Terrell Owens Calls Out Offensive Line Saying "There's Always Been Some Kind of Breakdown With Protection"

T.O is right on the money. The O-line needs to play better plain and simple

internal issues get discussed internally. going to the press doesn’t help.

have you heard carson palmer blame the o-line in the press? in his entire career? he’s a leader and a professional. theres a difference.

scheme with the O-line. Our 3 guys will just have to beat their corners and safteys. We could also work some nice screens to B Scott

We don’t need our O-line to pass protect a lot. We have Cedric who can pound the ball and 3 step drops to Gresham and Shipley to move the chains. Our defense can hold opponents and gain good field position, and with “The Nuge” kicking like he’s trying to drop bombs on North Korea we are strong.

BUT…
We do need our o line to step up and give Palmer the time to throw the ball deep a few times a game. We have two very good deep threats we need that O-line to pass protect better so we can put some quick points on the board when needed! Right now that just ain’t happening and it has me frustrated!

But I have to say this should fire up the O-line and I actually have to thank T.O. for having the balls to say it, Benson wanted to say it, almost said it, but here you go! Hopefully Andre can get his fatass ready to play NFL football, see more Collins at RT, so we can see alot less of Roland who gets beat every other play. Palmer needs more protection so he can get the ball down the field to T.O. and Ocho so they can open up the field for the underneath throws to Gresham and Shipley, which then helps out Ced even more.

That includes Gresham, Benson, Kelly, Leonard, Scott, and Brat to some degree. I’ve got no problem with this – it’s calling a duck a duck.

no one is butchering Cedric Benson for his remarks on the game plan and execution. Maybe this will put some pressure on the offensive line to do better. We can say everything we want on this board about the offensive line and none of them will hear what we’re saying. I kind of see T.O. as being our voice in the locker room on this one and he did it in a passive aggressive way. He’s not yelling, screaming, and ranting here. He’s also not upset about the number of times he’s getting the ball or complaining about Carson making bad throws. I’m okay with this but basically like I’ve said before if we start losing the flamboyant locker room we’ve slowly acquired will be sure to embarrass us badly in the media.

But I’ll add a but as well. Is the media really the place to do it? I still think something is off with Palmer, but the line doesn’t help. Palmer is apparently not a QB who functions well under a lot of pressure. That’s fine. Then it falls to the O-coordinator to work with the personnel he has. Palmer should have a fair amount of autonomy in this offense after all these years and lets face facts, he has missed a lot of passes when he has had time to make a throw. He has also passed the ball at the right point in a receiver’s break but failed to see defenders.
On T.O., if you want to really help the team talk about it in team meetings and practice. The media is only going to produce bad blood. I agree with the criticism and it was tame, but he should know that only being here a short while, its not on him to call anyone out. If anything Palmer needs to. Though we don’t know that he isn’t doing this in private.

Since nobody else seems to be able to.

I think this will motivate the O-line to improve next game. And yes, they should play Andre more. He’s here to play…put him in for crying out loud!

and most of this has been said so I will keep it short.

Yes, the o-line protection could be better, he is right on that. But he still needs to STFU (same with Benson) when it comes to the media. The main reason being is he is talking to the wrong people about it. Is complaining to the media going to fix it? Are all of the reporters going to run out on the practice field and help the o-line get better? No. So TO and Benson need to keep their mouth shut about it with the media.

What they can do is talk to the players or coaches if they have a way to fix it. All this does is say to the offensive line “I am blaming our offensive woes entirely on you, but I can’t man up and tell it to you myself.”

Not to mention that for a WR as big as he is, I have not seen any indication that he knows s#$% about blocking unless I am missing something.

Get that man to Jenny Craig quick and better call Richard Simmons for backup!