Terrell Owens and Chad Johnson
In the past few days, I've watched videos from two different wideouts... Terrell Owens and Chad Johnson, and despite some similarities in talents, I notice a stark contrast between them in attitude and team spirit. This isn't about things like the sharpie or the pepto-bismal.... it is more about their attitude about the game.
Eagle Terrell Owens, as of the moment has been suspended for bad-mouthing his team and fellow players in an ESPN interview, and this is not the first time he has been guilty of doing it. He has been a troublemaker for quite a few years, and he doesn't come off as a very good team player. He also doesn't seem to have joy in playing... which makes me wonder about him.
Meanwhile, on NFL.com, Bengal Chad Johnson had a longer interview this week on the BengalCam, and while being a showboater, was very positive about not only his team and teammates, but also of his fellow wideouts, and the people he would be facing in the Raven secondary(so there was no Pepto sent out to anyone in the Baltimore organization). I am sure he has said a few things publicly that I don't know about, but for the most part, he seems like an ebullient and generally happy player. He genuinely seems to enjoy playing Football.
Of course, the argument can be made that ESPN set Terrell Owens up to say things against his teammates while the interview on the NFL network with Johnson was a little harder to go negative on. But if I had to chose based on what I've seen, I would rather have a player like Chad Johnson on my team than one like T.O. and I am probably not alone.