Bills have no plan to retain WR Owens

The Buffalo Bills made announcement on Saturday, saying that they had no plan to offer any contract with wide receiver Terrell Owens. That means Owens could begin plan for his free agency now even there are still a few days left before the March 5 deadline for free agency.

“We wanted to inform all three players ahead of the start of the free agency period so they could begin making their plans,” Bills general manager Buddy Nix said. “We just felt that was the right thing to do. All three have represented our organization with class and we thank them for their dedication and hard work.”

Owens caught 55 passes for 829 yards and five touchdowns in the only season he played in Bills jerseys. He made six times to Pro Bowl and caught his 1,000th pass in Week 16 at Atlanta to become the sixth player in league history to reach the milestone. He also has many other records, but there is one problem: he is turning 37 this year. Few teams believe that he can still play for a long term, so it’s hard to say whether he could find a good offer on the free agent market.

Bills Top Receiver Owens plans to play Sunday against Titans

The Buffalo Bills wide receiver Terrell Owens’ hip injury turned to be a false alarm as he returned to practice Friday wearing his Bills jersey and said he was fine enough to play Sunday’s game against the Tennessee Titans.

Owens told reporters that his injury was caused by sleeping on his couch Monday night after practice. Waking up with feeling stiff, he had to skip practices Wednesday and Thursday, causing many to doubt whether he would be able to play this week.

“Earlier in the week it was painful, but I knew I would be ready,” said Owens, who is officially listed as questionable. “My couch is very comfortable, so it’s easy to fall asleep on. (But) I don’t know if it was the couch.”

Fortunately the pain did not last long and he practiced Friday in time to prepare to Sunday’s game at Tennessee. But some other starters were not as lucky. Starting linebacker Keith Ellison, cornerback Terrence McGee and defensive tackle Kyle Williams all have been ruled out for Sunday’s game with injuries.

T.O. not available for preseason game at Green Bay

The sprained toe is still a problem and will prevent Terrell Owens from practicing until next week. So, for the coming Saturday, fans will not see him playing for the Buffalo Bills against the Green Bay Packers.

Owens made a brief return to practice on Monday, which was said to be a test of the sore toe. However, he missed the next two days of practices, because the sore toe still brought discomfort to Owens while practicing. The team surely does not want to rush Owens back, so it will take some more days for him to return to full practice.

Owens jammed the toe in a 21-18 loss to Tennessee in the Hall of Fame game on Aug. 9 and since then had been kept out except for the 20-minute workout on Monday. There are two more Bills preseason games after playing Green Bay, so we are in hope that Owens will be able to play at Pittsburgh on Aug. 29 and home against Detroit on Sept. 3.

T.O. will not be available for preseason game on Saturday

Since Terrell Owens jammed his toe Hall of Fame Game last Sunday, he has missed a whole week of practice and will still miss the Buffalo Bills' preseason game against the Chicago Bears on Saturday.

The wide receiver tweeted recently that he would like to be back as soon as Monday, but Bills Coach Dick Jauron told reporters that the team still had no timetable for when Owens should resume practicing. Jauron admitted that Owens’ toe is healing, but the team just does not want to take any risk of aggravating the injury by resuming practice too early.

Owens was signed by the Bills in March with a one-year, $6.5 million contract after he was released by the Dallas Cowboys. He had two catches for 27 yards in his Bills debut and did not help the team beat the Tennessee Titans in Hall of Fame Game.