If there was ever a more fitting end to an NFL career filled with ups, downs and a boatload of drama, than Terrell Owens' potential journey to the Indoor Football League has to be it.
According to Brandon George of the Dallas Morning News, the possibility of Owens signing with the Allen Wranglers of the IFL is becoming more and more likely.
"The Indoor Football League team extended a formal, six-figure contract offer to Owens a month ago. Talks between Wranglers owner Jon Frankel, Owens and his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, have increased recently, Frankel said. Frankel said he talked to a member of Rosenhaus' agency Thursday that Owens is "significantly closer" to signing with the Wranglers' team than he was a month ago. Rosenhaus couldn't be reached for comment. Owens, 38, would become co-owner, CEO and wide receiver for the Wranglers, Frankel said."
In the article, George included a quote from Pat Pimmel, the Wranglers' head coach. Pimmel sounds confident in it happening soon.
"At first everybody thought it was a big joke but it wasn't a big joke. It's serious. It's real close. I think it will be within the next week or so. He would have never got his agent involved in it if he wasn't thinking about it. He can still play, you know that."
If Owens does in fact sign on the dotted line in Allen, than you can all but end his future plans for playing in the NFL. When you're 38 years old, coming off an ACL injury and playing in the Indoor Football League, NFL general managers won't exactly be lining up for your services, no matter how well or poorly you do in the IFL.
And for Owens, this is a huge wake up call about his prospects of playing at the highest level of football. The fact that 32 NFL teams wouldn't even take a sniff on signing him is reason enough to let it go.
You know the old football adage that goes, some players retire but most are "retired" by the league? That applies here.
The NFL has emphatically said, "No," to Owens playing again. They essentially retired him.
Any gimmick stunt, whether he needs the money the Wranglers are offering right now or not, won't help his case.
If you're an Owens fan (is there such a thing?), you better find the Allen Wranglers on your local TV schedule, because you're not seeing him in the NFL again.
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