Marvin Harrison gets the ball thrown to him constantly. It's why Manning has so many INTs. Everyone knows he'll get the ball. He set the NFL record for receptions. Do you THINK he would complain?
On the other hand, check out Tory Holt. He finally established himself as a top-5 receiver, but Bruce is on the decline, so I'm sure Holt's receptions will go higher and higher as well, thus not having to complain about receptions.
I think a lot of Owens' malfunction is a sense of urgency. Think about it: He is one of the best WRs of our time, and he had to play in the shadow of Jerry Rice. Randy Moss had the same problem with Cris Carter. Carter retired and Moss became the #1 option, and that made Moss happy.
Rice left the 49ers and that made Owens happy, and if you think about it, he had a few quiet years where he was amazing and didn't complain -- however, he was spirited, with the Cowboys midfield incident coming to mind. It was awesome, IMO, but the 'niners offense began sputtering, and the knock on Garcia was that he couldn't throw it long. Well, say hello to Donovan McNabb, the bigger, younger, blacker and more heterosexual version of Jeff Garcia. I'm sure Owens won't be happy long, but would you blame him? It's the male version of the biological clock. You know you are only productive for so long, it's why HBs play the hardest. If someone doesn't allow you to play your best, you'd be pissed too. If someone was holding you back, or holding you down, you could take it like a bitch and accept the fact that you'll never amount to anything, or you can make your voice heard and demand the chance to prove yourself.
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