After the St. Louis Rams decided on Monday that there was too much risk in signing the much-maligned WR, 14 year veteran Terrell Owens signed a 1 year contract today with the Cincinnati Bengals allowing the elder statesman WR yet another year in the NFL. Owens, 36, who has been unemployed since the end of the 2009-2010 regular season now fills the spot vacated when T.J. Houshmandzadeh left and spilt to Seattle and when Chris Henry suffered an untimely death recently in Charlotte, NC.  So after all, the N.Y Jets will not be able to add Owens to their motley crew of athletes that Rex Ryan has been assembling for the past three years on their personal trek to Dallas in February of 2011. With all the issues that Head Coach Marvin Lewis has had with his Bengal staff and players we will look to see how the "Mouth of the NFL" fits in and what production his "old hands" and diminishing speed can contribute to a staff of WR's that have shown the ability to be shut down by a high school team, even when QB Palmer has been healthy.
With an additional $2 million in incentives, the Owens-deal could earn the WR approximately $4 million total, so we know already that Owens will be hard-pressed to play above last seasons pace in order to collect the added incentives to his bank account and give the Bengal staff more reasons to keep him on for additional years.