Getty ImagesThere’s a surprising name among the former players the NFL has enlisted to go to the U.K. to promote the league in advance of this year’s annual game in London: Terrell Owens.
Owens, who has played with the 49ers, Eagles, Cowboys, Bills and Bengals and is currently recuperating from a torn ACL, will take part in events in London leading up to the October 23 Bears-Buccaneers game at Wembley Stadium.
It’s a little surprising that Owens will be off the field promoting the game in London because Owens has been saying he’ll soon be on the field playing for some NFL team. That Owens has made plans to be overseas four weeks from now suggests that he thinks he’s more than four weeks away from being ready to play.
But it makes some sense to have Owens out there promoting the league: When he wants to be, he’s a charismatic and engaging figure. I’d expect British fans to get a kick out of him.
Other former players who will be involved in London festivities include Jerome Bettis, Richard Dent, Otis Wilson, Brad Johnson and Jimmie Giles.
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Please, T.O.—stay there.
Wow, we are so decorated and historic. Sometimes you have to take a step back and review in awe.
With Too Old, Short Bus, and the rest of the posse, they have to rename the event the London Outrage.
“Getcha fish n chips ready, London!”
Luckily for T.O., London sports spectators are used to watching sports that don’t require hands.
MDS!!! Get your head on straight!!! T.O. wants to play for a Super Bowl contender!!! All of them have wide receivers!!!
Why rush to a team when no one has wide receiver injuries????
t.o. is a thing of the past. let’s keep it relevant david.
… michael david (my bad) by the way, who goes by all 3 names?
OJ Simpson was busy so the NFL had to go with plan B
It frightens me that T.O. will be the first example of America to British people who haven’t been exposed to the culture.
Was there any crying involved in this decision?
key phrase from the post: Other former players who will be involved in London festivities include Jerome Bettis, Richard Dent, Otis Wilson, Brad Johnson and Jimmie Giles.
heh heh heh… ‘other former players”…
keep American football…IN AMERICA!!!!!!!
who goes by all three names?? KILLERS. That’s who.
I agree, KEEP FOOTBALL IN THE U.S! But think about those idiots in the U.K, they’re gonna see T.O and be like “Damn! and we thought soccer players were athletes, oops”! I’d like to see T.O drinking out of a tea cup, it’d be like me drinking out of a thimble
And people named Michael Smith.
LMFAO Brad Johnson. I’ll never forget it when he said: “Some guys throw a 70 yard bomb. I throw a 40 yard bomb. With touch.”
Popcorn for the Brits. Got to love it!
T.O. is probably one of those guys that goes crazy if he spends more than a few hours being by himself doing mundane things…..