browns so GO BROWNS & WHO DEYS DO WHAT YOU DO so Coach Lewis & T.O. good luck until we meet
By Don
July 27, 2010 1:35 PM | Link to this
I got to know - Chad vs. T.O. - which is the better dancer?
By A Bungled Affair
July 27, 2010 9:01 AM | Link to this
Sometimes mercurial? That is putting it mildly. This guy is a 36 his career is over. He spent it all horsing around instead of getting serious playing football. A last round draftee would be better.
By apathetic
July 27, 2010 8:39 AM | Link to this
You people on here crying about the offer to T.O. will be the first ones to jump on the Bengals bandwagon when a winning season begins. You’ll be saying “I said that offering T.O. a slot on the team was a great idea from the very beginning!” - Losers
By apathetic
July 27, 2010 8:37 AM | Link to this
All of you on here badmouthing the decision to offer T.O. a slot will be the first to jump on the Bengals bandwagon when they start to have another winning season. You’ll be saying “I said from the beginning that signing T.O. was a great idea!” - Losers
By Stripes
July 27, 2010 7:42 AM | Link to this
I trashed Mike Brown in the past, but recently he has given control to Lewis and he has spent money getting players here and keeping them recently. So what if he bargain shops. We all love a good bargain when we can get one. It is low risk High reward to sign T. O. now. All I can say is I truly hope to see Chad and Terrell battling it to be number one and having fun doing it. Carson will be in the pro-bowl this year if this happens.
By Tony
July 26, 2010 10:37 PM | Link to this
Guess the circus will be at the Super bowl this season!
By LOL
July 26, 2010 10:10 PM | Link to this
Come one, come all! Come watch Mike Brown’s fanatasy football circus! (Another mediocre season,groan….) C’mon MB, break down and sell the team to an owner who knows what he is doing.
By rjj
July 26, 2010 9:23 PM | Link to this
Well, I s’pose it fits…most Bengal tigers are in the circus….
By Blown Away
July 26, 2010 9:21 PM | Link to this
I’d like to see this NOT happen. Two “Hey look at me!!” personalities (notice I didn’t say “players”) on one team is more that a very bad idea.
By NoLonger
July 26, 2010 7:22 PM | Link to this
I am no longer a supporter of the Bengals. Brown is a laughing stock; a nut with too much money!
By Tim Krumrie
July 26, 2010 6:39 PM | Link to this
NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Mark E.
July 26, 2010 5:30 PM | Link to this
The NFL’s halfway house continues Bargain Bin shopping.