Back in 2000, Terrell Owens stirred up the football world one Sunday by causing instant riled up attention to his disgracing of the Dallas Cowboys home. His extreme cockiness never surfaced to a higher level than that Sunday. Maybe until last season with the Philadelphia Eagles. It seemed that he was on his way to a career year, even though his weekly tirades were detrimental to the team. Eventually that led to his suspension for the season. What no one thought could happen, did happen. The quick marriage with the Eagles was over, even though it seemed like it would be a weekly soap opera.

One thing the Eagles can never say negatively about Owens is the fact that he didn’t come to play. He prepares and excels at peak levels that most athletes will never match. When Owens lost his chance to do that on a weekly basis, that was when we saw the sincere apologetic Owens. He doesn’t want to be away from the game, and new he needed to rid his image somewhat of a smug person.

Obviously he did learn a great deal from his mistakes last season, and the Cowboys believe in him. At his age, this may well be Owens last contract and team. Coming together with Bill Parcells and Drew Bledsoe figures to be a blend of veteran necessities. Parcells is a legend in his own right, but his passion for coaching is draining by the year. He may have a good two to three years left in him as well. For Drew Bledsoe, his entire career has been marred by negative critics regarding his effectiveness. He has probably been the most hated and underrated quarterback to be start in the NFL over the last ten years.

The fantasy world should be ready to spend their first round pick on Owens. He is out for vengeance as he has let be known on his song posted on his website. Also he gets to play the Eagles twice a year, that’s right twice. What’s sweeter than anticipating monster fantasy numbers from your receiver? The hunger and drive of Owens is going to come out in all form. His intense training will only be extremer, and a career year will only be around the corner. Bledsoe will find him, and the Cowboys do have talent in all parts of their offense. So there won’t be any looking for a should be fourth wide receiver to play alongside him.

People forget that Owens played through last season with minor injuries that affected him. Yet, he tore through defenses and was an unstoppable presence on the field.

Some people will argue that after Owens outlandish displays last season, that he should have never got anything above a one year deal. Any argument is arguable, but without risking for a player of Owens capability, the Cowboys would still be relying on Keyshawn Johnson.

It’s now been almost a month since the game the Colts thought they’d be walking away champions from. It turned out that crystal ball had other plans, and escaping past the Steelers in the divisional round wasn’t one of them. Peyton Manning was inoculating the media with his perception of how the game’s ending had nothing to do with him.

The disparaging remarks by Manning may be tough for the offensive lineman to forget about, even if Manning has apologized to them behind closed doors. It’s something you don’t do, but what Peyton should be doing is petitioning to get Edgerrin James resigned now. James is a quintessential type of back for the Colts offense. His nickname “Edge” will be gone from the Colts and possibly the team’s offense all together if he isn’t their next season.

Unlike what people may think, James sets up Manning’s passing game even more. Their game plan always goes as follows. They throw quick strikes, than get James going with his patient running. He is one of the most patient runners and has great vision. Interestingly he didn’t have very many runs over twenty yards last season, but led the league in intermediate gains. Those intermediate gains are what setup Peyton Manning’s infamous play action bombs to Marvin Harrison or Reggie Wayne.

Sure the Colts can decide to save themselves some money, and go after a viable free agent or rookie candidate in the draft. Still, the upside for the short term doing that is not bright. Even last years supposed studs in Carnell Williams and Ronnie Brown, had their fair share of downfalls on the season. The time for the Colts to succeed is ticking away like Marino’s final seconds in his lone appearance in a Super Bowl.

It’s there, but the pieces must remain the same. Where the Colts may be second guessing themselves is in the department of the huge contract they just gave Reggie Wayne. Two years ago he had his breakout season, and last year he took the shine away from Marvin Harrison a bit more than people expected. In a way his production was deserving of the contract. Too get paid like a number one receiver may hinder what the Colts can do in other areas, like sign James.

The payroll has slim room to fit in a guy of James stature, and for the Colts to think Wayne is more important to their offense is insane. There are plenty of receivers that could fill the role of playing behind Marvin Harrison with silly smiles. Smiles so big that their pockets would be brimming out with face smiles waiting for dollars to drop in (Wayne). No discredit to Wayne, but we don’t think he could be a number one receiver on any other team.

The Colts organization seemingly is in a tough spot. Cutting players, reducing salaries of others, and approaching James with a contract more than one year must be done. If not, Manning’s frustration will be shown more often than those horrible dove campaign commercials.

Quarterbacks

Kerry Collins
Mr. inconsistent is stuck with the Raiders starting spot. There aren’t many quality quarterbacks in the league, so the Raiders can only hope Collins can turn his latter years into the status of a solid veteran. He has always had the ability, and can be a top five quarterback. The same problem that plagued Jake Plummer for so many years is what is happening to Collins. Jake Plummer revived his career this season, and maybe Collins is next. By no means is Collins a keeper league quarterback, but keep him in mind on keeper league draft day.

Philip Rivers
Drew Brees injury couldn’t have happened at a worse time. The Chargers are going to make a tough decision this off-season. Either way don’t expect both quarterbacks do be in a Chargers uniform. There are many teams struggling at quarterback and teams will be intrigued by Rivers. Especially a team like the Cardinals with their overflow of great receivers.

Gus Frerotte
The change in Miami’s six game win streak, was them opening up the offense. Once they did that, the running game suddenly became better and the passing game has been on fire. All Chris Chambers has needed was balls thrown his way to become an elite receiver. Miami should draft a quarterback for the future, but expect Frerotte to be the man for a solid year or two.

Drew Bledsoe
Everyone loves to take shots at Bledsoe, but he is in the top twenty in several categories for all time quarterbacks statistically. He is doing something right, but his style of play is why people hate on him. He still isn’t a keeper league quarterback, but you can be sure Jerry Jones and Bill Parcells are going to get this team in order.

Running Backs

DeShaun Foster
Foster was amongst the sleeper category at running back in the off-season, and until last week didn’t show anything. We can assume Stephen Davis’s days are dwindling, so sooner or later the job will be Foster’s for the taking. Can he stay healthy with a full load of carries? That hasn’t been the case in limited roles for the past several years.

Marcel Shipp
Here is a running back that just hangs around Arizona, even though they always replace him as a starter. He has had his fair share of injuries, but is a big powerful back that can be the man. The Cardinals offensive line is the problem, not Shipp.

Larry Johnson
No doubt about it, Johnson is the new king of fantasy football for the next three years. He has tremendous balance to go along with unbelievable power and speed. With his offensive line in tact for the long haul, his career is going to be even better than Priest Holmes. Shaun Alexander better watch out for that touchdown record.

Willis McGahee
In an offense that was struggling the majority of the season, McGahee quietly had another solid year. Once the passing game gets to a decent level, McGahee will be a top five fantasy football running back.

Wide Receivers

Keyshawn Johnson
He is a receiver that can be counted on for consistency. He makes the tough catches over the middle and Cris Carter catches in the end zone and towards the sidelines. Drew Bledsoe is always finding him. Keeping him in mind for a strong third receiver would be smart.

Lavernues Coles
Coles finally matched one of Santana Moss’s zillion big plays this season. We all hated on Coles but we know darn well the Jets offensive woes may not have had to do with Coles. If Pennington can come back healthy, Coles should have a bounce back year.

Javon Walker
Walker is a hungry receiver. First he was exposed as a greedy receiver wanting more money in the offseason. Than he suffered a season ending injury and had to watch his team fall a part. Favre may be gone, Sherman is out, and the team appears to be down the tubes for awhile. Don’t give up just yet. This team still has plenty of talent. If Ahman Green is healthy, and Favre comes back, there team could be in the hunt for one year. Especially if they draft the right guy with their high pick. Walker is an extreme talent, that is working relentlessly to prove himself.

Once in awhile you’ll find a true warrior story going into the NFL Draft. An athlete that has been under the radar his whole athletic career, but yet still keeps his goals high. 6’3 quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick may end up being a second day no name selection when his name is called, but he?ll work harder than ever to make sure he makes a roster, and go from there.

Coming out of Highland High School in Arizona, Fitzpatrick received little or no attention from division one schools. He had carried the Hawks on his back for nearly three seasons, but yet the lone offer he received was from Eastern Washington. Fitzpatrick’s grades were phenomenal so he decided to enroll at Harvard, and try his luck with their football program.

From day one he impressed the Harvard coaching staff, and went on to set numerous Ivy League records. Now that his collegiate career is over though, the normal assumption is so would be his football career. To this date there have been very few Ivy league quarterbacks to make it to the NFL, and one that still is standing is Jay Fiedler. In fact it wasn’t too long ago that the 49ers tried that route with Giovanni Carmazzi from Hofstra but it didn?t work out.

Fitzpatrick isn’t afraid to dig in and go for something, and football won?t be his only option if he doesn’t get the opportunity. Along with his economics degree, Fitzpatrick may also be interested in working behind the scenes for a sports franchise. Last summer, he was an intern for the Boston Celtics after he contacted Danny Ainge about any opportunities. He has been impressive at the combine thus far, and wouldn’t be shocking to see him drafted in the late fifth or early sixth round as a steal. This is definitely an athlete that you have to rate for his talent, and not make him suffer because he played against weaker college teams.

There hasn’t been a quarterback debut like Fitzpatrick’s in a long time. The ball is now in his field, as the Rams will likely give him the rest of the season to show his value. He’ll encounter his bumps like any rookie. By the end of the season though he’ll prove to be a better quarterback and have more stats than Kyle Orton will have. Remember Orton practically started the entire season for the Bears.

Time and time again a quarterback isn’t benched by play, but rather from injury. When Kelly Holcomb went down against the Chiefs, JP Losman was ready. Ready to show the Bills that he didn’t deserve to have his job taken away. What’d Losman do. He went out there and brought instant life into the Bills offense. Life that wasn’t there when Holcomb was trying to put things together.

All that the Bills needed and wanted from Losman was exactly what he displayed Sunday. The ability to move the offense with some regularity. He hit deep passes and made the right decisions on key plays. Earlier in the season, Losman couldn’t get the offense moving even if he had all day to throw the football. Defenses wore him down and out quicker than he could recover. The insurance of having Kelly Holcomb as quarterback immediately substituted for Losman’s lackluster performances.

While Holcomb showed his veteran skills, the young and fearless Losman sat and learned some more. You can bet he worked even harder and studied film on what he needed to correct. There hasn’t been many quarterbacks that have stepped in and instantly grasped their team in the right direction in a long time.

So now the question is who should start week eleven?

The conservative choice would be Holcomb. He has been on a playoff team before and even quarterbacked a wild card loss to the Steelers. Then again the Bills had a veteran quarterback of higher caliber in Drew Bledsoe that they were quick to let go. The reason why, was because of JP Losman.

The Bills believed strongly it was time to go in another direction with Losman starting, and that shouldn’t change now. Give the kid a half season to finish on a good or bad note. Either way the bigger picture suggests that’s the logical way to go. The NY Giants were involved in a similar situation last season with Eli Manning and Kurt Warner. At 5-4, they rested the veteran Warner and threw Manning in to learn. At the time that looked idiotic, but now you could say that was a brilliant move.

In all reality, the Bills are going to have a hard time making the playoffs. The only way they could get in is if they win the division. The Patriots have had their struggles this season, but the Bills aren’t strong enough to take them down yet.

Now with the extra experience under his belt, that could be a whole different game a year from now. The Bills defense is young and coming together, and offensively there aren’t many things that need to be changed. The whole direction of this team is on the presence of its quarterback. Holcomb isn’t playing like a Drew Brees who shunned Philip Rivers from the spotlight. He has played merely okay, and that’s not enough to want to bring him back as your starter next season.

Losman is the man, and the Bills will likely make the right decision on who to start this week and the rest of the season.

Could it be such a drastic turn of events for Terrell Owens that he is suited up with Atlanta within the next two weeks? Based on Owens passion to get his way and play football, maybe. The NFL players association is already aggressively trying to get Terrell Owens suspension overturned by the Eagles. Philadelphia may not have a choice but to do that, as Owens case isn’t as severe as the Eagles have made it to be.

Just because Owens spoke out and answered questions from ESPN truthfully, doesn’t mean he should be banished by an organization that already despises Owens. If you viewed Owens interview that struck the last nerve of the Eagles, it wasn’t even close to being material to cost an athlete nine games.

Working out something behind closed doors has never worked with Terrell Owens. Because he is animated in front of the camera, Philadelphia wanted to take the control of Owens mouth with their own hands. If Owens were to hang around he would make the Eagles a playoff wild card team. Without him the Eagles are going to be lucky to go 6-10. They just lost a game that would have been a win if they had Terrell Owens, in Sunday’s lost to Washington.

Back to Owens comments that brought down the ultimate punishment from the Eagles. When questioned if Brett Favre would have this team at an undefeated record, all Owens said is that he believed that was a fair assessment. Look at what Brett Favre has done every week without any athletes. Donovan McNabb has been playing hurt every week with countless injuries, and should probably not be playing.

Owens knock on the Eagles organization not to recognize his 100th touchdown catch is also not a horrible thing. What organization has skipped past such a mark for an athlete? Almost any franchise has a planned course of action to stop play for a minute and let an athlete soak in a milestone moment. The Eagles organization did act poorly in that matter. For a receiver to reach that plateau is an unbelievable accomplishment. Deep down Owens was likely hurt and frustrated more than anything.

Then came the locker room fight versus team spokesman Hugh Douglas. Not once did Owens voice of the matter. Locker room fights happen all over the country, but because it involved Owens it somehow leaked out to make Owens look like the bad guy. No one knows how the jarring or exchange between Owens and Douglas went or started. It happened and obviously didn’t effect either.

Owens looked perfectly fine when he tried to apologize in a sincere manner to the entire Philadelphia organization and city. The media is trying to compare this situation to Keyshawn Johnson a few years ago. In no way should that happen. Johnson criticized his coach and believed 100 percent in his statements. He wasn’t given indirect answers from questions trying to trap him. He voiced his opinion 100 percent. When suspended he just went home for the rest of the season and had no intention of trying for a rebuttal with the NFL players association.

Owens wants to play football and should be able to. There will be plenty of teams willing to go after Owens because they would have the advantage. Owens wants to play and any team could bait Owens into a deal that doesn’t go into affect unless he lives up to certain standards for the rest of the season.

You can bet Drew Rosenhaus will believe in his athlete being able to reach a certain goal, and get him a great deal. Another area that Rosenhaus and Owens agree on is being placed on a winning team. That’d make Atlanta a top prospective situation. Owens already showed over the summer that he wouldn’t mind playing in Atlanta by running drills with some of the Falcons receivers.

Rosenhaus is the ultimate negotiator, and Owens may have the most drive of any athlete in the NFL. The story with Owens isn’t over, and he may get his Super Bowl wish after all this season.