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It’s the web page Drew Rosenhaus hopes you never see – ProFootballTalk.com is maintaining a running list of teams that have (wisely) stated they have no interest in signing Terrell Owens. I’m not going to copy and paste it here since it seems kind of douche-ish to copy the entirety of someone else’s work instead of linking to it. I was somewhat surprised that the list includes the Raiders, who were the first team that came to everyone’s mind when they wondered, “Who would drop a boatload of cash on a notorious locker room cancer who has gotten along with precisely nobody in his career and has at most two more productive seasons left in him?” It’s also interesting to see the that none of the three of the other teams in the NFC East are interested, which means T.O. won’t get the chance to avenge his ouster wearing the uniform of a division rival.

Of course, just because a team isn’t on this list doesn’t mean they’re thinking about acquiring him. Some teams might even consider the prospect of hiring T.O. so preposterous that they don’t even think it’s worth stating the obvious. Of the remaining NFL teams that might be interested, which ones might actually give him a chance?

Buffalo - While the thought of T.O. in a Bills uniform makes me throw up in my mouth a little, it isn’t a bad fit on the field. T.O. would provide the big target that James Hardy hasn’t yet proven he can reliably be (it doesn’t help that he needed surgery to repair a torn ACL in December). The Bills receiving corps is, aside from Lee Evans, one of the least talented in the NFL, which has been the biggest obstacle in the development of Trent Edwards. Swap out Josh Reed (who’s reliable but not particularly physically gifted) for Owens (who’s completely unreliable in every way imaginable but a physical force of nature) and suddenly you’ve got the perfect target for all those quick-decision, short-yardage passes that are Edwards’ bread and butter. With Evans in there to spread the field, you’d have the well-rounded offense the Bills were envisioning when they drafted Hardy.

Denver – Maybe what Baby T.O. needs is some time with Daddy (that nut didn’t fall far from the tree, did it?). While I find it hard to imagine trying to coach both of them, adding T.O. to the offensive arsenal would probably go a long way toward patching up relations between the front office and quarterback Jay Cutler, who was very publicly pissed off when he learned that the team was shopping him around. With Marshall facing a likely suspension, there’s temporarily a gaping hole in the Broncos offense, and there aren’t many other players who could stand a chance of filling it.

Kansas City – This was the only other team that made sense to me – until I was reminded of this:

Remember Todd Haley and T.O. screaming at each other on the sideline? Remember Scott Pioli trading for Mike Vrabel and talking to Bobby Engram, locker room “glue” guys. Not. Gonna. Happen. 99.9% sure (can never be 100% in this crazy league).

Good point. Never mind.

I think the smart money’s on Denver. Buffalo doesn’t seem all that motivated to do anything about their problems at wideout; they let the Bungles beat them out for Lavernaues Coles.  The Broncos might be just stressed enough by their problems with Marshall and Cutler to see T.O. as a potential savior. Thin air can lead to poor decision-making, after all.