And so it starts...
>> Sunday
Actually, this isn't the start at all. T.O. has officially recieved his first fine from the Dallas Cowboys, but trouble has been brewing for the past month or so.
Not to toot my own horn, but didn't I say a month ago that anyone who thinks T.O. has changed is an idiot?
After T.O. delivers yet another season of turmoil, for yet another team, the question will have to be asked. At what point does a ridiculously talented athlete find himself out of sports soley because of his personality? There has to be a point where every one of the 32 NFL teams realize that despite his supernatural abilities, T.O. is just not worth it.
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Help me out superior football minds:
Would you guys say that the talent disparity between superstar and average replacement player is less in the NFL than in, say, the NBA or MLB?
Or better yet, does this disparity at one position have as great an impact on team success as it would in baseball or basketball?
I've always considered the NFL the "deeper" league in this respect, but I'd like to know if this is true at all.
There's always Canadian Football. From what I've heard, the Argonauts and Alouettes are prepared to pony up the loonies.
To answer Vinnie's question...
The talent disparity between Terrell Owens and, say, Joe Jurevicius is probably pretty similar to the talent disparity between Kobe Bryant and, say, Cuttino Mobley.
I think the difference is that the way the different sports are played, replacing a superstar with an average player is going to hurt an NFL team a lot less than it will hurt an NBA or MLB team.
Because football teams work as an 11-man unit at all times, a huge improvement at one position rarely makes a significant difference (with the possible exception of quarterback...see Dan Marino).
Also, because football teams rely much more on a team effort than basketball or baseball, a cancer player like T.O. who only thinks of himself is much more detrimental to his team than a cancer player like Barry Bonds or Kobe Bryant.
Not to say that having T.O. on your team doesn't make your offense better, but at some point you have to weigh the pros and cons. However, this does not simply mean his talent versus his personality. Teams need to weigh his personality against the difference between having T.O. and having that replacement player. In my mind, the talent disparity is not worth keeping T.O.
Agreement?
That's kind of the perception I've always had. Obviously if the disparity is super-huge, like when Randy Moss was drawing triple-teams at Marshall, a wide-out could drastically improve a team's performance. I just don't believe it's very much the case on the NFL level.
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