One of the most dominant playmakers of his time, Terrell Owens was nominated by the Senior Selection Committee and the contributor finalist for consideration to be included in the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2018.
Owens joins the list of The list of 15 Modern-Era Finalists for theClass of 2018 features five players who are finalists for the first time. The group includes four first-year eligible nominees – Steve Hutchinson, Ray Lewis, Randy Moss, and Brian Urlacher. Everson Walls, in his 20th year of eligibility, is also a first-time finalist.
This is in Owens’ third year as a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The coolest part about it? Owens acknowledges that the ones that truly know him know that he should have been a first ballot Hall of Famer and that he was snubbed.
“This is the world we live in,” Owens said via an Instagram post.
“If you’re not liked, when they feel as though they can’t control you, when you have a few 2-faced teammates and coaches (Steve Mariucci) that have spoken poorly of me to the media to where the media has created a negative persona of someone that has NO criminal record of any kind…NO DUIs, NO domestic violence cases, NO murder charges, NO sexual allegations, NO taking or involvement with drugs, etc.”
Added Owens:
“The critical rhetoric that I was not a team player, not a good teammate, divided locker rooms, was arrogant and cocky but the reality was that I was very confident in who I was/I am & my ability to play, I spoke up for myself, different and was honest probably to a fault but I’ll NEVER REGRET how my GRANDMAMA raised me. I’m the 1st to admit that I was far from perfect but not nearly as bad as a person that the media has portrayed.”
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Terrell Owens spent 15 years in the NFL, most notably with the San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles.
Owens was an instrumental part of the Philadelphia Eagles team that won the NFC title in 2004 and would eventually lose to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX.
He’s always been outspoken.
On a recent episode of Scoop B Radio, he crossed sports and expressed that he was in agreemement with Kevin Durant’s decision to bolt the Oklahoma City Thunder and join the Golden State Warriors via free agency.
“He did nothing wrong,” the six-time NFL Pro Bowler told me. “If a guy is on a roster, speaking football from a football perspective for a second, I was in a situation like that. Let’s say a guy had five years left on his deal, he gets that third year in the organization, imagine if they cut him. Nobody says anything in the organization. KD, LeBron; they played out the entirety of their contract, so they become unrestricted free agents. What’s wrong with going out there and shopping the market?”
“It’s a business decision,” he said. “Those two words right there: business and decision is what general managers and owners use when they cut people and they make billions on business moves. So, these guys are getting smart just like owners and people in those managerial positions making business decisions.”
During his football career, Owens caught 153 touchdowns and has 15,934 career receiving yards, which ranks second in NFL history.
As for Owens’ selection process, he along with the 15 Modern-Era Finalists will be considered for election to the Hall of Fame when the Hall’s Selection Committee meets on “Selection Saturday” in Minneapolis the day before Super Bowl LII to elect the new class
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