Remember when the St. Louis Rams were considering Terrell Owens?

by Ryan Van Bibber on Nov 10, 2010 11:01 AM CST in 2010 St. Louis Rams season

It's been a rough year to be a St. Louis Rams wide receiver. The likelihood of injury for members of that position group sits somewhere between the odds of Mel Kiper's hair moving and Mike Singletary going the rest of the season without saying something really stupid.

Since the draft, when there were faint whispers of the GM Billy Devaney at least kicking the tires on then-Broncos WR Brandon Marshall, the Rams have been involved in discussions to bring in several veterans at the position. That finally happened when Devaney swung a deal with the Ravens to add Mark Clayton, replacing Donnie Avery who was on IR.

Once Clayton was lost, the Rams were heavily involved in the discussion for Vincent Jackson and, more recently, Randy Moss. Back in July, Devaney and Co. were involved with Terrell Owens, the league's original antics prone receiver. Turns out...

...that the Rams weren't as interested as portrayed in some quarters.

Too bad, because T.O. is having a career renaissance with the Bengals this year. His Monday night performance of 10 receptions, 141 yards and 2 TDs was his second best game of the season, not quite on par with the 222 yard outing he had against the Ravens in week 4.

T.O. is on pace for, get this, 110 catches, 1500 yards and 14 touchdowns. That would be his highest yardage total ever, and his best total for TDs since 2007, when he was in Dallas.

Hindsight is always 20/20, but it's hard not to look at these numbers AND the Rams in a surprising fight for the NFC West title and think about what kind of impact Owens might have had in St. Louis.

Tevin made the case back in July...and in a scary bit of premonition asked what might happen in Donnie Avery had been hurt.

Of course, Avery was not hurt at that point in the season, giving the Rams front office less impetus to pursue Owens. Had they gone the other direction, you wonder what kind of impact T.O. would have on a Rams offense led by Sam Bradford.

It makes next year's draft and free agent derby that much more exciting for the Rams.

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i dont think it would have turned out well

The rams don’t exactly air it out…after a couple of the tough losses where t.o. didn’t see some touches I think he would be complaining about the palycalling and shurmur…I’m all for fans and media calling out players/coaches but the team itself needs unity. You can’t have players calling out coaches it absolutely never ends well

by RamsFan7 on Nov 10, 2010 11:30 AM CST via mobile reply actions

I guess you missed TO jumping all over his QB Rams dont need this.

by chndlr54 on Nov 10, 2010 11:43 AM CST reply actions

That wasn't TO

Was Ochocinco.

by 81 Witness on Nov 10, 2010 1:13 PM CST up reply actions

yeah, i saw him yelling at carson palmer and thought

this team sucks and has no chemistry, and that is why they don’t win. I dont care what his numbers are.

If you love something, set it free. If it doesn't come back, find it and kill it.

by gomer7 on Nov 10, 2010 12:00 PM CST reply actions

I don't believe TO ever wanted to come here anyhow...

I feel he was partially using the Rams POSSIBLE interest to get a better deal for himself with a contender, which he did…ESPN was really the ones who created the idea that the Rams were interested in him…I never had the feeling that Spags and BD were all that crazy to have him around…well, now he is padding his stats, and his team is in last place, so who’s sorry now?

by tbell61 on Nov 10, 2010 12:09 PM CST reply actions

Not the only early chatter we had around here that would've netted a huge return --

Although we all know we did the right thing long-term by dumping Bulger and drafting a gifted QB who could LEAD the offense and the team in Bradford, I have to say that the lengthy talk many of us had going about DRAFT SUH/TRADE FOR VICK would’ve also left us sitting awfully damn pretty about now — both have been playmakers for their team all season long. Again, though, I’m 110% behind Sam Bradford and know we made the best long-term choice for this franchise with that pick.

Jeff

by bigwood25 on Nov 10, 2010 1:28 PM CST reply actions

TO has always been a great receiver and he flat out balled vs Pittsburgh

I have never been against TO and don’t believe all this QB wrecker ish people say about him, but I do think that had we signed him we wouldn’t see this production.

Remember, he has Chad OchoCinco opposite him and Polamalu shifted over to cover Ocho over the top and that allowed TO to break in and get his (1st?) TD of the day.

Ochocinco is still attracting a lot of coverage and that allows TO to get open more and make big plays…

(not detracting from his performances or him as a WR) but I am saying that TO would not have THAT sort of an impact on our Roster (although he’d be a big help)
I know that personally I wouldn’t like to have to defend TO to everyone I talk football with though haha

Bradford to Onobun!

by Infemous on Nov 10, 2010 2:31 PM CST reply actions

I think your opening sentence is confusing...

You compare the possibility of a Rams WR injury (something very likely) to being as likely as two things that are very unlikely. I think it should be… “The likelihood of staying healthy for members of that position group…”.

Not trying to bust your chops of anything. I just wouldn’t want anyone on the internet getting confused and thinking that the Rams WR’s don’t get injured or something crazy like that.

by Hetfield72 on Nov 10, 2010 4:03 PM CST reply actions