Thursday, March 5, 2009

Thank You Jerry Jones!!!

I don't want to gloat over another man getting a pink slip but Terrell Owens getting released by the Cowboys last night will go a LONG way in putting the team on a lot better footing with a lot fewer distractions and a real chance for a championship. The guy is just a chemistry killer and while many times team chemistry is overrated, I think a lot of times people see TO's talent and tend to underrate it so as to overlook his antics. I guess the only question now is will Dan Snyder be fool enough to bring him in as it seems the Deadskins might be the only team with any interest in the drama queen that is T.O. I said it before the Cowboys and I will say it again now, a zebra don't change its stripes.

From ESPN:


The Dallas Cowboys have released controversial wide receiver Terrell Owens, sources told ESPN's Michael Smith late Wednesday.

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.

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