If you go strictly by the numbers, it’s a no-brainer: Terrell Owens is a Hall of Famer. Maybe even on the first ballot.
He’s second only to Jerry Rice in receiving yards, third all-time among receivers in touchdowns, and eighth all-time with catches. Those are all slam dunk stats to make it into Canton.
Yet the controversial receiver didn’t make it into the Hall of Fame on his first try in 2016. Not last year, either.
Enough, already. It’s time to put Owens in the Hall of Fame when this year’s vote takes place Feb. 3 in Minneapolis on the eve of Super Bowl LII.