Terrell Owens’ Injury Just A Twenty Second TO For His Career

A whistle for a short timeout has been blown for one of the NFL’s greatest superstars.

Known for his incredible physique and necessity to be the center of attention, 37-year-old Terrell Owens is again the hottest, current headliner in the NFL, even as the league has put up its “out of service” sign.

ESPN’s Chris Mortensen is reporting that the wideout had surgery to repair a torn ACL in one of his knees. The article goes on to say that he could be ready to step onto the field within six months (mid-to-late November at the latest).

Along with this new revelation, there are also other stories popping up from all over speculating whether or not the star receiver has played his last downs with the Cincinnati Bengals during the 2010 season. Whenever a superstar has to decide on whether or not to attempt a comeback after incurring such a debilitating injury at his age, the decision usually leans towards accepting father time and calling it quits.

The only problem is that this is Owens.

This is not just your average football player or even a great star in the sport who accepts what he is given and taking it. The former third round choice of the San Francisco 49ers in 1996 is one of the most stubborn players of all time. Acknowledgement and acceptance are words that are not in his vocabulary when it comes to his football career.

That being said, take the recent rumors of Owens’ contemplating retirement with a grain of salt. Fans should have learned their lesson with another stubborn football star who kept the public on the edge of their seats during the off-season of his last few years just because he yearned for their attention and admiration (he was that quarterback from those Wrangler Jeans commercials who played for the Vikings last year). Owens will now take over the mantle of leading the public on a summer fiasco of teetering between ending or resuming his career.

Leaving at this point in his career wouldn’t make a great deal of sense for one of the league’s most productive WR last season. The former Tennessee-Chattanooga college standout was the Bengals best receiving threat (and, arguably, their best player) and was on pace for an All-Pro like season before getting injured in week 14. If anything, 2010 was a bounce back year, which helped erased his disturbing 2009 campaign in Buffalo.

With such an impressive showing and illustrating to all the haters that he still has it, why would he bail when he could strike while the iron is hot?

Owens can also thank the league in presenting a favorable forecast for a return in the near future.

The league remains at a standstill with the impending lockout between the players and owners still intact. This has stalled free agency, which has halted players without a team to secure a residence upon a roster. It has also prevented new rookies from being introduced to a team’s philosophy and many players are not getting into shape with teams incapable of holding camps and workouts.

For Owens, that will mean that the longer the lockout is still active for the league, the more enticing of an option he becomes on a team that is in need of a wideout.

He may be injured and recovering from surgery, but there is no player who will work as hard to morph his body back into the chiseled, magazine cover-style Adonis he once was. He’s also a player that’s been in the league for over fifteen years and wouldn’t need extensive time being acclimated to a team’s playbook and goals. He will also look at this upcoming year as a season of redemption as others seriously doubt his effectiveness due to his injury and age, which means he will most likely be affordable for many franchises.

Even though he may be a self-absorbed, narcissistic prima donna who is more intrigued by the number of followers he has on Twitter and the television ratings for his reality show on VH1, he’s a top-notch, star receiver who can make a difference on any team.

Aside from his ability and ego playing into how is future will end up, continuing another year or two would help to wrap up his career with a stronger sense of where he falls in regards to his legacy in the NFL.

It’s hard to root or boo Owens, who has essentially been the biggest anti-hero in the NFL since he started becoming recognized as one of the top receivers in the league. There are times when his antics can be viewed as both self-centered and entertaining. A big reflection of those moments is each opportunity he has when he crosses the end zone.

The six foot, three inch, 225 pound star always keeps the public’s eyes glued to their HD television screens whenever he approaches the white finish line to score six points. His celebrations have always been egotistical, but it has bolstered a great following with fans and fellow NFL stars who try to top Owens’ famous touchdown moments.

This showcase of enjoyment is just one of the many ways summarizing his career is conflicting. Although there are moments where he can be a head case for his team, concentrates more on being a star off the field, and is extremely arrogant believing he’s the most exceptional human being in the world; there is no denying his greatness as a wide receiver and his influence in the NFL since he’s been here.

Playing another season or two would help to summarize what he was to the NFL: the villain or the hero?

Surgery is usually a crippling procedure that would end any football player’s career if they are older than 35. Yet, this is a Terrell Owens discussion, which means that this is no ordinary NFL player. A star with such adulation and self-perception of himself will not allow one little operation to his knee end his stellar career. This is merely a periodical break before he returns to the NFL next season.

Consider this more of a 20-second TO for TO’s career, and not just a full timeout that ends it.

Brett Favre To Appear On Dancing With The Stars?

Now that Brett Favre has finally retired from the National Football Leaguge, he can now worry about the more important things in life.

Mainly, possibly being a cast member on ABC's twelfth season of, "Dancing with the Stars".

We get more from Sentinel Sports Now:

Brett Favre could be serious about retiring from the NFL this time if the latest Favre “buzz” news is true.

Word is spreading fast on the web that Brett Favre is a potential contestant for Season 12 of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, set to air March 21. Dancing with the Stars has become a popular launching pad for retired or soon-to-be retired NFL stars seeking careers in the public eye. Chad Ochocinco, Emmitt Smith, Kurt Warner, Jerry Rice and Warren Sapp have all been contestants on the show.

There’s no official confirmation yet from either Favre or ABC’s camps yet.

If this is true, it might be interesting how the show would deal with the sexting scandal if he does become a cast member.

However, if Favre does become a cast member, I'm just waiting for his take on the Viennese Waltz.

The Brett Favre Parody of The Lebron James Nike Commercial

Previously on Outside the Boxscore, we featured the infamous Lebron James Nike Commercial where he asked us about what should he do.

Well, the below video decided to parody that commercial with Brett Favre as the new individual of note:

New York Yankees Turn Brett Favre Into a Dirty Word

With pitchers and catchers scheduled to report in less than a month, free agent Andy Pettitte remains undecided on whether he will pitch another season for the New York Yankees, which has crippled the team’s efforts to round out the starting rotation for 2011.

Prior to succumbing to the Texas Rangers in the American League Championship Series, the Yankees’ top offseason priorities were to lure Cliff Lee to the Bronx and re-sign Pettitte, shortstop Derek Jeter and closer Mariano Rivera.

But plans to hit for the cycle went painfully awry when Cliff Lee signed with the Philadelphia Phillies and the 38-year-old Pettitte balked at returning for a 17th season in the majors, including number 14 with the Yankees.

In the first half of the 2010 season, Pettitte, Major League Baseball’s all-time postseason wins leader (19), went 11-2 with a 2.70 ERA to earn the third All-Star selection of his career.

However, a groin injury limited Pettitte to only four starts after the All-Star break, where he posted a record of 0-1 with an ERA of 7.47.

Nevertheless, after such a strong overall season (11-3, 3.28 ERA), the Yankees were fully prepared to welcome Pettitte back into the fold this year, to the tune of approximately $12-13 million.

Apparently though, the grizzled left-hander, who’s been with the Yankees for five World Series Championships, seems more inclined to quietly ride off into the sunset than to take the mound to pitch another game in pinstripes.

The quandary for New York is that Pettitte has neither committed to pitching at any point during the upcoming season nor filed his retirement papers with MLB, drawing comparisons from Yankees general manager Brian Cashman to another professional athlete notorious for being a central figure in this type of melodrama.

“Being from Texas and having to be in New York for six months out of the year can be hard because he has kids and he’s missing important time with them,” Cashman said at Tuesday’s Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting.

“He’s opting not to play right now but that might change it might not. I told him don’t ‘Brett Favre’ us. You got to be all in and fully dedicated to play. Do I need him? I need him, but I don’t want him to play if his heart’s not in it.”

"Brett Favre" us.

It does sound like a dirty phrase when context is taken into consideration, doesn’t it?

Arguably, Pettitte is already "Brett Favre-ing" the most valuable franchise in baseball today, a position, no innuendo intended, the Yankees have not found themselves in often, if ever, in their storied history.

Click here to read the original article at SportsHaze.com.

Brett Favre Is A Dancing Machine

Although Brett Favre has finally retired (for now), I think I'm pretty sure what his next plan will be. "Dancing with the Stars", Anyone?

This rather awesome video was caught during Friday's Vikings practice and Favre can dance his socks off:



(Courtesy of Cosby Sweaters)

SNL Parodies Brett Favre Wrangler Commercials: "Open Fly Jeans"

It was only a matter of time that Brett Favre's recent issue with cellphone pictures would make it to the premier comedy sketch show, "Saturday Night Live".

Watch Jason Sudekis do his best Brett Favre impression and the rest of the sketch is pretty much self-explanatory:

Nice, New Brett Favre Wrangler Jeans Commercial

Recently the whole Brett Favre took a picture of his tallywacker with a cellphone camera and sent it to former Jets employee Jenn Sterger has made it's rounds to the nth degree.

So it was only fitting that late night host Jimmy Kimmel decided to make fun of it in a brand-new faux commercial making fun of Favre's misdeeds:

Brett Favre Karma's Comes In Flying Football To Groin

With all the publicity surrounding Brett Favre's man-region, we forget that Brett Favre is still an NFL player and.......

Alright I did my best to interlude into this, here is the video of Brett Favre getting hit in the groin with a football during the Vikings Wednesday practice:



Somewhere Homer Simpson is laughing......

(Courtesy of Deadspin)

People Laughing At Brett Favre's "Little Favre"

Last night, the peeps over at Jimmy Kimmel Live decided to have a little fun of Brett Favre's recent troubles sending sext messages to former New York Jets employee, Jenn Sterger.

At about the 1:14 mark, they sent out Guillermo out on the streets to show people's reaction to "Little Favre":

The Most Important Question In The Tangled Web Of The Brett Favre Saga

In the whole unraveling of the Brett Favre saga, many questions were tangled together since his Vikings lost to the New Orleans Saints in the NFC Championship game. Despite all the speculations, there is only one important conundrum that will be haunting Favre since he announced his return.

Can Favre be better than last year and bring the Vince Lombardi Trophy to Minnesota?

There’s one important understanding to this question: Favre must do more than last year in order for his second stint in Minnesota to have value. That means there’s only one ending for the Vikings or else bringing him back was pointless: a Super Bowl title.

The first place to look at is comparing last season’s opponents with this season.

When looking back on the 2009 season, the Vikings schedule appears quite lax in obtaining a 12-4 record. The team only faced off against five opponents who went to the playoffs and eleven teams who couldn’t even qualify.

This year, the mountain to climb back into the postseason has a bit higher of an incline. Minnesota will have half of their sixteen games against opponents who participated in the postseason last year. In their first eight weeks alone, they have to face six teams who made the playoffs in 2009.

Here’s a look at each team the superstar from the college of Southern Mississippi will face in 2010:

Week One: New Orleans Saints

New Orleans might be one of the worst passing defenses in the league (26th last season in passing yards allowed), but they were third in the league in interceptions (exactly how they beat Favre on his last pass in the 2009 championship playoff game).

Week Two: Miami Dolphins

The Dolphins was one of the worst defenses in the league, allowing 24.4 points per game last season. Despite that, they do well at pressuring the quarterback (tied for third in the league with sacks at 44) and hitting Favre is one of the most important things a defense can key in on.

Week Three: Detroit Lions

The Lions gave up the most points per game on average by any team in 2009. On top of that, they gave up the most passing yards and got beat by the deep ball the most as well. The other way to look at it though; they can only get better in 2010.

Week Five: New York Jets

His former team from 2008 was the stingiest defense in 2009, allowing the league best 14.8 points per game. They hit, they cover, and they are nasty.

Favre will have a big challenge in this one.

Week Six: Dallas Cowboys

After going up against the best defensive team, the Vikings go one to face the second best defense. The Cowboys only allowed 15.6 ppg and is one of the best at getting to the quarterback (seventh in the league with 42).

Week Seven: Green Bay Packers

Probably the game Favre has circled on his calendar, his former team doesn’t allow many points (18.6 ppg) and was the best last season at picking off the other team’s quarterback (30 interceptions).

Favre has got to be careful to not be his usual trigger-happy self.

Week Eight: New England Patriots

For the fourth straight week, the Vikings face a team that allowed less than 20 points per game last season (New England allowed only 17.8). This is always a smart, veteran team that might be trouble for Favre and his Vikings.

Week Nine: Arizona Cardinals

Favre will go up against the 2009 NFC West Champions this week and has to deal with a team that ranked in the top ten last year in interceptions (seventh with 21) and sacks (sixth with 43).

This won’t be a cake walk for the Vikings to get through.

Week Ten: Chicago Bears

Although not one of the elite defensive or playoff teams that the Vikings will have faced from the earlier weeks, the Bears are still a middle of the pack team in terms of a variety of defensive statistical categories. Favre will still need to play well to get by Chi-town.

Week Eleven: Green Bay

*See Week Seven*

Week Twelve: Washington Redskins

The Redskins are another team comparable to the Bears that the Vikings cannot sleep on. Washington is good at giving up little in the passing game (tied for eighth with 207.2 passing yards per game) and can hit the quarterback hard (tied for eighth with 40 sacks in 2009).

Week Thirteen: Buffalo Bills

The Bills are a rebuilding team in 2010, but they can play a little bit of defense as well. They were ranked sixteenth in points allowed on average last season (20.4), but this is a team that can change momentum with interceptions (second in the league with 28 in 2009).

Week Fourteen: New York Giants

The Giants may not have been a playoff team last year, but this was the same injury riddled team in 2009 who upset the Patriots in the 2007 Super Bowl and made the playoffs in 2008. They will be back at full strength this season and that might be trouble for Favre.

Week Fifteen: Chicago Bears

*See Week Ten*

Week Sixteen: Philadelphia Eagles

Another playoff team last year that the Vikings will face, the Eagles are always dangerous with the ability to make defensive plays and inflicting pain on the quarterback. They ranked fourth in the league with 25 interceptions and was tied for third in the league in sacks with 44.

Week Seventeen: Detroit Lions

*See Week Three*

Despite the hard road ahead, Favre is one of the greatest players of all time when it comes to rising to the occasion. Minnesota fans are breathing a sigh of relief knowing he will be back to lead the way.

Now, all Vikings fans can do is chant: “I think Favre can…I think Favre can”.

Run For Your Lives, It's the Brett Favre Musical!

For those of you that can't stand Brett Favre-related news, then you should just shy away from the below video altogether.

If you can stomach it, here is a special presentation in song called, "The Brett Favre Musical", it's 10 minutes long, so you should probably get some popcorn.



(Courtesy of No Guts, No Glory)