Cowboys cut Terrell Owens
by JasonB on Mar 5, 2009 1:07 AM EST
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It was bound to happen. Just like it did in San Francisco and Philadelphia before, Terrell Owens has once again worn out his welcome and been cut. Is anyone in the least bit surprised?
Surprise, surprise TO proved to be an awful teammate and tried his best to tear an organization apart. In this case, he has my gratitude.
Not only did Owens have relationship issues with quarterback Tony Romo and tight end Jason Witten, but the receiver consistently criticized offensive coordinator Jason Garrett's play calling and his offensive schemes to the point that sources say Garrett does not believe they can coexist.
While the Cowboys were trying to downplay a possible rift between Owens and Witten during the season, the two reportedly came close to blows in mid-December.
An incident occurred at the Cowboys' training facility when Witten tried to engage Owens in a conversation about a pass route. Owens told Witten to stay away from him and called him a name. The two exchanged words before being separated.
Clashed with coaches and teammates? Yeah, that's the TO we know. To be honest, I'm sad to see him go. I enjoyed the constant drama and disappointment in Dallas the past few years. It should also be interesting to hear the thoughts of all the Cowboy fans who deluded themselves into thinking their team was somehow more able to deal with this cancer than Philly or San Fran were... Just as interesting will be the fans of his next team doing the same thing.
Last year, Owens was rewarded with a 4 year $34 million dollar deal. Reportedly, Dallas will take a cap hit over $9 million to cut ties with TO. A small price to pay.
And seriously if anyone has any fantasies of him coming back here... forget it.
[Note by JasonB, 03/05/09 10:33 AM EST ] The Cowboys have also cut safety Roy Williams. This alone probably makes the Cowboys tougher the throw on...
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i wonder if they were filming the reality show when he got the news. i would pay money to see the look on his face.
ha ha +1
just think of all those discounted next to nothin # 81 jerseys again ha ha ha classic , what a loser
When I look at this team, I still don't feel as though we are very far away, we still have to work hard and do the things we are capable of, but we do have the chance to get back and come back strong." -Brian Westbrook-
ha ha ha ha ha ha
serves this son of a bitch right
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
To me the Eagles are like that girlfriend that pisses u off, then u hate her, but the next morning you wake up and remember that thing u love so much about her
by XxBleedGreen5xX on Mar 5, 2009 8:34 AM EST up reply actions
Wow I forgot all about that
I needed something to cheer me up after the Dawk loss, thanks TO
Seventy-one percent of the world is covered by water, the rest is covered by Brian Dawkins
So where does everyone think he’s going to go? Maybe he can go to Cincinnati, but I dont think that city is big enough for 2 WR’s with gigantic egos.
"If they end up 2-14 and both of those wins came against Dallas, that's a pretty good year."
detroit ha ha ha
When I look at this team, I still don't feel as though we are very far away, we still have to work hard and do the things we are capable of, but we do have the chance to get back and come back strong." -Brian Westbrook-
Funny, my post was going to be ...
… who’s going to take him on at this point?
1. Lions (desperate/destined to add one overpaid WR per year)
2. Redskins (Dan Snyder is the only one who will pay him anything close to what he’s worth production-wise)
If any other random suitor, like the Saints or Bills emerges, I’ll be stunned.
Can’t imagine what kind of below-market deal he’s going to get.
not Cincy but
they just signed Lavernius Coles but I think it will come down to raiders, redskins or an team that no one will see coming trying to make something happen and be delusional enough to think they can make it work.
I agree, I loved him on Dallas ...
They deserved each other.
Ah well, time to collect some bets from Cowboys fans.
think of this its kind of funny
he signs with the Broncos ,then buckhalter and Dawkins are thinking please GOD noooooo why have you forsaken us ahhhhh hell on earth not again.
now thats highly unlikely but still funny
When I look at this team, I still don't feel as though we are very far away, we still have to work hard and do the things we are capable of, but we do have the chance to get back and come back strong." -Brian Westbrook-
im pretty sure
dawkins would have a bat in his locker.
a “t.o. be good” stick, if you will.
World F#$king Champions
id welcome him back
come back to philly i think him and mcnabb would be great for eachother right now that is just because i love both of them and i miss the dominance they had on the field
WHAT
…. WHAT?!
Seventy-one percent of the world is covered by water, the rest is covered by Brian Dawkins
you are out of your F34king mind
if you think the eagles should resign him.
he just wrecked dallas after becoming an incredible liability in philly. and that was after he torched san francisco.
fool me twice….
World F#$king Champions
I get the whole
he caused a divide and wasn’t good for chemistry for my Cowboys, but all this talked that he Wrecked the team is kinda out of proportion. He did nothing in Dallas that was anywhere near as bad as in Philly or SanFran. He was a headache and a pain but not the cancer every one said he’d be.
I don’t know if I would have cut him, but it doesn’t bother me what so ever and I hope it makes the team come together more.
First to six!!!
Stephen A Smith backed TO too BClancy15
I just heard Stephen A Smith saying that Owens felt betrayed
Stephen A Smith is an Ass
he credited TO on never cursing and always telling the truth…
What about tearing teams apart, publicly attacking teammates and coaches, drawing neggitive attention whereever he goes- but no, Stephen A Smith backs him up
And Whoever feels as though TO should come back to the Eagles, your not an Eagle fan your a Fatacy Football fan. how much evidence do you need that he is a cancer
He has done it once to the Birds already- are you nuts? Why dont you campaign for Feddy Mitchell to compliment TO and Pac Man Jones- hell, we need more secondary right?
Seventy-one percent of the world is covered by water, the rest is covered by Brian Dawkins
of course
nothing is ever t.o.‘s fault. it’s always the people around him.
of course, the other 500 or so people he has played with have never been near the distraction he has. many of them have actually won a playoff game in the last 10 years as well.
i can’t wait to see rosenhaus spin this on ESPN
World F#$king Champions
this is the 2nd best thing to happen to the eagles in the offseason!
and the best part is there is an out side chance that he wont get signed any where else hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
HAhahahah
This is really funny! I didn’t think that Jerry Jones would have the balls to do this, I was wrong. I am happy to be wrong about this one too!!
Why didn’t anyone mention the gay ass Patriots?? He could sign for less than nothing and become vindicated with a superbowl ring. All in a one year deal at that!!! Then he could go and resign with whoever he wants for big money…think about it.
So Pacman's gone, Tank's gone, and T.O. is gone
DAM IT Dallas has gotten rid of the 3 biggest losers they had – shit we still have tony HOMO to make fun of ha ha
When I look at this team, I still don't feel as though we are very far away, we still have to work hard and do the things we are capable of, but we do have the chance to get back and come back strong." -Brian Westbrook-
so much for their programs
so much was made of Dallas’s presumed programs and positive environment that would foster these grown ass men into acting their age. Ha thats a bunch of shit all of those players are locker room cancer… oh and tony HOMO is an overrated, over hyped dip shit that has been surrounded by players that bailed him out of tough situations. FUCK him and FUCK the Cowboys GO Eagles
stop reading eagles blogs?
find a way to sell your pathetic TO and Pacman jerseys?
learn to speak cohesive english instead of your gayass texas accent?
i agree with the above posts...
I have this sneaky feeling that TO is not leaving the NFC East.
I’d say that Washington wouldnt shock me… and neither would NY for that matter. They need a WR to fill the gaping Plax hole… not to mention that Tom Coughlin is a disciplinarian and thinks he can command anybody
E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!!!!!
I don’t think so with the Giants… You may be right about Coughlin being big into dicipline, but he’s also kinda tight with Parcels… What do you think Bill is going to advise him to do in this situation?
"I tried to run him over but Eli had his big boy pads on and he kind of stopped me from getting in the end zone. The next time I’ll try to jump over his head.’’ - Asante Samuel
Anyone think theres a chance he just retires?
I dont, but just asking the question
E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!!!!!
probably not the best thing to say; but
Taking bets on how many pills TO swallows this time.
Over under is 30.
A great start to my day!
Hey, the stock market was was up yesterday , I got some lovin from my wife and now TO gets canned! Life is great! Love to hear what he has to say!!! Stay tuned.
Paul
by GreenHeadedMonster on Mar 5, 2009 8:27 AM EST reply actions
whatever it is, i hope it involves popcorn
"I tried to run him over but Eli had his big boy pads on and he kind of stopped me from getting in the end zone. The next time I’ll try to jump over his head.’’ - Asante Samuel
He will keep mouth shut.........
and be a good team player until he gets a new contract with a new team….but then……he will tell “his side of the story” and shit will fly!! Cowboys better duck…Romo…Witten…get ready to answer some questions.
This will be fun!
Paul
by GreenHeadedMonster on Mar 5, 2009 8:53 AM EST reply actions
Wow
This was a surprising development. A $9 million dollar cap hit…that’s quite a lot to get rid of him. But it’s what he deserves.
As for him coming back to Philadelphia – doesn’t anyone believing in the healing power of forgiveness? (Sarcasm, but can you imagine if he came here and played nice in one final act of redemption?)
i would not be ok with it at all
until after we win a superbowl with him…
until that moment i hate his freaking guts
Glad he's gone but...
Only an insane person tries the same thing over and over again expecting different results. I wonder if there are any other insane owners out there who might make a bid for TO. Maybe Snyder is dumb enough. As far as Dallas is concerned, Terrell Owens may be gone but the real problem (Jerry) remains. Jerry has no business being a GM and hiring talent. He just doesn’t have the knack for it. He can sign checks really well, but that’s about it. I wasn’t expecting this to go well or end well. I’m surprised that the 13-3 season actually happened. And this from a girl born in Dallas on Roger Staubach’s birthday. The team has issues and they are painful to watch. They will struggle, but I think they need to struggle and figure out what being a team really is (Patriots, Eagles, Steelers).
what i don't understand
i just came here from the700level. i would have expected the reaction to be akin to what is here.
surprisingly, a number have fans have chimed in and said to resign him. i just can’t believe we have that many short-termed mouthbreathers in our fanbase.
World F#$king Champions
its disapointing
37% of voters on Philadelphiaeagles.com said they want Philly to sign him
WTF everyone!?
There is no argument needed, you know why this is wrong
really… WTF?
Seventy-one percent of the world is covered by water, the rest is covered by Brian Dawkins
TO to Vikings
Print it! Ok, maybe not, but Childress is there so at least there’s a connection.
I bleed green and I piss silver and blue
childress will not take TO back.... in case you dont remember...
TO had to have a mediator to talk to childress because he would not talk to childress directly…
childress his OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR
Holy Crap TO got released … I can’t believe there weren’t any fanposts about this.
Fuck TO and the stupid Dallas fans that thought he was going to be different in Dallas. This dude is a waste of talent he is arguably the best receiver in the league and probably could have been the best of all time if he wasn’t such a douche.
I hope he signs with the Raiders.
"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"
There’s going to be some owner who thinks, “I can get 1 good year out of him.”
And maybe he’ll be right…maybe.
TO wasn’t as bad in Dallas as he was here, but I think he was a distraction sooner.
Though there are rumors now that he and McNabb started to not get along about halfway through the 2004 season, everything stayed in-house till after the Superbowl.
In Dallas, there were problems — like not speaking to his WR coach Todd Haley — pretty early in the season. And it was pretty clear Pacells didn’t like dealing with him.
But then he seemed pretty well-behaved in 2007, and then horrible this year. Not that people don’t say that McNabb is too sensitive, too, but I think TO really got in Romo’s head this year.
So, one more thought and I’ll wrap this incoherent post up — I cannot believe that some of the same Eagles fans who are lamenting the loss of Dawkins’ great leadership would want to add back into the locker room the greatest locker-room cancer in the history of the team.
I wonder if I can bill Jeff Lurie and Peter Angelos for the years of therapy their teams are going to put me through.
It's even on CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/05/cowboys.owens/index.html
Favorite line: “Questions surrounding the future of the controversial wide receiver have swirled since the Cowboys’ season ended with a 44-6 loss at Philadelphia that kept Dallas out of the playoffs.”
hee hee...we broke the cowboys.
I wonder if I can bill Jeff Lurie and Peter Angelos for the years of therapy their teams are going to put me through.
why would something like that raise questions?
"I tried to run him over but Eli had his big boy pads on and he kind of stopped me from getting in the end zone. The next time I’ll try to jump over his head.’’ - Asante Samuel
even though we didnt win the superbowl
the way it game down to a final week playoff between us and the cowboys (which i called before the season began…) will go down as one of the great eagles moments…
how great was it that we fucking humiliated them when the nation was watching
ahahaha so great..
Take this with an extreme grain of salt because I haven’t seen this ANYWHERE yet, but my (annoying Dallas fan) friend in Texas just e-mailed that they released Roy Williams (S), too.
And no, I’m not interested in him, either.
I wonder if I can bill Jeff Lurie and Peter Angelos for the years of therapy their teams are going to put me through.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/030609dnsporoywilliams.62144b2.html
I wonder if I can bill Jeff Lurie and Peter Angelos for the years of therapy their teams are going to put me through.
you should come by and participate in this, feel free to promote the blog…
http://www.reclinergm.com/eagles-cant-figure-it-out-can-you/
would you take him back if Mcnabb said he wanted him back???
what if donovan comes out and says i want T.O. back??? check out the post
by bringithomeforjerome on Mar 5, 2009 12:13 PM EST reply actions
everybody is sitting here laughing and what up but...
to get Dnabb a number 1 receiver, i’d take him back.
and i hate owens.
4th and 26!!!!
yeah i would take him back
if he and mcnabb said they were cool with eachother and he talked to the front office and andy reid i think we should try and get him our offense woiuld be so much better
if he and mcnabb said they were cool with eachother
I would say bullshit and kick him in the shin. This guy CANNOT CHANGE.
Remember all of the Cowboys fans who said it was all McNabbs fault and he would be fine in Dallas because they know how to handle him. This dude is fucking wacko he will never change and never be a team player. I don’t ever want him in my beloved city let alone on my football team.
"I need to do a better job of putting players in the right position to perennially come up short of expectations"
In unrelated news, TJ Houshmandzedah just murdered his agent.
I wonder if I can bill Jeff Lurie and Peter Angelos for the years of therapy their teams are going to put me through.
Anyone who is saying that we should resign him...
….are all idiots. We all know he has the ability to be great, and we’ve all seen what he can do on the field. But we’ve also seen what he can do in the locker room as well. I would rather sign PINKSTON back over TO.
I agree ten fold
frankly your a jackass if you want TO back, bottom line
eather that or you root more for your fantacy team then for the Eagles
Grow up people, get out of this fatacy garbage- hes a cancer
TO is the enemy I can honestly say I never ever respected him or liked him as an Eagle
I always felt as though he was opposite of what the Philladelphia image is
keep that loud mouth and any other pet projects out of Philly- GO BIRDS
Seventy-one percent of the world is covered by water, the rest is covered by Brian Dawkins
The caphit
I’d have to do some digging to find it in writing some where but I overheard Pat Kirwan and Tim Ryan discuss the consequential “9 Mill” cap hit about a week or so.
I believe there’s specific language in the contract that supports some sort of conduct behavior issue which gives them some sort of back door.
Essentially making the “9 Mill” cap hit something closer to a $400k cap hit.
by andyreidswaistline on Mar 5, 2009 3:12 PM EST reply actions
basically it breaks down to this… they’re incurring $9.675 M in dead money from cutting TO. But it’s only coming down to $400K more than they would have paid him this year anyway. Think of it this way. It’s like JJ taking TO’s salary, adding $400K to the pile and setting it on fire… So he’s loosing TO and simply can’t reuse his salary to sign other players.
"I tried to run him over but Eli had his big boy pads on and he kind of stopped me from getting in the end zone. The next time I’ll try to jump over his head.’’ - Asante Samuel
He’ll end up with the Redskins. If there is an owner that can match Jerry Jones and Al Davis for pure and utter batshit craziness, it’s Little Danny Snyder.
"There's a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at." - Richard Pryor
i find your lack of faith in Al Davis disturbing
"I tried to run him over but Eli had his big boy pads on and he kind of stopped me from getting in the end zone. The next time I’ll try to jump over his head.’’ - Asante Samuel
Haha
I have faith in him alright. I have faith that Darth Sidious will try his damnedest to sign TO, it’s just that the Redskins are more relevant than the Raiders and TO will want to play to the a team that presumably has a better chance to win.
"There's a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at." - Richard Pryor
look at philadelphiaeagles.com
just about 69 percent of the eagles fans want him to sign back so… he would be great with us again im sure he is already callin mcnabb tryin to get back here
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