ESPN'S Sal Pal says T.O. most overrated WR!!!

[Muhast]

Darn, all you have to do is cover T.O and he will be ineffective. Lito Sheppard is a genius. It's just to bad no other cornerback had ever thought to cover t.o.

 

[Paniolo22]

Why would any writer spend all of his time doing an article that does nothing but insult and cut someone down? What the hell is he actually proving? This had to be the most assinine piece I have ever read. Spend your time crowing about others rather than b****ing about Owens.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

Why would any writer spend all of his time doing an article that does nothing but insult and cut someone down? What the hell is he actually proving? This had to be the most assinine piece I have ever read. Spend your time crowing about others rather than b****ing about Owens.

I agree. But when you cover the Eagles I don't suppose there is a whole lot to be over joyed about.

 

[DaBoys4Life]

ah man a writter from ESPN being totally unbias and not pushing an agenda

 

[CrazyCowboy]

different circumstances........wow

 

[This is Our Year]

His Sheppard point is a moot point, in the 2nd Eagles game that was the game Romo injuried his thumb. That was more of a reason for Owens having a slow game than anything else....

 

[NeonNinja]

Poor Sal.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Sal's another idiot fanboy posing as a writer/reporter for ESPN. With Owens the Eagles went 17-6 (13-1 in regular season, 1 loss in the Super Bowl versus the Cheatriots).

W/O Owens they've gone 22-21 from the time he missed due to injury + from when he was suspended to 2006 and 2007. He's led the league in receiving TD's in the past two years and did it basically playing with one hand in 2006. And he's the only guy that at one point seemed more larger than life than Randy Moss was last season.

It just seems like it's one of those things with the goofballs at ESPN that "when in doubt, write something bad about Owens." It's fine not to like the guy, but calling him overrated is just childish.





YAKUZA

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

Sal Pal is just a bitter Eagirls fan, he knows T.O. is a top talent at his position...

 

[Eddie]

The funny thing is, everyone on this forum would be agreeing with Sal if TO wasn't a Cowboy.

The hypocrisy is hilarious.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

The funny thing is, everyone on this forum would be agreeing with Sal if TO wasn't a Cowboy.

The hypocrisy is hilarious.

Not everyone.

While I've never thought T.O was the best ever I've been willing to, and have on many occassions, admit his talent going all the way back to the day he stood on the star.

Did that piss me off? Sure did. Did I still reconize him as a greatly talented WR? Absolutely.

I don't always like his attitude, and I'm not the biggest Owens mark, but I have no issue with calling a spade a spade. The dude is supremely talented and there is simply no way around that.

I hate the Eagles but even with that I never once thought Reggie White was over-rated or that Brian Dawkins is anything short of a fantastic safety.

 

[SultanOfSix]

The funny thing is, everyone on this forum would be agreeing with Sal if TO wasn't a Cowboy.

The hypocrisy is hilarious.

This was just a ******** thing say. First of all, you made a claim against everyone. Second of all, it can't be hypocrisy if it's based on a "what if" scenario. Both the "what if" TO wasn't a Cowboy, and would the article be posted here if he wasn't.

 

[lockster]

You know, being a cowboy fan can make you biased very easily. I don't think all that Sal said is accurate or right, but he's right on some things. T.O. has killed drives and opportunities big-time, with dropped balls. T.O's greatest asset is his big play capabilities threat, not his actual on the field production. And. T.O. can tear a team up, and he's all about himself no matter how he packages it. I'm from the same town that he played college ball. I think he's a good player, but the man does have some serious negatives as a player.

 

[joseephuss]

You know, being a cowboy fan can make you biased very easily. I don't think all that Sal said is accurate or right, but he's right on some things. T.O. has killed drives and opportunities big-time, with dropped balls. T.O's greatest asset is his big play capabilities threat, not his actual on the field production. And. T.O. can tear a team up, and he's all about himself no matter how he packages it. I'm from the same town that he played college ball. I think he's a good player, but the man does have some serious negatives as a player.

Saying he has serious negatives is a bit extreme. You don't score 129 TDs in the NFL with serious negatives. He has some negatives. He does drop a lot of passes, but not enough to say it is a serious negative.

Aren't "big plays" part of "actual on the field production"? Those big plays do occur on the field. TO averages 14.8 yards per reception, so I don't think he relies just on the big play. Michael Irvin averaged 15.9 yards per reception and he definitely was not reliant on just big plays.

Terry Glenn has much better hands than TO, but he is not near as good as TO. Crayton has better hands than TO as well, but he isn't close to TO.

TO is good. It is a fact. Like him or not and I don't like him. Actually, I don't trust him is a better way to put it. Overrated? That is a stretch. He is not underrated, either. He gets as much respect as he deserves.

If any receiver is overrated, it is Marvin Harrison and I am a fan of his. He truly is a player that disappears in the playoffs. His receptions per game and yards per game drop drastically in the playoffs from his lofty regular season numbers. He also has only scored 2 TDs in 15 post season games and both those came in the same game. No, I don't truly believe Harrison is overrated, but it is a similar argument for TO.

 

[Muhast]

The funny thing is, everyone on this forum would be agreeing with Sal if TO wasn't a Cowboy.

The hypocrisy is hilarious.

Actually I still wouldnt. This article is so skewed it's not even funny.

 

[Established1971]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=paolantonio_sal&id=3328008

This article is so funny. He says owens is not that good and that he has never done anything against the eagles when lito sheppard plays and cites november 4th of this past season as case in point. Saying sheppard didnt play and owens played great and then in december sheppard did play and owens stunk!!

Now I dont like owens one bit, cant stand him actually. But these types of articles are plain stupid. Couldnt you write the same thing about Dan Marino 10 years ago? How many playoff games did he win? Anyway, Lito sheppard had 3 tackles and an interception in november against us. Try again Sal Pal.

Me too, I dont like Owens at all. But this is reminiscent of last year when they were all saying how he led the league in dropped passes without mentioning he had hand surgery and played through that.

 

[Rampage]

The funny thing is, everyone on this forum would be agreeing with Sal if TO wasn't a Cowboy.

The hypocrisy is hilarious.

kinda like how several people in this thread don't think he did anything wrong in san fran or philly. but before he was a cowboy i bet they did.

 

[Cajuncowboy]

Sal Pal is an Eagles homer from way back. Not much he says is worth the paper he types it on.

 

[AdamJT13]

The funny thing is, everyone on this forum would be agreeing with Sal if TO wasn't a Cowboy.

Anyone who agrees with Sal Pal when he says that Lito Sheppard didn't play against Dallas in November is a complete and utter moron, no matter what team Owens plays for.

 

[Cajuncowboy]

The funny thing is, everyone on this forum would be agreeing with Sal if TO wasn't a Cowboy.

The hypocrisy is hilarious.

Funny thing is I wasn't in favor of TO coming to Dallas to start with but I ALWAYS thought he was a great WR.

As for the rest of it, I think what he did in SF was wrong with the way it went down with his agent and then the crying act to go to Philly after Baltimore acquired him.

In Philly, they deserve everything they get.