Around the AFC North (6/29): Terrell Owens' Torn ACL

by Chris Pokorny on Jun 29, 2011 1:27 PM EDT in Around the AFC North

In today's edition of Around the AFC North, we take a look at new of a receiver's ACL injury, an update on Ben Roethlisberger's foot, and a funny comment from our Ravens SB Nation affiliate.

Cincinnati Bengals: Is Terrell Owens' Career Over?

Bengals receiver Terrell Owens had surgery to repair a torn ACL. He is not expected to be available to play until November 2011 at the earliest. Who knows if he can return and be effective after that. Is it time for Owens to call it a career? It would be wise of him to try to latch on to a playoff-contending team late in the season, but he'd need to be willing to accept a lower salary I imagine for the chance to pursue a ring.

Pittsburgh Steelers: Ben Roethlisberger on Foot Injury

Information on the Steelers' quarterback opting not to have foot surgery:

"The doctors elected not to do surgery and to let it heal," Roethlisberger's agent, Ryan Tollner said, according to the paper. "If it ever got worse, they might have to do something. Ben is kind of surprised that it's getting the attention. He hopes and expects never to have surgery on it. The foot was feeling better after the season, with the extra time this offseason, it's feeling great."

Baltimore Ravens: Ignoring Josh Freeman's Productivity

Over at Baltimore Beatdown, they disagreed with one ESPN's writer's ranking of quarterback Josh Freeman over Joe Flacco (they were ranking top quarterbacks under the age of 30). Says Bruce:

At the same time, I just don't get the Josh Freeman over Joe Flacco justification in any way, shape or form. Freeman is a good young QB, but has done absolutely nothing in his two seasons.

For the record, here is a comparison of the players' 2010 stats:

Josh Freeman: 25 TDs, 6 INTs, 3451 yards, 61.4% completion rate
Joe Flacco: 25 TDs, 10 INTs, 3622 yards, 62.6% completion rate

Bruce is right. There is no justification for this ranking in any way, shape, or form.

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T.O.’s carreer was over as soon as he signed on with the bengals.

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by pwndabear on Jun 29, 2011 1:36 PM EDT reply actions

To his credit, T.O. didn’t have a terrible year with the Bengals. He had 9 TDs and didn’t even play all 16 games.

by Off-the-Chain on Jun 29, 2011 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions

T.O. didn’t have a terrible year with the Bengals

that statement is a bit of an oxymoron: every year is a terrible year with the bengals.

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by pwndabear on Jun 29, 2011 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

you’re true on your last point, pwndabear, but you’re wrong that his career is over because of that or whatever this most recent injury may have really been. T.O. will certainly be back in 2012. i could almost guarantee it.

Yvan Eht Nioj.

by Brownsbacker488 on Jun 30, 2011 1:14 AM EDT up reply actions

just because you play doesn’t mean it should be considered a valid career

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by pwndabear on Jun 30, 2011 9:27 AM EDT up reply actions

by “you,” i mean T.O.
…And by that, I am not comparing you specifically to T.O. in any way.

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by pwndabear on Jun 30, 2011 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions

haha yeah i understood that. thanks though.

Yvan Eht Nioj.

by Brownsbacker488 on Jun 30, 2011 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Herm Edwards said on ESPN radio that we’re a team that should consider signing TO. No thanks.

Resident Tim Couch Apologist.

by Dawg Nuts on Jun 29, 2011 2:29 PM EDT reply actions

lolwut?!

no thank you. we’d be better going to a geriatrics center for our next wr

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by pwndabear on Jun 29, 2011 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions

I knew Edwards didn’t like Cleveland.

Is he related to Braylon in any way?

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice there is. -- Yogi Berra

by JustPlainBrowns on Jun 29, 2011 8:57 PM EDT up reply actions

They may be lovers. We can only guess.

by Off-the-Chain on Jun 30, 2011 8:18 AM EDT up reply actions

i respect Herm a great deal, and i agree with him. of course not now with T.O.s injury, but otherwise i would like to have given him a shot.

Yvan Eht Nioj.

by Brownsbacker488 on Jun 30, 2011 1:15 AM EDT up reply actions

so we’ll have 10 receivers?

I teach good life choices. That’s why I almost didn’t graduate High School.
Intensive Purposes? I could care less...
your whole argument is a fallacy!

by bross09 on Jul 1, 2011 8:14 PM EDT up reply actions

I followd Josh Freeman’s career at KSU and was absolutely floored that he was selected in the first round. Obvious talent, raw as an old Eddie Murphy skit. No accuracy. His development is a true testimony to the ability of the Bucs to develop the QB. I have always thought that the NFL scouts overestimate potential and underestimate tape – but I stand corrected on this guy. I personally think that Flacco is tremendously overrated because of his cannon. Grossi is the worst – always talking about him like he has the skins on the wall like Brady.

Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen

by realmccoy on Jun 29, 2011 3:18 PM EDT reply actions

I’m with you on Freeman. Didn’t see it at KSU. Watching him with the Bucs, dude is a player.

by Bernie19Kosar on Jun 29, 2011 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Dude, I saw it. I used to play NCAA Football on PS2 with my friend back in the day…. He would always play as OSU and I played as KSU a few times and I ripped him to pieces with Josh Freeman. That’s how I knew he would be legit.

by shep615 on Jun 30, 2011 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

Same here.

"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein

by rufio on Jun 30, 2011 2:32 AM EDT up reply actions

Bengals receiver Terrell Owens had surgery to repair a torn ACL. He is not expected to be available to play until November 2011 at the earliest.

What they won’t tell you was that TO slipped and tore his ACL getting a bag of popcorn out so he could watch LeBron fail in the NBA Championship game……win for everyone

by sleepy042 on Jun 29, 2011 4:02 PM EDT reply actions

raw as an old Eddie Murphy skit.

Gooney goo goo, Gus.

I am effing hurdling you and you can't stop me.

by JustBob on Jun 29, 2011 5:53 PM EDT reply actions

That was supposed to be a reply to realmccoy. (sigh)

I am effing hurdling you and you can't stop me.

by JustBob on Jun 29, 2011 5:54 PM EDT up reply actions

i hate it when that happens…

Yvan Eht Nioj.

by Brownsbacker488 on Jun 30, 2011 1:16 AM EDT up reply actions

T.O.‘s agent on sportscenter was funny. Didn’t answer any questions, but talked up T.O. like he was Joe Thomas or something. Just doing his job I guess.

Also, Bruce really likes to use ludicrous. It’s kind of a stupid word to begin with… but when you use it every article it gains 26 stupid points.

by C.b.I on Jun 29, 2011 6:32 PM EDT reply actions

well that’s just a ludicrous statement from a ludicrous commenter.

Yvan Eht Nioj.

by Brownsbacker488 on Jun 30, 2011 1:17 AM EDT up reply actions

Darn! Poor Bengals, I thought they would run the roost with T.O., Ochocinco and A.J. Green! What a downer! They´re only chance to re-achieve that freak out status is by acquiring Moss now.
Roethlisberger just sets up like the tower of power anyways, who cares if he can run.
Josh Freeman is like Tampa´s Dan Marino, I think it´s already discernable since he´s blossoming. The question is, is Flacco Jim Kelly or John Elway?

by mooncamping on Jun 30, 2011 5:26 AM EDT reply actions

The question is, is Flacco Jim Kelly or John Elway?

really? that’s a question?

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by Dawg Nuts on Jun 30, 2011 11:57 AM EDT up reply actions

Well, yeah. Who do you think he compares to from yesteryear?

by mooncamping on Jul 1, 2011 5:27 AM EDT up reply actions

A backup QB with a cannon arm?

(If all the nachos are stuck together, it only counts as one nacho.)

by North Coast Flea on Jul 1, 2011 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, something like that. I mean he turned out to be a real value addition, being from small Delaware. But has he reached top billing? And why not?

by mooncamping on Jul 2, 2011 7:22 AM EDT up reply actions

I thought you were putting Flacco in the same class as Kelly and Elway, at which I’d scoff.

Resident Tim Couch Apologist.

by Dawg Nuts on Jul 1, 2011 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions

No, I meant that he hasn´t attained such a star status.

by mooncamping on Jul 2, 2011 7:23 AM EDT up reply actions

gotcha, and certainly agree.

Resident Tim Couch Apologist.

by Dawg Nuts on Jul 2, 2011 8:21 AM EDT up reply actions

It´s a good situation for Tyrod Taylor.

by mooncamping on Jul 4, 2011 5:22 AM EDT up reply actions

His career is over. To recover from an ACL injury is difficult for any player (just ask Kellen Winslow), but to do so at TO’s age is a serious longshot. He was slowing down anyway.

It was a good career. Bad teammate, but he was a damn good talent. Deserves the HOF even with all the trouble. I still have his Eagles jersey..

I guess there's only one thing left to do.....win the whole ******* thing. - Major League

by 24rubikscube on Jun 30, 2011 8:16 AM EDT reply actions

the NFL still doesn’t test for HGH…

Yvan Eht Nioj.

by Brownsbacker488 on Jun 30, 2011 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Winslow’s knee was not a normal ACL tear., but I agree. TO won’t recover by the start of the season.

"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein

by rufio on Jun 30, 2011 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Is Bruce mentally handicapped? Some of the stuff he says just seems to come way out of left field. Always the die-hard homer too.

(If all the nachos are stuck together, it only counts as one nacho.)

by North Coast Flea on Jun 30, 2011 10:43 AM EDT reply actions

Is Bruce mentally handicapped?

I would say he’s probably right there on the cusp i.e. 70-75 IQ. Not necessarily bike helmet material but more like in the ‘pulls pants down all the way to go pee’ ballpark.

by johnnyphoenix on Jul 1, 2011 1:29 AM EDT up reply actions

I went to school with a kid who did that once, and stood way back from the urinal. Made everyone else in the bathroom crack up laughing at him. Of course that was 1st grade or kindergarten.

(If all the nachos are stuck together, it only counts as one nacho.)

by North Coast Flea on Jul 1, 2011 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions