Terrell Owens' Injury Will Cost Him Most Of 2011 Season

by Joel Thorman on Jun 27, 2011 7:20 AM CDT

How about waking up on Monday morning and reading a story that free agent WR Terrell Owens tore his ACL, already had surgery sometime in the last month, and likely won't be available to play until late November in a best-case scenario.

That's the word from ESPN's Chris Mortensen. That's certainly not the story I expected to hear in the middle of June but T.O. apparently tore his ACL while, according to Mort, filming for a VH1 show. At best, it's a six-month recovery time which means he wouldn't be back until late November.

So...this might be it for T.O. If he can't return until late November then he's probably not playing at all this year. And if he's not playing at all this year, he's probably never playing again. Players that turn 38 years old and sit out a year with a torn ACL usually don't return.

Then again, this is T.O. The same guy who broke his leg in mid-December and came back to play in the Super Bowl, so don't count him out just yet.

The Chiefs were never going to sign him but he's one of the more high-profile players in the league so I was at least curious where he would sign. You can definitely mark KC off the list now.

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by Supersexy on Jun 27, 2011 7:38 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

As a 49ers fan, I really wanted to laugh at this news.

But I couldn’t. That sucks, the career of one of the most …. interesting wide receivers is now probably over.

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by James Brady on Jun 27, 2011 7:39 AM CDT reply actions

At least

It wasn’t doing something not so smart, like playing football and getting injured without a deal. This seems to be the first known injury of the offseason without a CBA, is it?

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by KC Nate on Jun 27, 2011 7:55 AM CDT reply actions

Weak!

T.O. takes a ton of flak and most of the time for good reason, but regardless of the antics I’ve always enjoyed watching him play. He had a decent year last year, even had a good year in Buffalo the season before that. What a shame, I hope someone takes a flyer on him and we get to see him one more time.

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by bobby sippio! on Jun 27, 2011 11:41 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs

what a moron....doesnt shock me at all that this is how his career ends....Owens gets hurt taping a reality show, classic

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by SDChief on Jun 27, 2011 12:40 PM CDT reply actions

If anyone can recover from this it's T.O.

Guy takes better care of himself than 95% of the league. He thrives in these situations.

by RamX21 on Jun 27, 2011 12:51 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

It reminds me of seeing Favre on the sidelines at the end of last year

Its a shame when someone who has been relatively healthy throughout their HOF career goes out like this. I bet he comes back and gets a shot at someone’s roster, but there is no way he is an impact player after missing that much time.

by KillaCity107 on Jun 27, 2011 1:57 PM CDT reply actions