Griswold Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 He draws so much media/fan attention and bandwidth, that our other players will be free of distractions. The Fandom/Felser/Gleason/Sullivan/ESPN/Stadium Wall (et al.) magnifying glass is occupied with TO. Our players who need training, can get that training with less distraction than in the past. If there was no TO, every twitch, slip, fumble & fart of Maybin, Levitre, Wood, etc. would be get dissected in brutal and usually negative-biased detail. When TO hypnotized the crowd in the bleachers yesterday, at the other end of the field there was probably a rookie making a rookie mistake. Which went un-noticed, except by the position coach who fixed it. It's nice not to hear about those things.
PearlHowardman Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 I completely agree. And reading this board yesterday and today one would think that we have already won the Super Bowl. Probably like that on all the other NFL team boards! Ah, July-August!
VJ91 Posted July 26, 2009 Posted July 26, 2009 ...If there was no TO, every twitch, slip, fumble & fart of Maybin, Levitre, Wood, etc. would be get dissected in brutal and usually negative-biased detail.... I disagree. Based on the columns written about Owens today, they all had a very "wait and see" theme to them. They all go out of their way warning the fans about how much the Bills still lack despite having the future HOF diva smiling for the cameras. It seems as if they were alerting us to the fact that they are still the small town Buffalo media, and sure they will spend time covering what Owens does, but they will be more focused on what the team does. So maybe they won't write about Woods' farts. Instead they might write about T.O.'s belches. But make no mistake, they will continue to write about how Woods is playing day in and day out, once he and his 3 rookie holdout buddies finally show up for work this summer.
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