Continuing the surprisingly busy early offseason, numerous trades and acquisitions have taken place. But one of the biggest headlines, is what could have been done, but wasn't. After the Buffalo Bills expressed their decision to not offer wide-out Terrell Owens a contract to return for next season, the media went into a craze, with rumors of Owens possibly landing in either Cincinnati or Baltimore. But now, both destinations are just about out of the question. While the Ravens decided to trade for Arizona's Anquan Boldin, the Bengals decided to take a much younger approach by signing free agent and former Tampa Bay Buccaneer Antonio Bryant. With the contract Owens seeks and the role he expects to play in, Boldin's signing pretty much cancels any chance of Owens becoming a Raven.
In Cincy, prior to Bryant's signing with the team, T.O. was scheduled to visit with Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis for dinner. But just hours before the two were expected met, Owens was informed that the club instead found its man with Antonio Bryant, sending T.O on a flight back home to Atlanta. As much as the world wanted to see T.O. donning the black and orange stripes, no man wanted to see the 6-time Pro Bowler with the Bengals more than Chad Ochocinco. With the Bills not offering Owens a contract, the thought of having Ocho and T.O. alongside one another made for a perfect story. Even #85 thought so, by making public via twitter. "Man it don't take that damn long to sign on the dotted line, lets go dammit!!! You can be Batman i will be Robin, lets go!!" My favorite part of the discussion, was what Ocho said later, "Oh and Carson is gonna be ALFRED."
With T.O. stuck on the outside looking in, little interest has been shown thus far, as no team wants a drama queen on their team, nor are they willing to dish out big bucks for a 36-year old veteran who is coming off of his worse year since 1999 when he played for the 49ers. Owens played his one and only year in Buffalo last season finishing with a lackluster total of 829 yards and 5 touchdowns. But will the slim interest in one of the game's best wide receivers of all-time force him to retire and hang it up once and for all? Personally I don't think so, but things can't be looking too promising in the eyes of T.O. right now.
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