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   It looks like the Seattle Seahawks may be the winner of the Terrell Owens sweepstakes

06 Aug 2012 06:33 AM   |   1598 clicks   |   SeattlePI
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CavalierEternal    [TotalFark]  
Ooh, Terrell Owens and Braylon Edwards on the same team? This should be fun!

06 Aug 2012 02:25 AM
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puffy999    [TotalFark]  
Wow, I feel REALLY sorry for Mike Williams now...

06 Aug 2012 02:56 AM
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bingethinker    [TotalFark]  
I think the winners are the 31 teams that didn't sign T.O.

06 Aug 2012 03:27 AM
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Vodka Zombie     
This will only end in tears.

06 Aug 2012 06:14 AM
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muck4doo     
Team needs more Chad Ocho whatever he calls himself these days. By the way, I hate to threadjack, but the new Fark Fappers League for fantasy football sent out 12 invites last week, 11 responded. So one more is needed. This will be a first come thing first serve thing. The well established UFIA league is going into it's 4th season, and 7 of 12 have responded. I'll be sending out invites again later today. This time next week I'll be looking for any to join that one. The past 2 seasons we lost 2 and 1, so we'll how that one goes. End thread jack.

/Wish the Hawks would have got Moss too.
//Screw Ocho. They got Antonio Bryant!
///Antonio Bryant!!!

06 Aug 2012 06:36 AM
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muck4doo     
Send me an e-mail. My nic at the yahoo place if interested. Di may have another league starting for any that don't get in these ones, but i'm not sure about that.

06 Aug 2012 06:39 AM
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mopar1956     
Imuck4doo: Team needs more Chad Ocho whatever he calls himself these days. By the way, I hate to threadjack, but the new Fark Fappers League for fantasy football sent out 12 invites last week, 11 responded. So one more is needed. This will be a first come thing first serve thing. The well established UFIA league is going into it's 4th season, and 7 of 12 have responded. I'll be sending out invites again later today. This time next week I'll be looking for any to join that one. The past 2 seasons we lost 2 and 1, so we'll how that one goes. End thread jack.

/Wish the Hawks would have got Moss too.
//Screw Ocho. They got Antonio Bryant!
///Antonio Bryant!!!


I'll play. EIP.

06 Aug 2012 07:07 AM
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muck4doo     
mopar1956: Imuck4doo: Team needs more Chad Ocho whatever he calls himself these days. By the way, I hate to threadjack, but the new Fark Fappers League for fantasy football sent out 12 invites last week, 11 responded. So one more is needed. This will be a first come thing first serve thing. The well established UFIA league is going into it's 4th season, and 7 of 12 have responded. I'll be sending out invites again later today. This time next week I'll be looking for any to join that one. The past 2 seasons we lost 2 and 1, so we'll how that one goes. End thread jack.

/Wish the Hawks would have got Moss too.
//Screw Ocho. They got Antonio Bryant!
///Antonio Bryant!!!

I'll play. EIP.


Invite sent. :)

06 Aug 2012 07:11 AM
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FuLinHyu    [TotalFark]  
muck4doo: Send me an e-mail. My nic at the yahoo place if interested. Di may have another league starting for any that don't get in these ones, but i'm not sure about that.

Joined but only problem I see is the draft date - seems a few weeks late, ie, after the start of the season, at October 02, 2012, 8:30 PM ET

06 Aug 2012 07:13 AM
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SnarfVader     
VaderNoooooooooo.jpg

06 Aug 2012 07:14 AM
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SlothB77    [TotalFark]  
You meant loser

06 Aug 2012 07:18 AM
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mopar1956     
FuLinHyu: muck4doo: Send me an e-mail. My nic at the yahoo place if interested. Di may have another league starting for any that don't get in these ones, but i'm not sure about that.

Joined but only problem I see is the draft date - seems a few weeks late, ie, after the start of the season, at October 02, 2012, 8:30 PM ET

Just noticed that too. Why so late?

06 Aug 2012 07:38 AM
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Life_is_a_carnivore     
Nobody wins, Smitter. NOBODY.

06 Aug 2012 07:40 AM
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Demetrius    [TotalFark]  
So they didn't get him then?

06 Aug 2012 07:44 AM
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SmackLT    [TotalFark]  
"Winner"

www.agileproductdesign.com

06 Aug 2012 07:48 AM
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Kurmudgeon     
Vodka Zombie: This will only end in tears.

Of course, crying is what Seattle does.

06 Aug 2012 07:50 AM
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HaywoodJablonski     
I like Terrell Owens. There, I said it

06 Aug 2012 07:51 AM
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moulderx1     
Don't you think he looks tired?

06 Aug 2012 08:09 AM
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FuLinHyu    [TotalFark]  
HaywoodJablonski: I like Terrell Owens. There, I said it

NTTAWWT

06 Aug 2012 08:10 AM
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digistil     
Vodka Zombie: This will only end in tears.

fistofthefan.com

06 Aug 2012 08:16 AM
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MAYORBOB     
What did Pete Carroll ever do to deserve this? Oh, right, USC. Very well, karma at work.

06 Aug 2012 08:21 AM
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PowerSlacker     
MAYORBOB: What did Pete Carroll ever do to deserve this? Oh, right, USC. Very well, karma at work.

FTFA: Meanwhile, the three-way quarterback competition among Matt Flynn, Tarvaris Jackson and Russell Wilson continues.

Give Matt Flynn the job. Make Wilson the backup. Send Jackson to the CFL.

06 Aug 2012 08:51 AM
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HST's Dead Carcass    [TotalFark]  
MAYORBOB: What did Pete Carroll ever do to deserve this? Oh, right, USC. Very well, karma at work.

I was gonna go off on a rant about Pete Carroll always running to the NFL for a few years when the NCAA sanctions hit and biding his time till the storm blows over and he can return to the little leagues, but you said it far more succinctly, thanks!

What is it about athletes not planning financially for their futures? There was a story some years back about OchoStinko being broke during the heyday of his career. He had landed a huge contract the year before, then he was suddenly broke and demanding renegotiation of his contract to make more money.

Owens doesn't love the game, he's broke. If he did love the game, he would have been having fun in the Arena League team, but, nope, he's just a glory hound looking to make headlines anyway he can. He and Carroll deserve each other.

06 Aug 2012 08:54 AM
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my lip balm addiction    [TotalFark]  
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOO!!!!

/srsly, who cares?
//rather watch the Sounders anyway

06 Aug 2012 09:15 AM
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elguerodiablo     
Plaxico is still available. Maybe their locker room cancerousness would cancel out. Or double.

06 Aug 2012 09:18 AM
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IAmRight    [TotalFark]  
He's a camp body - if he can play to the level he played in his last year at Cincy, he's a steal, and if he can't, well...bye.

There's a good saying called "It doesn't hurt to try" and the current Seahawks regime seems to take this attitude toward signing guys for training camp. I like it.

06 Aug 2012 09:28 AM
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JamuncaSpud     
yay?

06 Aug 2012 09:45 AM
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Super Chronic     
PowerSlacker: MAYORBOB: What did Pete Carroll ever do to deserve this? Oh, right, USC. Very well, karma at work.

FTFA: Meanwhile, the three-way quarterback competition among Matt Flynn, Tarvaris Jackson and Russell Wilson continues.

Give Matt Flynn the job. Make Wilson the backup. Send Jackson to the CFL.


That's probably how it's going to wind up. (With Josh Portis as the third-stringer, most likely.) But they can't just anoint a new guy after Jackson did yeomanlike work a year ago. The guy isn't a starting-caliber QB in the NFL, but he did show guts and win a lot of respect in the locker room, so they won't send him packing until he has clearly been outplayed in camp.

I don't know what the team is thinking by signing all these old dudes at WR. Rice, Baldwin, Tate, Obomanu, Durham, Lockette - that's six guys I'd like to see make the team at the position. There's zero chance either of the two unproven young guys, Durham and Lockette, would clear waivers and make it to the practice squad. The rest aren't eligible. I guess I wouldn't shed too many tears if they let Obomanu go, but even then I don't see how the old dudes are any kind of upgrade.

06 Aug 2012 10:04 AM
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Super Chronic     
IAmRight: There's a good saying called "It doesn't hurt to try" and the current Seahawks regime seems to take this attitude toward signing guys for training camp. I like it.

Well, a frequent refrain is "this is a zero-risk move, the worst case is he has nothing left and gets cut in camp." But I'd say the real worst case is the staff falls in love with his veteran-ness and he takes a roster spot from someone who then goes on to become an impact player for another team.

06 Aug 2012 10:09 AM
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IAmRight    [TotalFark]  
Super Chronic: But I'd say the real worst case is the staff falls in love with his veteran-ness

Haven't seen much of an indication of anyone running the team giving a damn about veteran-ness.

/I'd be fine if they get rid of Tate. Not worried about him doing anything anywhere else.

06 Aug 2012 10:17 AM
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whizbangthedirtfarmer    [TotalFark]  
IAmRight: He's a camp body - if he can play to the level he played in his last year at Cincy, he's a steal, and if he can't, well...bye.

There's a good saying called "It doesn't hurt to try" and the current Seahawks regime seems to take this attitude toward signing guys for training camp. I like it.


It seems that everyone who has not followed Seattle is saying OHMIGOD WTF? with this, while anyone who has paid any attention to the team since Carroll joined knows that he is constantly bringing in people to eval.

/that said, Owens' last year, he was pretty decent

06 Aug 2012 10:29 AM
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whizbangthedirtfarmer    [TotalFark]  
Super Chronic: PowerSlacker: MAYORBOB: What did Pete Carroll ever do to deserve this? Oh, right, USC. Very well, karma at work.

FTFA: Meanwhile, the three-way quarterback competition among Matt Flynn, Tarvaris Jackson and Russell Wilson continues.

Give Matt Flynn the job. Make Wilson the backup. Send Jackson to the CFL.

That's probably how it's going to wind up. (With Josh Portis as the third-stringer, most likely.) But they can't just anoint a new guy after Jackson did yeomanlike work a year ago. The guy isn't a starting-caliber QB in the NFL, but he did show guts and win a lot of respect in the locker room, so they won't send him packing until he has clearly been outplayed in camp.

I don't know what the team is thinking by signing all these old dudes at WR. Rice, Baldwin, Tate, Obomanu, Durham, Lockette - that's six guys I'd like to see make the team at the position. There's zero chance either of the two unproven young guys, Durham and Lockette, would clear waivers and make it to the practice squad. The rest aren't eligible. I guess I wouldn't shed too many tears if they let Obomanu go, but even then I don't see how the old dudes are any kind of upgrade.


Seattle seems to be hoping that Winslow and Thomas can take a lot of passes in their system. Baldwin in the slot, Lockette the deep threat, Tate a catchall, and Rice on the bench wishing he were healthy seems to be the way the starters will end up. Obomanu is decent, but he has dropped a few passes in major situations. Durham is still a little too raw.

As far as QB goes, the coaches seem to love Wilson and Portis and view them both as "projects." The question is whether or not they want a "project" one hit away from starting. At least with Jackson, you have a decent QB who can manage a game.

06 Aug 2012 10:31 AM
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JohnBigBootay     
I don't know why anyone ever gets upset about this shiat. The reason the NFL has the most compelling regular season in big-time US sports is they can just cut players who aren't performing. If they don;t like what they see, if he's anything other than an engaged and helpful gentleman they can just say see you later. Frankly I'm sort of rooting for him. I hate all these slow motion train wrecks we get to see with veteran [players and it's nice to see the rare guy turn it around and make the most of it. Will TO's story have that kind of ending? Probably not. But maybe.

06 Aug 2012 11:31 AM
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felching pen    [TotalFark]  
It looks like the Seattle Seahawks may be the "winner" of the Terrell Owens sweepstakes

FTFY

06 Aug 2012 01:16 PM
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Super Chronic     
whizbangthedirtfarmer: Seattle seems to be hoping that Winslow and Thomas can take a lot of passes in their system.

Miller, maybe? The only Thomas on the team that I know of plays safety...

06 Aug 2012 01:37 PM
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HawaiiE     
my lip balm addiction: NOOO!!!!
/srsly, who cares?
//rather watch the Sounders anyway


Sounders scored more last night than TO will in the remainder of his NFL career.

06 Aug 2012 01:44 PM
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robsul82    [TotalFark]  
Give him a look see. Kick the tires. Nothing wrong with that.

06 Aug 2012 02:05 PM
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whizbangthedirtfarmer    [TotalFark]  
Super Chronic: whizbangthedirtfarmer: Seattle seems to be hoping that Winslow and Thomas can take a lot of passes in their system.

Miller, maybe? The only Thomas on the team that I know of plays safety...


That's it. It's a constant screw up--Zachs and all.

06 Aug 2012 02:38 PM
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stappawho     
puffy999: Wow, I feel REALLY sorry for Mike Williams now...

Why? He got cut weeks ago. Antonio Bryant was also shown the door.

It's they way they have been doing things since they came on board. Lots of turnover.

06 Aug 2012 02:39 PM
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muck4doo     
FuLinHyu: muck4doo: Send me an e-mail. My nic at the yahoo place if interested. Di may have another league starting for any that don't get in these ones, but i'm not sure about that.

Joined but only problem I see is the draft date - seems a few weeks late, ie, after the start of the season, at October 02, 2012, 8:30 PM ET


mopar1956: FuLinHyu: muck4doo: Send me an e-mail. My nic at the yahoo place if interested. Di may have another league starting for any that don't get in these ones, but i'm not sure about that.

Joined but only problem I see is the draft date - seems a few weeks late, ie, after the start of the season, at October 02, 2012, 8:30 PM ET
Just noticed that too. Why so late?


Yeah, that was a mistake. It will be changed.

06 Aug 2012 03:08 PM
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The_Sponge    [TotalFark]  
my lip balm addiction: /srsly, who cares?
//rather watch the Sounders anyway




You sound hipster-ish.

06 Aug 2012 03:30 PM
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The_Sponge    [TotalFark]  
IAmRight: Not worried about him doing anything anywhere else.


Except for stealing maple bars.

06 Aug 2012 03:31 PM
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IAmRight    [TotalFark]  
The_Sponge: Except for stealing maple bars.

Well, maple bars are delicious. If he stole some for me, I might like the guy.

06 Aug 2012 03:33 PM
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mobombhead     
Looks like I picked a bad year to finally buy season tickets....

06 Aug 2012 03:51 PM
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SharkTrager     
Just checked with his agent and this appears to just about be a done deal.

06 Aug 2012 04:49 PM
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Primitive Screwhead    [TotalFark]  
whizbangthedirtfarmer: IAmRight: He's a camp body - if he can play to the level he played in his last year at Cincy, he's a steal, and if he can't, well...bye.

There's a good saying called "It doesn't hurt to try" and the current Seahawks regime seems to take this attitude toward signing guys for training camp. I like it.

It seems that everyone who has not followed Seattle is saying OHMIGOD WTF? with this, while anyone who has paid any attention to the team since Carroll joined knows that he is constantly bringing in people to eval.

/that said, Owens' last year, he was pretty decent


The Seahawks top receiver last year was Doug Baldwin (51REC 788YDS 4TD)

What do they have to loose?

06 Aug 2012 06:52 PM
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Primitive Screwhead    [TotalFark]  
Primitive Screwhead: whizbangthedirtfarmer: IAmRight: He's a camp body - if he can play to the level he played in his last year at Cincy, he's a steal, and if he can't, well...bye.

There's a good saying called "It doesn't hurt to try" and the current Seahawks regime seems to take this attitude toward signing guys for training camp. I like it.

It seems that everyone who has not followed Seattle is saying OHMIGOD WTF? with this, while anyone who has paid any attention to the team since Carroll joined knows that he is constantly bringing in people to eval.

/that said, Owens' last year, he was pretty decent

The Seahawks top receiver last year was Doug Baldwin (51REC 788YDS 4TD)

What do they have to loose lose?


FTFM

/ I can't believe I did the lose/loose thing...

06 Aug 2012 06:55 PM
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my lip balm addiction    [TotalFark]  
HawaiiE: my lip balm addiction: NOOO!!!!
/srsly, who cares?
//rather watch the Sounders anyway

Sounders scored more last night than TO will in the remainder of his NFL career.


LOL, yer prolly right!

06 Aug 2012 07:47 PM
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my lip balm addiction    [TotalFark]  
The_Sponge: my lip balm addiction: /srsly, who cares?
//rather watch the Sounders anyway



You sound hipster-ish.


Not really. I live on Cap Hill, enjoy the Sounders and the Tour de France as my fave sports outside the Olympics. I certainly don't dress hipster-ish, and I don;t listen to what I would consider hipster (whiny) music. So nope, just a regular Seattle-ite, one of the over 60,000 that packed the stadium last night, and one of the 39,000+ that is in regular attendance.

06 Aug 2012 07:50 PM
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robsul82    [TotalFark]  
Official and shiat - TO is a Seahawk

06 Aug 2012 08:50 PM
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