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Terrell Owens Signs With Buffalo


Earlier on Saturday, Ryan Wilson passed along the intriguing story that troubled wide receiver Terrell Owens was visiting the Buffalo Bills. According to ESPN, the visit was a productive one, as Owens and the Bills have reportedly agreed to a one-year, $6.5 million deal. According to the initial reports, all of the money is guaranteed.

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While Owens will certainly upgrade the wide receiver position in Buffalo, this is obviously a sizable risk, seeing as how Owens has worn out his welcome in every city he's played in prior to this -- San Francisco, that one week stay in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Dallas. Then again, these are the types of risks teams tend to take when they haven't qualified for the postseason in nine years.

Owens, 35, caught 69 passes for 1,052 yards in 2008, and will be joining a Buffalo team that collapsed in the second half of the season following a promising 5-1 start.

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    A Penn State fan holds up a sign in reference to Terrell Owens being released from the Dallas Cowboys during the second half of Penn State and Illinois NCAA college basketball game in State College, Pa., Thursday, March 5, 2009. Penn State won 64-63. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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    ** FILE ** In t his Dec. 28, 2008 file photo, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens (81) walks of the field at the end of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles in Philadelphia. The Cowboys officially released Owens on Thursday, March 5, 2009, ending a three-year run that produced as many big headlines as big plays. (AP Photo/Courier-Post, Jose F. Moreno) ** MANDATORY CREDIT **

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    ** FILE ** In this Dec. 28, 2008 file photo, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens (81) stands on the sidelines at the end of an NFL football game against Philadelphia Eagles in Philadelphia. The Cowboys officially released Owens on Thursday, March 5, 2009, ending a three-year run that produced as many big headlines as big plays. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

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    ** FILE ** In this Aug. 1, 2006 file photo, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, left, jokes with wide receiver Terrell Owens during practice at football training camp in Oxnard, Calif. The Cowboys officially released Owens on Thursday, March 5, 2009, ending a three-year run that produced as many big headlines as big plays. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

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    ** FILE ** In this Dec. 28, 2008 file photo, Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens (81) stands on the sidelines at the end of an NFL football game against Philadelphia Eagles in Philadelphia. The Cowboys officially released Owens on Thursday, March 5, 2009, ending a three-year run that produced as many big headlines as big plays. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

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    ** FILE ** This is an Aug. 9, 2008 file photo showing Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens stretching before a pre-season NFL football game against the San Diego Chargers, in San Diego. Cowboys receiver Sam Hurd says Terrell Owens sent him a text message late Wednesday March 4, 2009, saying he had been cut by the team. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)

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    ** FILE ** This is a Oct. 15, 2008 file photo showing Dallas Cowboys' Terrell Owens listening to a reporter's question as he stands in front of his locker at the Cowboys' training facility in Irving, Texas. Cowboys receiver Sam Hurd says Terrell Owens sent him a text message late Wednesday March 4, 2009, saying he had been cut by the team. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

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    Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens throws a football to the Dallas Mavericks mascot during a time out between the Mavericks and the Phoenix Suns in fourth quarter NBA basketball action in Dallas, Texas in this file image from December 4, 2008. ESPN reported, stating anonymous sources, on March 4, 2009 that the Cowboys were cutting their star receiver Owens. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi/Files (UNITED STATES)

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    Dallas Cowboys' Terrell Owens is upended by Washington Redskins' Fred Smoot (not shown)during the first half of their NFL football game in Landover, Maryland, in this file image from November 16, 2008. ESPN reported, stating anonymous sources, on March 4, 2009 that the Cowboys were cutting their star receiver Owens. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/Files (UNITED STATES)

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    *** FILE *** Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens (81) stands on the sidelines at the end of an NFL football game against Philadelphia Eagles in this Dec. 28, 2008 file photo, in Philadelphia. Terrell Owens' days in Dallas are done, according to ESPN. ESPN cited anonymous sources Wednesday night March 4, 2009 in saying that the Cowboys have decided to cut the receiver, ridding them of a big locker-room distraction but also absorbing a big hit on their salary cap. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

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