Ten Places Terrell Owens Should Go to For Our Amusement

Forget logic for a moment. Forget salary caps, personnel and burned bridges. Imagine if we could plop Terrell Owens on any team we wanted. What would be that team? Here are my top 10 guesses ...

10-CAROLINA: Just to see if Steve Smith hits him or not.

9-BALTIMORE: He nearly was a Raven five years ago. I just want to see how Ray Lewis handles Owens if he gets a bit hot-tempered.

8-INDIANAPOLIS: T.O. would have to respect Peyton Manning, right? That will be until Manning throws a blame-tantrum his way (or does that scrunchy-face-while-pointing-out-what-route-you-were-supposed-to-run look).

7-NEW ENGLAND: Randy Moss + Terrell Owens = Unbelievable. T.O. would love to be in a place where the camera is always on. There is also the viewing pleasure to see if T.O. can destroy one of the model franchises in sports.

6-WASHINGTON: Daniel Snyder is Jerry Jones, Jr. You think he'd love to be the man who tamed T.O.? Imagine the rivalry if Owens walked into New Cowboys Stadium wearing a Redskins jersey.

5-MINNESOTA: It makes sense from a football standpoint. However, T.O. and Brad Childress loathed each other when all hell broke loose in Philly. This would get good!

4-NEW YORK: Giants? Jets? It doesn't matter. T.O. in the Big Apple might be exactly what A-Rod needs right now.

3-CINCINNATI: Who wouldn't want to see T.O. and Chad Johnson on the same team? I get chills just thinking about it.

2-OAKLAND: Imagine T.O. in Oakland. With a young, unproven Jamarcus Russell. Tom Freakin' Cable would be his coach. Oh, and Crazy Al is the owner. How long do you think it would take before T.O. ran that team?

1-PHILADELPHIA: Nothing would be better than McNabb-Owens II. Imagine both of them looking at each other and saying, "well, the closest we got to winning it all was that one season we were together".

Cowboys Cut Terrell Owens

Wow. I really, really, really didn't think that Jerry Jones had it in him. I can't believe that he actually cut Terrell Owens.

ESPN.com is reporting that they did just that.

Of course, there will be several teams lining up for T.O.'s services (unfortunately, methinks that my beloved Redskins could be one of them). There is usually a team or two that is desperate enough to look past anything to sign a guy. Just wait and see when Michael Vick becomes available.

What does this mean for Owens? Well, it looks as if his shot at winning a Super Bowl ring is over. He had a decent shot in Dallas and I can't see another legit contending team going after him. He has blown opportunities in three cities where the franchises were playoff-caliber teams. Why would anyone give him a shot unless you're the Detroit Lions?

Stephen A. Smith says that he'd be interested in going to a team like the Colts, Giants or Patriots. Well of course he does. What receiver wouldn't want to catch a pass from a Super Bowl MVP quarterback who has a great shot at a Super Bowl every year? The issue is that he doesn't fit in any of those places.

Can you really see T.O. as a Colt? That is a team that Peyton Manning is God and what he says goes. When is the last time you saw anyone yell back at Peyton after he goes off on them? I don't see how Owens can deal with that. As for Peyton's brother Eli, well the Giants are trying to rid themselves of Plaxico Burress. So why dump Burress for Owens? If you want a problem player, keep the one that has been there and known for being an ass and not known for imploding teams. The Patriots? Think Belichick and Brady will deal with that mess? Could T.O. and Randy Moss co-exist on the same team?

The Cardinals don't need him; Seahawks just signed Houshmandzadeh; Steelers won't touch a guy like that; Philly is obviously out; Washington doesn't have the money; Green Bay is too small for him and they'd be scared that he'd devour Aaron Rodgers; Tampa doesn't have a QB; Carolina doesn't need him; Neither does Denver, New Orleans or many of the top dogs; That leaves teams like the Chargers, Vikings, Bears, Jets and the bottom feeders.

Maybe he will just go away.