Will Terrell Owens Land in the CFL?

We are told that Terrell Owens so wants to play professional football, at age 44 and over eight years after his last game, that he is ready to sign with a team from the Canadian Football League.
"He wants to play again in the NFL," said Jason Staroszik, the Edmonton player agent who represents Owens in his CFL business.
"He has the impression that he still has what it takes to play a few years, but if the NFL is not an option for him, it's the next best option and he is ready and willing to come play here.There is no buzz and buzz about it.He still wants to play professional football. "
What 39, we are not told, that's why the CFL team that currently holds its trading rights is that of the Eskimos of Edmonton, because the idea that Owens is playing for it makes even less sense than a 44-year-old man who wants to risk bodily injury in a brutal contact sport.
They put it on their negotiating list of 45 players there is almost one month on Tuesday afternoon, he had still not made a contract offer.In the case of a student, this is not unusual because they need some time to develop their skills and improve their career prospects.
But the clock turns so hard on Owens that you hardly hear him talking anymore. Almost.
"The guy is 44. … You put a guy like him on your neg list, either because you want to sign him right now or you've seen the same thing as everyone else and thought that can -be another team will put it on their negative list, why not try to be the first to do it, "said Staroszik, referring to a video showing Owens running the 40-yard shot in 4.4 and change on June 18th. The Eskimos reportedly added Owens to their blacklist a day later. [19459003"Declaregainstheirrightservicesandreadilyinadociationoptions"continuesStaroszik
"These are two ways of looking at things.I think maybe the second is the truest of the two just because there isn't not had a contract offer and they've had it on the negation list for how many weeks now. "
The silence was so deafening for a long time that Staroszik called the CFL's head office the last week to trigger the 10-day window in which the Eskimos are required to offer a contract to Owens or remove it from their blacklist. They can also trade their rights against another CFL team.
This window closes on July 24th.
Staroszik is still waiting to receive an offer from Eskimos, but it is much more likely that it will reach $ 54,000. The attention of Owens. The Eskimos would retain their negotiable rights for one year and should not negotiate further.
"I do not expect the offer that they offer me to be serious and that they expect me to do it. takes to Terrell, "said Staroszik. "But if they do, then that will show that they are serious and they want it here – it's hard to see because of the American receivers that Edmonton has right now." do not see them in the position of need of him.
"There are other teams around the league that could use an American receiver and could use a name like TO"
Nik Lewis, l & # Former receiver of the CFL, seems to think that the CFL East is the most likely destination for Owens.
"I know for a fact that T.O. has already had the opportunity to play in the CFL a few times. I believe that he invoked Edmonton to get off the blacklist. I think he wants to play on the East Coast, "said Lewis Monday night.
The Eskimos have three of the league's top four receivers in their hall: Duke Williams, Derel Walker and Kenny Stafford. Vidal Hazelton and Bryant Mitchell also have to consider: Williams and Walker are totally secure at the top of the Eskimos hierarchy, but if you bring Owens, the rest of them should legitimately take that as a slap.
And it's not a game that's worth being played You're GM Brock Sunderland
The Eskimos would not make Sunderland available Tuesday to talk about Owens
"Our policy of Club is not discussing players on our bargaining list, "said Cliff Fewings, communications coordinator at Eskimo.
We talk about Owens throughout the league, and if you believe that he there is no bad publicity, it will not bother you.
And you could point to Johnny Manziel, who was the good soldier in Hamilton, as proof that an NFL up here can come here and do the right thing in pursuit of another shot South.
But Manziel is 25 years old and played for the last time in the NFL in 2015, which makes him much more
The fact that he was not able to Jeremiah Masoli, who was a full fledged pro, was great for the image of the CFL
Owens is 44 years old and it is far less likely that he remains patient or calm for too long.

BY NUMBERS

1078

Terrell Owens' career captures the NFL. He ranks eighth of all time. Jerry Rice leads with 1.549, followed by Tony Gonzalez (1.325), Larry Fitzgerald (1.234), Jason Witten (1.152), Marvin Harrison (1.102), Cris Carter (1.101) and Tim Brown (1.094).

15934 [19659004] The Owens NFL career receiving yards. He ranks second all the time. Rice's first total of 22,895 will probably never be touched.

1078

Terrell Owens' career The catches of the NFL. He ranks eighth of all time. Jerry Rice leads with 1.549, followed by Tony Gonzalez (1.325), Larry Fitzgerald (1.234), Jason Witten (1.152), Marvin Harrison (1.102), Cris Carter (1.101) and Tim Brown (1.094).

POWER RANKINGS [19659004] 1 Calgary (1)

Clbad of the CFL at 4-0, the Stamps have done it in all three phases. But what about a defense that loses 9.5 points per game?

2 Hamilton (3)

The Tabbies' loss was due to Winnipeg's second-half fade to BC Place.

3 Edmonton (5)

The Eskis pbad a Toronto squad that is at the bottom of the rankings, which was not worth much.

4 BC (8)

This week, after falling last week, they need to find a regular and regular keel.

5 Saskatchewan (6)

Their break week is also related to the Winnipeg fiasco. They head to Hamilton with serious questions about QB's choices.

6 Winnipeg (2)

A good football half followed by a really silly football half in British Columbia.

7 Ottawa (4)

Some CFL observers will tell you that Trevor Harris is about to join a small group of QB elite. His statistics at the beginning of the year 2018 have undermined this theory

8 Toronto (7)

James Franklin drew with Mike Reilly for two weeks and came out 1-1. Good enough for two points and decent statistics, but there is growing pains.

9 Montreal (9)

First, the good news. The Alouettes did not lose last week. However, this sequence is seriously compromised, with Calgary being the next

"IT SHOULD ALL ABANDON THIS HERITAGE"

It was the Solomon Elimimian

Winnipeg Ball, third and goal in BC line of two yards. Quarterback quarterback Chris Streveler, all 6-foot-1 and 210-pounders, keep their heads down and move their legs for the end zone. Elimimian steps into the hole, lowers his leggings, joins him to one of them, relieves him and stops him before his teammates pile up and repel Streveler.

He was 17-0 at Winnipeg at the time. Another hit of the Bombers would surely have been the death knell of the Lions. Instead, the business figure on the declines shifted and BC stormed all the way back for a win of 20 to 17

This game of mano-a- Mano, and so many others like this through seven previous seasons, will help write the book on Elimimian, the brilliant BC linebacker inside, when he finished. "Anyone who has played this game at a high level will tell you, your main goal is to leave a legacy, to remember your name as one of the best of all time," said Elimimian at of a pre-season interview with Postmedia. 19659011] "We will all leave at some point, and it's as if my father was saying: it's your job that continues to live. Football is such a short career. An eight-year career is long, but it's very short, so you want to get the most out of it and understand that it's about creating that legacy for your family, your kids, and your name. . "

Elimimian, 31, is on the six-game casualty list after undergoing surgery Monday to repair the nerve damage in his wrist, and will miss his presence on the field and out.

He was the league's most outstanding player in 2014, the first defensive player in CFL history to win the trophy.He added the most outstanding defensive player this year, of course, and another in 2016. He has been a four-time CFL star and is the all-time leader of BC with 745 pbades in 118 games.

all these stats and awards and more; a general of field, a locksmith and a mentor, even for players who are not on the field with him.

Elimimian had his own models when he arrived in the CFL in 2010. He n & # 39; 39 had no more than a superficial sniffing of the equipment He was NFL because he did not fit the mold, but many men of his size had flourished here before him.

"Dan Kepley, Willie Pless, I watched these guys.I did some research on these guys, the statistics that they had, because these guys have placed the bar.It's just that you do that.Being to be awesome, you have to figure out who walked the path, who was awesome. "

He was excellent in 2010, and he was playing alongside the men who l & rsquo; Have helped to become pro, including Brent, Johnson, Korey Banks and Dante Marsh. "For me, as an older person, there is no more satisfaction than helping a young person man, "he said." You see a young man with a potential – he needs that, he needs a bit of that – and you can help him, that's all. " is what gives you satisfaction. "

This – and a quick goal line stand.

PREDICTIONS WEEK 6

Cavaliers at Tiger-Cats (-11)

Thursday, 7:30 pm, TSN [19659009] The second half of the interrupted home-and-home series bye weeks should go to Ticats, given the sustained emergence

DAN says: Hamilton by 7

Lions at Redblacks (-6.5)

Friday, 19:30, TSN

A quarter Trevor Harris did not seize the attack. Until it does, Ottawa will have a hard time being anything other than an outfit of 500.

DAN DIT: BC by 3

Bombers in Argos (PICK & # 39; EM)

Saturday, 4 pm, TSN

The Bombers have the best touchdown at QB, but have turned into a Jekyll and Hyde team. Toronto is headed by QB James Franklin.

DAN DIT: Winnipeg by 7

Alouettes with Stamps (NO LINE)

Saturday, 9 pm, TSN

The stamp defense allowed

a pbad to TD, only 250 yards offensive by game and only 9.5

points per game.

DAN DIT: Calgary by 14