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.

Good Riddance

Finally jettisoning a player that never should have worn the Star, the Dallas Cowboys released Adam "Pacman" Jones today. It is a move that should have been a no brainer in my opinion. Not only was he not at all productive, he also had yet another "incident" as a Cowboy. Don't get me wrong, the thought that they released him because of some incident in 2007 is total bullshit. But at this point they could say they released him because they caught him being black on a sunny day and I would applaud the decision. Now if Jerry Jones can just find it in his heart to shit can T.O. and hire Mike Martz to run the offense we will have something next year.

From ESPN:

IRVING, Texas -- The Cowboys have released Adam "Pacman" Jones and a team source told ESPN's Ed Werder that the move was made after the team learned of new allegations against the troubled cornerback from his time with the Titans.

Jones' release came after "Outside the Lines" reporter John Barr contacted the NFL, the Cowboys and Jones' attorneys about a piece scheduled to air Sunday in which three Atlanta-area men allege that Jones arranged for someone to shoot at them two months after the football player was suspended by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in 2007.

The June 2007 shooting occurred outside a suburban Atlanta strip club. One of the shooting victims told "Outside the Lines" that he had a dispute with Jones inside the strip club and that not long after he and the two others left the club, a hail of bullets struck their car. The NFL knew about that incident, but charges were never brought against anyone because the victims did not see the shooter.

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The Cowboys traded for Jones before the season even though he had been suspended in 2007 because of a series of off-field incidents. Jones, expected to give the Cowboys a boost on defense and special teams, had no interceptions and averaged just 4.6 yards per punt return.

"He was surprised, and I think he was obviously somewhat hurt," said Worrick Robinson, Jones' agent. "At the same time, he understands the business behind what is happening here."

Garbage in garbage out that's what I say.

A Zebra Don't Change Its Stripes

First let me say that I have been a diehard Dallas Cowboys fan since the age of 9. I stuck with them through good times and bad and in the late 80s and early 90s there were some awful times. But I have to say that when Jerry Jones brought Terrell Owens to the 'Boys I said then and there that it was a bad move and my support waned just a little. If a person has problems in one place then you give them the benefit of a doubt. But this guy had problems with his quarterback in San Fran, and then in Philly. It would be different if the guys he had problems with her bums but both Jeff Garcia and Donovan McNabb have won more games than they have lost in their careers and are better than average QBs. In the immortal words of George W. Bush, "fool me once shame on ...shame on you, fool me..you can't get fooled again"

A lot of people gave me hell because I railed against T.O. coming to the team but look at what we have now. A certain future hall of fame coach, Bill Parcells left partially because of it. And now a team with probably the most amount of talent and potential is at risk of being torn apart by this chump. Ta Nehisi Coates over at the Atlantic put up a post yesterday about the reports coming out of ESPN chronicling the dissension in the ranks caused by T.O.'s opinion that Tony Romo favors Jason Witten on passing plays. How frikkin selfish and juvenile is that? Now I have to admit that I handed out a few "I told you sos" to my buddies but really it didn't feel good about it because this is the last thing the Cowboys need when they are fighting for a playoff spot. But I was some what comforted by reports coming out of Valley Ranch that they had a clear the air meeting and now everybody was back on the same page.

Well now word out of Dallas is that TO and Witten "had words" and almost came to blows yesterday in the locker room. This now looks like a situation where the Cowboys are going to have to choose in the offseason. Do they want Romo as their quarterback or do they want T.O. as their star receiver? Mitigating this choice might be the mid season acquisition of WR Roy Williams from Detroit. I don't necessarily think he can totally replace TO but considering the drama surrounding the team at this point I would be willing to find out. Jerry Jones has already chosen T.O. over Parcells, I hope he doesn't make the same mistake twice. But for now I will just cross my fingers that we can go and get this win against the G-Men this weekend.