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T.O's relationship with the Cowboys continues to go downhill

IRVING, Texas - Terrell Owens has finally pushed the Dallas Cowboys too far, drawing a $9,500 fine for missing a team meeting and a rehabilitation session and being late to an offensive meeting, The Dallas Morning News reported Sunday.

``That's our club business. That's going to be accounted for,'' team owner Jerry Jones told the newspaper.

The incidents occurred Friday, the team's final day preparing for a preseason game against San Francisco. The Cowboys beat the 49ers 17-7, making them 3-0 this preseason without Owens playing any of the games because of a hamstring injury that's also kept him out of 19 of 31 practices since the start of training camp.

Neither team officials nor Owens' agent, Drew Rosenhaus, immediately returned calls to The Associated Press seeking comment Sunday.

During a postgame television interview, Jones did not mention the fine but answered several other questions about Owens. Jones said his only concern with the receiver is ``injury, not all this other stuff you hear about.''

Owens' past is filled with run-ins with quarterbacks, coaches and others in his own organization. San Francisco and Philadelphia got rid of him, but the Cowboys welcomed him with open arms and a lucrative contract in March, four days after the Eagles released him.

Owens vowed to be a better man and a better teammate in Dallas. While the fine is the most drastic, he already has done plenty to stand out.

He missed much of the offseason training program - with permission - and turned his hamstring injury into an attention-getter by flying in specialists to help him rehabilitate and wearing a cycling team outfit one day while pedaling a stationary bicycle.

After returning to practice for several days, coach Bill Parcells ruled him out of a Monday night game and Owens hasn't practiced since. He said he aggravated the injury because the club pushed him too hard. When Parcells said this week that he needs to see Owens on the field, T.O. responded that there's 10 years of tape to show what he can do.

Jones seemed to downplay the drama surrounding Owens' injury by noting that Carolina's Steve Smith and Pittsburgh's Hines Ward also have been slowed by hamstring injuries without drawing the same scrutiny as Owens. He also recalled Deion Sanders' ability to play well after flying in from baseball games and missing long stretches of practice.

``I know this - when he's healthy, he's going to help us win these ballgames,'' Jones said.

The Cowboys play their final preseason game Thursday night at home against Minnesota. The opener is Sept. 10 at Jacksonville.

Comments

  • I hope they cut his arse after week 1 and no one picks him up!
  • BoopottsBoopotts Posts: 6,784 ✭✭


    << <i>I hope they cut his arse after week 1 and no one picks him up! >>



    I hope that one day our airwaves aren't cluttered with 'T.O' news. Am I the last American male who honestly doesn't care in the slightest about T.O and Bill Parcells' relationship? Can I get a show of hands from anyone who's with me?
  • stevekstevek Posts: 27,582 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hey Cowboys fans. I sincerely hope this thing with TO works itself out. I know it will. TO is actually a real nice guy and once everything gets sorted out, they'll be no problems at all with him. TO will be okay and should become a valuable player to your fine football team. TO will problably win your team's MVP award and possibly even for the league. Good luck with the upcoming season.



















    SUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • stevekstevek Posts: 27,582 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I hope they cut his arse after week 1 and no one picks him up! >>




    Interesting I was thinking the same thing. But Jerry Jones is too stubborn to admit his huge mistake and release Owens. It's gonna be a long cold losing season for the Dallas Cowboys, compliments of TO.

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  • I wouldn't release him....I'd bench his soory butt....and fine him for EVERYTHING that he does wrong..

    Keep him on the bench...never play him..and let him rot with his contract....

    Teach him that he's not above the team!!
  • goose3goose3 Posts: 11,471 ✭✭✭
    TO must stand for Total Orifice.



  • << <i> Can I get a show of hands from anyone who's with me? >>




    I still cannot believe the press dedication to this guy.

    I mean seriously.....What is the deal??? He's a good receiver..he's a peacok.....but why does he continue to make headlines for doing absolutely nothing?!

    ESPN is simply ga-ga over him and it just never ends. I mean we get daily reports, at the beginning of sportscenter they should have covered Tiger Woods. Nope, we get every person's opinion on their little NFL panel about the "TO situation"
    STOP THE MADNESSimage
  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,480 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree with the above statement. "Peacok" is the perfect word to describe TO but seriously, what is the significance of all this attention? The media are in love with TO, they can't get enough of him, and he's better than any PR person out there at getting his name in the headlines. At a PC today, Bill Parcells asked the reporters, "Is this like the Cuban Missile Crisis?" Enough already!


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