I’ve been a fan of the Buffalo Bills for 30 years.
No longer.
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — [1] Terrell Owens [2] needed only two days to find another place to play.
The Buffalo Bills [3] decided to take a chance on the talented but high-maintenance receiver, signing Owens to a $6.5 million, one-year deal Saturday.
The 35-year-old Owens caught 69 passes for 1,052 yards and 10 touchdowns last season with Dallas. But the Cowboys were looking to improve the atmosphere in the locker room and decided they would be better off without him.
So would Buffalo.
The Bills, over the long years since Ralph started them in the old AFL, made a habit of avoiding ‘troublesome’ players like this. That was a major reason I was a fan. Win or lose, we had quality people. Not just people who could, but usually didn’t, play like they gave a crap.
That ends with this signing.
Shame on you, Ralph. You know better.