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Madtowntripper
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Cowboys Cut TO
#9915001 - 03/05/09 05:18 AM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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Wow, what a loser. If even Jerry Jones won't put up with you...
He won't have trouble finding another job though...
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3953647
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The Dallas Cowboys have released controversial wide receiver Terrell Owens, sources told ESPN's Michael Smith late Wednesday.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has spent most of the offseason providing vague quotes indicating Terrell Owens would return. Here are five reasons he didn't bring him back from Matt Mosley. Blog
In late February, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones did not deny the team was discussing the possible release of Owens. Owens' future was brought up again in meetings at Valley Ranch on Wednesday, but Jones had not made a final decision when most people left the building, a source told ESPN.com's Matt Mosley.
"There are several decisions on our roster we have to look at," Jones said in February. "This is the time of year we do that. I'm not trying to be trite, but as you all know we're evaluating players in college, we're evaluating free agents and we're evaluating our own roster. This is an ongoing thing, not any different than this time last year."
The team did not immediately have a comment. A spokesman for Owens said he hadn't heard the news, and that the receiver was traveling and could not immediately be reached, the Associated Press reported.
The Cowboys paid Owens a $12 million signing bonus just last year, included as part of a new four-year, $34 million deal. Dallas will take a roughly $9 million salary cap hit with the release of Owens.
There has been talk since the end of the Cowboys' 9-7 season, in which they missed the playoffs, that they would consider cutting Owens to improve locker room morale.
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 have said Garrett did not believe they could 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.
The confrontation came a day after a source told ESPN that Owens believed Romo and Witten -- close friends and road roommates -- hold private meetings and create plays without including Owens. Replacing T.O.
With Terrell Owens' ouster, Roy Williams will be the Cowboys' No. 1 wide receiver. A look at Owens' averages during his Dallas career vs. Williams' only 1,000-yard season shows Williams will have to be excellent to match Owens' consistency.
While Romo also will be without the recipient of most his touchdown passes, he also will no longer have to make sure T.O. has enough passes his way to make him happy. Whether that was perception or reality will no longer matter either.
The Cowboys went 31-17 in Owens' three seasons, but 0-2 in the playoffs.
Jones essentially forced Owens on then-coach Bill Parcells, a relationship underscored by Parcells referring to Owens as "the player." Owens drew attention to himself during training camp by dressing up as a pro cyclist while riding a stationary bike, then had an accidental overdose early that season.
"You've gotta realize than Bill bought into Terrell joining our team and don't think Terrell didn't come to this team without Bill's blessing," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said last week. "He wanted to win and use the talents of Terrell as much as anyone in this organization ... the entire time Bill was coach they never spoke."
Yet when Parcells turned to unproven Romo midway through that season, Owens sparkled. They kept it up the next season, leading the Cowboys to all sorts of club records on their way to a 13-3 season and a division title. The Cowboys lost their first playoff game, days after Romo and others went on a trip to Mexico, and Owens tearfully defended Romo, saying, "That's my quarterback."
Where might he end up next?
He's not likely to return to San Francisco or Philadelphia, the other places he wore out his welcome. Then again, it seemed unlikely he would come to Dallas after having offended Cowboys fans by celebrating on the team's star logo while playing for the 49ers.
Don't expect him in Miami, not as long as Parcells is in charge. And perhaps also count out Kansas City because new coach Todd Haley and Owens hardly got along when Haley was Dallas' offensive coordinator.
The Cowboys should still have a potent passing game, at least if receiver Roy Williams can live up to his big contract and the two draft picks Dallas gave up to get him from Detroit. Romo also still has his favorite target in Witten.
Over three years with the Cowboys, Owens caught 235 passes for 3,587 yards and 38 touchdowns in 47 games. He led the NFL with 13 TDs receiving in 2006, his first season in Dallas.
Over his 13-year career, he's a five-time All-Pro and ranks second in career touchdowns, fifth in career yards receiving and sixth in career receptions. He turned 35 in December, but remains a physical specimen.
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mr.bixby
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What team is going to want him? Though I'm sure someone will sign him. Everywhere he has played he has caused huge rifts that no matter his production teams get rid of him. I hope Roy Williams will step it up and Jerry Jones is right about the team morale being better when he's gone. Time for T.O. to go mess up another franchise and make life hell for the quarterback and offensive coordinator.
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Re: Cowboys Cut TO [Re: mr.bixby]
#9915286 - 03/05/09 07:49 AM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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man fuck the attitude who cares??? he was fucking good and i am pissed at the cowboys...
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Redstorm
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Since they made so much noise in the playoffs with him?
He is a cancer and has made a mess at every stop he has taken.
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a team that sacrifices that much to build up at wide reciever position is a team on the verge of desparation and failure.
just look at the lions.
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Best news of the year. Welcome to the real world, Terrible Owens.
His football career is done. :roast:
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Re: Cowboys Cut TO [Re: 0xYg3n]
#9916561 - 03/05/09 12:57 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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my guess is he'll sign with some desparate team looking for any sign of life.
I'd like to see him sign with the Raiders.
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I think it's a dumb move only because of what we are losing
you not only deplete your WR corps but you also take a 9 million dollar salary cap penalty.
im not sad to see Owens go, I agree he was a cancer to the team, but I wish we could have traded him or something
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LiquidSmoke
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you've replaced one dipshit with a less athletic dipshit, Roy Williams.
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Cognitive_Shift
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YES! ha ha ha ha ha ha - he he he he he he
My room mate is a cowboys fan, yes now i can rip on him all week. TO is a pompous asshole anyways.
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KillerPicklez said: a 9 million dollar salary cap penalty.
Holy shit. That is a big hit. Is it all in one year?
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Re: Cowboys Cut TO [Re: zappaisgod]
#9917974 - 03/05/09 04:08 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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zappaisgod said:
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KillerPicklez said: a 9 million dollar salary cap penalty.
Holy shit. That is a big hit. Is it all in one year?
Yep, and it's more than 9.5, really.
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Owens will count $8.995 million against the Cowboys’ 2009 salary cap if he’s on the team. If he’s not on the team, $6.45 million in future bonus proration hits the 2009 cap, in addition to the 2009 proration of $3.225 million. The so-called “dead money” would be $9.675 million.
That's two decent players worth of money.
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KillerPicklez



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That's my only problem with cutting him
but still beats being a Bears fan
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If Jones would cut him despite that, it's probably going to be a good thing. Get it over with now. I bet the Cowboys make the playoffs next year and win 10 or 11. God, how the Bears could use a good QB and a good defense again. You could do a lot worse than being a Bears fan.
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Re: Cowboys Cut TO [Re: mr.bixby]
#9918684 - 03/05/09 06:18 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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Oh yeah, Clayton on ESPN said the market for Owens is horrible and probably the only fit would be Oakland. What a great way to finish out a hall of fame career.
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Re: Cowboys Cut TO [Re: mr.bixby]
#9918696 - 03/05/09 06:21 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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I will put it this way, id still rather be a Cowboys fan than a Bears fan. They dont have any pieces to make a playoff team
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LiquidSmoke
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Madtowntripper said:
That's two decent players worth of money.
or 6 James Harrisons'
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KillerPicklez said: I will put it this way, id still rather be a Cowboys fan than a Bears fan. They dont have any pieces to make a playoff team
The Bears are a mess, they had their shot and Grossman ruined it with his wonderful lob pass. Yes the Cowboys are set for awhile, they are an entertaining team to watch a lot of the time and they are in a great division. With Roy Williams having the offseason and pre-season to get in step with Romo, as well as having the pressure off, I like their chances. I think their offense will roll without any major injuries.
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Re: Cowboys Cut TO [Re: mr.bixby]
#9919101 - 03/05/09 07:29 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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It's hard for me to think of a more gifted athlete that has caused such problems. I mean Bonds was an admitted jerk, but that was only one team and some of his team seemed to like him.
But Owens is like a nuclear bomb. I really think that he's got a broken messed up heart and head in a huge body.
I feel bad for him.
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KillerPicklez



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Stephon Marbury?
but I agree. Because hes such a dick face some people tend to forget how great his numbers are. Definitely a hall of famer but a complete asshole
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