I am actually more excited about the Cowboys cutting Roy Williams (S). I was talking to a Cowboys scout over a year ago and he said the Roy Williams was incredibly overrated and nobody within the organization was happy when Jerry Jones gave him a new contract. His pass protection was laughable.

The only thing I don't like about these moves is the salary cap hit we will be taking this year.

Famous last words of an Eagle fan, er Cowboys fan. Symptomatic of dementia.

Dallas, like many other teams, has fundamental position deficiencies that were not so apparent because great players in other positions. Unlike some other squads, those deficiencies did not start with a quarterback that is the definition of inconsistent. T.O v. Romo, I'll take T.O. every time. Dallas will be lucky to be an also ran for second place in the NFC East next year.

BTW: this guy offers another perspective for so-called Dallas fans that think cutting T.O. was the right thing to do.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/9299080/In-defense-of-Terrell-Owens

Good luck 'Boys.

EDIT: Please don't post whole articles in comment.

Well, yeah, if you just want to compare those two duos. How about Warner and Fitzgerald? The culture hasn't changed THAT much. You are just comparing two completely different people. Yes, absolutely Rice could still be Rice today.

"The difference is that Larry spent all his time making his game better and better. T.O. did not."

T.O. may be a pain in the ass, but is it fair to question his work ethic? Maybe that's not what you're doing, but it T.O. did get better and better as his career went on.

He doesn't have a Super Bowl ring but he has some awesome career numbers. Sure with a better head on his shoulders he probably could have maximized his value but IMO to say it was talent gone to waste is sort of like saying an apple is wasted if it has a small bruise on it.

If I recall correctly the Eagles have been to the playoffs a couple of time since TO left and have won at least one playoff game. Hell they were a game away from the Superbowl this year. For all of TO's stats he couldn't bring Dallas even 1 win in the playoffs.

But I think the real question here is have we actually seen the last of TO. Honestly I can only see him going to the Raiders but would he do that at this point in his career? I guess he would to make those dollars but what other team does anyone else thinks wants him on their roster? I heard maybe Baltimore but with a young QB and a Head Coach in his second year I just don't see that happening. So is this how Terrell Owens' career comes to an end? I think its a major possibility.

Why?

Because, to quote, Samuel Jackson in RAW, "that boy's got talent!".

T.O. is, still pretty da*n good. And the 1st few months, maybe even the whoe season, he'll work his a$$ off. So the numbers he posts should be amazing.

Of course, at some point,, we'll get back into the 'star' T.O., that divides teams, he won't work as hard, and the cycle will repeat.

Owens was not going to drag the Cowboys to the Super Bowl with a distracted, almost 2nd rate QB, a defense soft at the corners and a well meaning dullard as coach.

Owens, in his prime years, could have thrived with a QB who didn't really give a shite about his rants. McNabb was too strong and nearly as ego driven and Romo is passive aggressive (he did, IMO, freeze out TO in favor of Whitten). Aikman didn't care about anything but winning, Montana would have just laughed and forgot about Owens' mouth. Bradshaw might have clocked TO in the parking lot then bought him a beer the next day.

However, getting rid of TO is the LEAST of the Cowboy's problems. Wade is a mediocre coach at best and Jason Garrett sure doesn't look like an offensive genius to me.

Of course the real problem with the Dallas Cowboys is their GM.

That narrows the universe considerably of places where TO could theoretically avoid a meltdown.

Green Bay? San Diego?

Any team, even the Cowboys who have tons of issues are better off without T.O. period.

As for Larry Fitzgerald. He's still young. I'm rooting for him, but he's gotten himself involved in a paternity suit and domestic violence accusation. That's "drama." Imagine the media's reaction if TO had been so accused.

http://www.faniq.com/blog/Larry-Fitzgerald-Domestic-Violence-Case-Ignored-By-Media-Blog-18597

And as a Skins fan, I'm so thankful that (1) TO is not with Dallas, and (2) The Danny and Vinny Circus won't be signing TO (can you imagine TO and Portis in the same locker room?)

Green Bay? San Diego?

Much as I hate to say it, New Orleans. Imagine TO with Drew Brees throwing to him and Sean Payton calling the plays, especially if Colston can come back healthy. Brees put up near record numbers when for half the season his number one receiver was Lance Moore, and TO can't drop more balls than Devery Henderson does, that's for sure.

So, who does that leave? Bengels? Seattle?

The worst TO has ever done is either lack the wisdom to keep his mouth shut or love attention enough that he'd rather people hate him than not think about him. You think he's the only guy that complains about not getting the ball enough? You think he's the only NFL player who's a jackass? TO is just the one you hear.

The fact is TO is a badass recieving threat that never gives up and wants to win worse than anyone you ever met. Yeah he drops balls but he is nearly the career leader in TD receptions. What more do you even need to say? It's not like his skills are fading.

The problem is Jones and Phillips. They are both incompetent at managing the resource. It's a poor musician who blames his instrument, after all.

Honestly, look what Jerry Jones did to his own face. If you think he's the reasonable one I think you have lost the plot.

This outweights his work ethic and his talent.

Yes, more of the Cowboys problems are JJ's fault, in fact, if you want to know the truth, TO's problems are the also JJ's fault because he encouraged him and he let him get around Parcells, then chose TO over Parcells and the rest is history...

I think he has a legitimate psychological problem.

Well put and the burn on Jerry Jones at the end was genius!

Yes, Jones and Phillips deserve blame; Jones brought Owens in knowing who and what he was, and Phillips couldn't control his own team. However, it doesn't excuse Owens' childish antics.

ESPN is doing their best to drive the price down; if he goes to a team with a) a strong QB, b) a strong head coach who has the authority to coach, and c) a non-meddling owner... why wouldn't that work for 1 year?

There is no "TEAM" in "I"........

I feel bad for him because I really think he has a psychological problem. He can't help himself. I'm sure he really believes that Romo and Witten were conspiring against him and that the Eagles screwed him and on and on. Given how many freaks there are in the NFL it is very sad that someone like Owens, who is smart, talented, doesn't appear to have assault/rape/violence/dog killing/drunk driving/crack/hooker problems who works hard and produces on the field has still managed to sabotage himself over and over again.

If this dark vision (I write as a die-hard Steelers fan) should come to pass, this will be a BIG problem for every defense in the league. Who do you double? Randy? T.O.? Welker? Fred Taylor and Maroney would have holes the size of Rhode Island to run through.

@Mitchell McFly: For my money I'd rather have TO than Moss personality-wise. Maybe not skillz-wize cause Moss is the man, but a quitter? Screw that. I don't care what TO says. Ain't as bad as a quitter. Or someone so dumb they keep a loaded, safety-off gun in the waist of they sweat pants. Wow.

I met Garcia once too and I thought he was gay, so there you go. Why is that such a slur anyway? Why isn't being such a dumbass that you shoot yourself in your own leg worse than calling someone gay? I mean that's just weird.

Exactly.

Non athletes always have the most outrageous and ludicrous hypotheses...always

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1. TO is 35, will drop some passes and will want a lot of money.

2. TO didn't really improve the Eagles that much. They were already a team capable of making the playoffs. He was injured and DNP during the playoffs, so he did not get them to the Superbowl. He played well in the Superbowl, but the Patriots were still the better team, even without a WR with nearly the talent of TO. Since the Cowboys/49ers era ended in the mid-90's, the Rams and the Colts are probably the only Superbowl winning teams that had a "great" WR. (IMHO- Hines Ward has been a good receiver and a great teammate on an at-times great team and I don't think any one would argue that he's as talented as TO. Plaxico is inconsistent and injury prone. New England Superbowl WRs in there SB years were average. Ravens, nope. Bucs, nope. I'm having difficulty remembering the Packer and Bronco WR's at the moment. Folks are welcome to disagree with/correct me.)

3. TO has a reputation for being a distraction to the team in the locker room, on the sidelines and most importantly, in the media. He doesn't seem to have the ability to ever lay low and let things blow over and just let his play on the field do the talking. Other players can get away with an incident by making an apology, say a few things about putting it behind them and then just keeping quiet for a while.

4. It always seems that when he's complaining about lsoing or not getting the ball enough that it goes beyond that and into the territory trying to get teammates/fans/media to to take his side over the QB and/or the head coach. Nothing seems to stay in the locker room when he's involved. Whether or not he's the one doing the talking/leaking, it seems to always happen when he's around.

This isn't basketball. It's football. One talented player isn't nearly as important as overall team talent, chemistry and depth.

"I don't care what TO says. Ain't as bad as a quitter."

With a quitter it ends much easier than every sports reporter within 50 miles watching a guy do sit-ups in a driveway in Morristown NJ.

Everything you want for a team to have to take him the Eagles had and he completely destroyed that team.

"Yeah he drops balls but he is nearly the career leader in TD receptions."

If by "nearly" you mean 58 TDs short, uh sure. There's no way he even sniffs that record.

Also, I don't demand that every great player get a ring, but Owens has been involved in what, two winning playoff games? And both in the wild card round? And none at all in the second half of his career?

The guy is a talented athlete, but he should never ever have played a team sport.

TO's big flaw is that he drops passes at important points in a game, however, not that he's an egomaniac. There is no one in the game now that is so good after the catch, and he is a great downfield blocker. Personally, from afar I always thought that Michael Irvin was a drama queen who had far more shady things going on off the field than TO ever has.

Insofar as the Boys are concerned, I think the problem starts from the top. The Cowboys caught an incredible break with Jimmy Johnson and the Walker trade that led to a roster and agressive style that was a marrieage made in heaven. But as great as they were, those Cowboys were an anomaly when it comes to greatness. The other great teams were far less flamboyant. And one could argue that even that Dallas team were fortunate that Aikman, Emmitt, and Moose were actually low profile personalities. Like the Raiders who also lucked out to have John Madden coach during their heyday, someone who worked well with the high profile, the Cowboys' formula for success in football is a formula to get a wide fan base, not championship teams. Great teams have the Jerry Rice's who get in the endzone over and over and over and let the scoreboard and wins speak for themselves. There's jiffy pop and there's gourmet popcorn.
TO would do fine in New England, I guarantee you, and he'll, on the other hand, continue to make great plays, drop the ball, and grouse anywhere else. But the why of the Cowboys--it wasn't TO, nor was it TO with the Eagles. I wouldn't mind him playing with the 49ers again, but it will never happen.

1. He has had problems with a qb on three different teams. THREE DIFFERENT TEAMS

2. He was no doubt tearing up the league that first year with Donovan but lest we forget after he got hurt Donovan had to take the team to the Superbowl with the likes of Freddie Mitchell at wideout and he still got them there.

3. I don't know that Andy Reid has ever been considered a pushover and I know Bill Parcells hasn't but both of those guys didn't like TO being on their team.

4. Why invest money in a guy for a year or two if you aren't one player away. Especially if that guy has shown that he blows up team chemistry in 3 different places.

5. People are trying to compare him to Moss and thats nonesensical if you ask me. Moss never blew up a team he went to. He never quit on a team. If you want to call going into the locker room with 10 seconds left and no chance of winning quitting then yeah he quit but obviously you didn't see the work he actually put in during that game. In Oakland his numbers went down because the QBs sucked and they had a shitty team but did you ever hear him call out the quarterback? Nope never. And Moss doesn't drop balls. Lets not forget the record for TD catches he got just 2 years ago. Moss is an asshole off the field but you won't find many of his teammates who hated the guy. Maybe the only guy would be Culpepper but he has retired and unretired like 2 times now so I don't think he is necessarily the best source.

6. What QB do you think really wants to play with the guy. Again 3 different teams, 3 different QB/TO squabbles. Do you think Warner wants to substitute a selfless guy like Boldin for TO? I sure as hell don't.

7. As I pointed out before, the coaching tree of coaches who have already dealt with the guy. And as I thought it over last night didn't Harbaugh coach for the Eagles for a time? I am starting to think even the Ravens might be off the list.

8. The Rams might be in play but I keep hearing about Marshall Faulk and Dan Diersdorf taking an active role with the team now. Would they want TO on the team? I don't know. I still say its the Raiders or bust but I wouldn't count out the Raiders.

I just don't see the upside of a team bringing TO in no matter what his skill level after the meltdowns in three different other teams. Unless of course they are missing that one piece but who would even fit in that category that needs a reciever? Don't forget that Indy still has Reggie Wayne and he is a BALLER. The Chargers maybe but they don't seem to be like one of those teams that brings in "problem" guys. And Norv Turner still has ties to the Cowboys. I don't know man I can actually see this being the end because who really wants to go to the Raiders unless they absolutely have to?

TOs problem has never been his talent, so even though yes, he does drop a lot of passes, if he was not a team killer, there would still be much more upside to signing him than downside in terms of on field production.

But he IS a team killer, that has been proven. I gave him a chance after SF, all that talk about his grandmother sucked me in. But the antics he pulled in Philly were beyond the pale. Inexcusable.

Maybe the Panthers or Jags would take a chance on him, but not sure they've got the money. I don't think the Bears would be that bad of a talent fit if Lovie thought he could control him, but again, its not a high pass offense, so TO would start off unhappy.

The panthers already have Steve Smith who is enough of a headcase all his own. I can't see that happening. I don't see Lovie Smith wanting a TO type on his team either nor the GM Jerry Angelo. Plus they don't even have a reliable QB so why get a wideout when you can't get the ball to him. The Jags might be interesting but again they are ball control and Jack Del Rio doesn't seem like the type to want a TO either. Remember he benched probably their best and most consistent defensive player in Mike Peterson last year because he dared question Del Rio in a team meeting. And everybody LOVED Peterson. And at this point the problem won't be just if TO does something. It will also be that the media is going to be over covering whatever team signs him LOOKING for him to do something. Thats a lot of pressure to be under. I guess we will see next week since thats when his agent says they will have a deal in place.

http://thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1275

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He took plays off in Minnesota and games off in Oakland. Without Brady last year, Moss was nothing special. Moss does not run precise routes and has never put up numbers with average quarterbacks.
TO doesn't quit in games; he drops passes; he lacks social skills, but he's better than Randy Moss, who basically is a jumpball wide receiver. What TO is not is Larry Fitzgerald, and so he can never live up to his own hype, but few are.

Last year Randy Moss with a guy who hadn't started since High School had 69 catches and 11 touchdowns and just over 1000 yards. That would make him tied for 2nd in the league for most recieving TDs. And his yards per catch were better than Andre Johnson, Reggie Wayne and TJ Houshmandzadeh. And again taking plays off is not quitting on the team. If it was you can name a helluva lot of people who quit on their team including TO or don't you remember that interception in Pittsburg during the regular season when he stopped running his route? His numbers speak for themselves. You can say what you want but his 22 TD catches in a season speak for themselves. I totally disagree that TO is a better reciever. His routes aren't any better than TOs and the last two years you have seen a helluva lot of double moves to get TO open which is also why you saw his QBs getting sacked more. Moss doesn't need double moves to get open downfield, he still can fly. Moss actually DOES run good routes and he doesn't drop the ball. If I wanted a blocker on my team I would get a fullback. A reciever is paid to catch the ball when it is thrown to him and it isn't even close between Moss and TO in that category. For all of his running after the catch how many highlight reel catches has TO made when he had to adjust to the ball or go up and get it? Moss makes a living at that shit. We can agree to disagree on this one but I would have Moss on my team anyday. I would NEVER want TO on my team and I said so from the day JJ signed him.

TO has always been in good systems, had good coaches and good quarterbacks and he still can't behave himself. I'm telling you he has a mental problem, it isn't about being selfish or a media hog, he can't stop himself.

I never thought Randy and TO were really comparable even though their stats are similar, Moss can catch balls that NO ONE outside of Larry Fitzgerald in the league can catch. I don't think TO can touch him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE8sJI7PxQU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ORjTV6N-c

THE BILLS?!?!!!

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/9306712/Sources:-T.O.,-Bills-agree-to-one-year-contract

Man this is fucking mind boggling. A 1 year deal for a team that isn't even all that close? They were ranked 11th out of 16 teams with a 7-9 record last year. All I can say is WOW. More power to them and I hope they got their popcorn ready. One side value is that he is now in the same division with Moss so we will be able to see both perform on the same field 2 times next year. Man I really don't get this one though.

http://www.star-telegram.com/332/story/1244022.html

Of course it would help if the "anonymous sources" were willing to put their name on it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder

Buffalo: consider yourselves warned.

KevDog, that says it all!

TO destroys locker rooms, he absolutely burns them down. And teams just can't survive that in football, where to win means sacrificing your body for your teammates all year. I will say this for the Bills though: they are doing it the only way that makes sense. They gave him a 1-year deal. He always seems to be on his best behavior that first season, then things go off the rails as his true nature emerges. We'll see what happens.

Oh and the rest of us get to watch the magic of an aging talent with declining skills continue his life mission of destroying as many professional ballclubs as possible. Whatever else it is, it won't be boring.

One correction to a commenter - the Steelers need wide-outs. Not that we would ever sign T.O., but our number 3 and number 4 wide receiver have less than 10 catches. And Hines Ward is getting old.

As a Steelers fan, I know which side I'm supposed to be on in the deep threat vs. complete wide-out debate. After all, Hines is the most complete wide-out to play the game. But there is a reason that the Steelers have been searching for the deep threat instead of a Hines Jr. for the last decade - the roles are complementary and different and shouldn't be compared.

Of course, I understand that the media is always hyping up the deep threat, so a lot of the voices for the complete wide-out feel forced to make their points.