TO is the hardest working player on the team. Everyone hates him, but he can deal with it. He has the first one in, last one out mentallity to football. I wish the skins had a player with his type of work ethic!

[QUOTE=Redskins8588]Also I should say that I am not a big TO fan, but all of this about his showboating, so what, really, if the guy is that good than so what. It's not braging if you can back it up. And so far he can. Just like his td celebrations, if teams or other players dont like them then dont let him score simple as that.[/QUOTE]

I totally agree. I have no problems with a player like TO because when he hits the field he plays his ass off and he's one of the top WR's in the game. I never had a problem with someone like Deion either, as long as a player can back up their antics on the field I have no problems with them.

Like someone mentioned earlier, TO has never been in any legal trouble, you never hear of him coked up hanging out with strippers, getting caught with weed in his car, getting picked up driving drunk, etc.

As far as athletes go he's a model citizen. So he draws some attention to himself once in a while, who cares?

That being said I tend to prefer a more humble kind of player who just does his job and keeps his mouth shut, but as long as someone like TO can back up his mouth with his play, I don't have a huge problem with it.

I do have problems with someone like Freddie Mitchell who had no business shooting his mouth off.

[QUOTE=Daseal]TO is the hardest working player on the team. Everyone hates him, but he can deal with it. He has the first one in, last one out mentallity to football. I wish the skins had a player with his type of work ethic![/QUOTE]

I think someone may have already mentioned this but this year I think we saw some of our own guys with a similar amount of heart and dedication. Arrington battled back to play even when the team was out of contention, Thomas came back really early on a bad hammy when the team was out of it, and Coles battled through some tough injuries all year.

Everybody trying to brush off what TO did needs to move the past the fact that he is an Eagle. I know it was damn Super Bowl. So what? He wasn't medically cleared to play. That means that he shouldn't have played. His doctor said that his career could be ended by playing on that leg. All I said was that TO's stats compared favorably to Branch's. And I think TO's impact was at least comparable to that of Branch's because him playing the way he did had to motivate a lot of the guys on that football team. Don't give me all of this crap how it wasn't that big of a deal just because you don't like him.

There are redskins with heart, but very few people in the NFL have a work ethic that even resembles TOs.

If TO didn't play the game wouldn't have been as close. He had a couple of big plays for them and more than anything gave them an emotional boost. I know people have a problem with his antics, but I don't see how anyone can't respect the guy for what he did. He sucked it up and risked his career by playing. If that was one of our guys doing the same thing we would be eating it up.

Matty's right. And don't give this banged up Pats secondary crap. Only one other receiver over 100 in the playoffs and that was Hines Ward. That secondary [B]shut down[/B] Peyton Manning and the Colts. They are more than capable and they've proven that through out the playoffs. TO had a very good game.

TO is a great player and it was a beast move to play so well 6 weeks after a break. But the reason the media gives Farve credit for being a "warrior" and forgives all his stupid throws in pressure situations is because of the consecutive games streak, which pretty much gives anyone reason to call him a "warrior" anytime. I think Farve is overrated on his QB skills now, but he's still one tough bastard; definitly a legendary NFL "warrior."

Agree 100% with TO.

Monks work ethic and discipline, Irvins mouth and drama

You guys know that Jack Youngblood (rams DE when they went to the SB) had ths same injury as TO ...and missed like a half (not six weeks) but, with out a doubt TO showed up for the SB and is a great WR. I just could care less about the dramam w/ his leg. DG and his ribs ...missing no time...was much more impressive.

The BIG difference between Favre and T.O. is that Favre plays the game with JOY, you can feel his love for the game........While all T.O. does is things that point to
HIMSELF. Favre does not disrespect his opponent.......he may kid or joke around with them but he still shows respect!!!! In the offseason T.O. needs to read the book, IT"S NOT ABOUT ME".......maybe if he put that into practice he would get the respect he seeks. It's not about race, it's about self-promotion and some people won't buy it.......

Its not that he is an Eagle or that if he has a poor work ethic or if T.O is a great WR becasue he is and it was amazing for him to come back and risk his leg. The reason I am ragging on him is because he is looking for praise for doing what any player on any team anywhere would have done .... risk his career to play in the biggest game of thier life .

Everyone says oh the Eagles will be back again next year but that is what everyone says when they win or loose. Key injury here a step up of the teams in the divison and suddenly even the playoffs look tough and it has to be said the NFC was particulary weak this year.

[QUOTE=bedlamVR]Everyone says oh the Eagles will be back again next year but that is what everyone says when they win or loose. Key injury here a step up of the teams in the divison and suddenly even the playoffs look tough and it has to be said the NFC was particulary weak this year.[/QUOTE]

And haven't the last four super bowl losers had losing records the following seasons?

A quick point about the impact of T.O. as well.

First up it wasn't the just banged up secondary responsible for shutting down the Colts, the weather played a huge part in that along with the great game plan. Owens was taken out of the game by backup rookie Dexter Ried who was left in man coverage too many times as the Pats hurried and harried McNabb with 4 and often 5 blitzing LBs. The Eagles should have been able to make them pay for that but just didn't .

Everybody was going to be able to "make them pay" in the playoffs and no one did. It doesn't matter how good a scheme is, you still have to have the players to it out. Troy Brown played a great game against the Colts and their secondary shut Plaxico Burress down. Or thier defense did. No matter, they still only allowed 2 100 yard receivers and one of them was coming off on an injury.

Finally, I don't think that everyone else would have done it. John Abraham didn't. Michael Irvin even said that if he were in TO's shoes he wouldn't play if the doctor didn't clear him. He said something like, "Super Bowl or not, you've seen what they can do without you and you have to know that you're going to get back...I wouldn't play."