Re: You're Typical Bills Fan
We'll see. If Randy Moss can take plays off in Oakland and come and play for the Pats and cause no problems, why can't T.O.?
Dallas fan here - honestly, I didn't think TO was all that bad of a teammate. Despite all these stories that popped up last year(i.e. Owens upset with Romo in the locker room, Owens upset b/c he thought Romo and Witten were designing plays behind his back, Owens disrespecting Jason Garrett and bragging about it, Owens dividing the locker room, etc), it was nothing but he said/she said 3rd party stuff(never recalled Owens throwing Romo, Witten, Garrett, Wade, or anyone under the bus publicly last year).
However - it's the MEDIA BAGGAGE following him that wears on the team. Whether he portrays himself as a model teammate, drops a few passes, takes a crap, sneezes, or whatever, BSPN et al will be following him around and reporting even the most BS stories 24/7. Over the long haul, it just WEARS on the TEAM as everyone, from coaches to players, are constantly asked even the most mundane questions instead of using this time to prepare et al for upcoming games.
Ultimately - it even wore on my fan base as time chugged along. We were constantly debating all this, we were constantly worried if TSHTF on any given day, etc, etc. I'm just glad we don't have to deal with this anymore. Are we out of the woodworks, completely? We're not holding our breaths - Wade, Romo, Garrett have NO excuses if they screw up this upcoming season. If Romo keeps taking chances and throws picks, he doesn't have this "But I was trying to make #81 happy" excuse. If Garrett keeps abandoning the run game, he too doesn't have this "But I was trying to make #81 happy" excuse either. If Wade continues to not install discipline, then he doesn't have this, "But the players were angry b/c with all the coddling we give #81, they don't find it fair how they're getting their fannies whipped" excuse. Also - our other receivers BETTER run good routes this year - now that #81 is out of the picture, they too don't have this "But we were dogging it b/c all the plays were to make #81 happy" excuse.