Month: July 2006 (Page 3 of 10)

St. Louis Rams running back Marshall Faulk will have season-ending and possible career-ending knee surgery. Faulk will undergo reconstructive surgery and it looks like the end may be in sight for the back in ninth place on the NFL’s all-time rushing list.

“We were hoping for the best, but we’ve been planning for both scenarios,” said Linehan (Rams coach). “I think reality is setting in for sure that potentially his career is winding down.”

Steven Jackson will return as starter and Tony Fisher will most likely fill in as a third down back, but the team has inquired about Michael Bennett from New Orleans.

At 33, Faulk has had a terrific NFL career and although his career isn’t over yet, it’s getting close. He has endured numerous knee surgeries throughout his career and may not be able to come back from this one. His role has been diminished because of his age and with the emergence of the young Steven Jackson so it might be best for him to just hang up the cleats.

Let the McNabb-Owens’ fireworks start again, folks.

Around training camp time last year, Terrell Owens was doing calisthenics in his driveway for members of the media while serving a suspension from Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid.

It appears that this season, at least as training camp is reopened for the Eagles, the memory of T.O., who is now a Dallas Cowboy, is still fresh on everybody’s mind. And every question fired by the media about Owens is directed right at quarterback Donovan McNabb.

When McNabb was asked what he thought about Owens’ latest autobiography, T.O., McNabb referred to it as a ‘children’s book’ and that he hadn’t read it yet.

In T.O. , which came out earlier this month, Owens mostly offers his side of his tumultuous second season in Philadelphia. McNabb joked that he should have been a co-author because Owens mentioned the five-time Pro Bowl quarterback at length in the book.

“It won’t sell unless he’s talking about me,” McNabb said, adding that he didn’t read the book and is waiting to play himself in the movie.

Owens likens McNabb to a bully who spat in his mouth as a teenager while he innocently slept on a school bus. He traces the root of the friction to when McNabb didn’t throw him the ball on a play in a game during his first season with the Eagles.

McNabb scoffed at Owens’ version of events.

I like the fact that McNabb is speaking his mind out about Owens this year, since he was criticized for not doing it more last year. But how much more fuel does Owens need to play well against the Eagles this year?

The guy is a drama queen and a baby, but he always plays hard on the field and I’d assume that McNabb and the Eagles would rather just leave the T.O. mess behind them.

We all know that Owens will fire something back within the next few days…who isn’t ready for these two teams to meet twice in the regular season?

In an interview soon to be aired by HBO, Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens puts the blame on the media for pegging him as a selfish individual.

Owens said he doesn’t think reporters are necessarily conspiring against him as much as using him “to gain viewers’ attention.” As a result, he believes that he is “misunderstood.” He said other players have been, too, “but I feel like I have been one of the main guys who’ve been vilified.”

Why?

“That’s the million-dollar question,” he said. “Why me? … At some point it does get to me. And I can’t say it enough. Dude, I’m human and that’s what I’m trying to get people to understand.”

Hmm, let’s see. T.O spent an entire spring whining about his contract and felt like he was being underpaid. He called out his star quarterback and his antics arguably ruined the Eagles’ 2005 season. I don’t know who the bigger baby is: T.O or Barry Bonds?