Terrell Owens would not be a good catch for Giants or Jets
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Terrell Owens would not be a good catch for Giants or Jets
Friday, January 16th 2009, 2:11 AM
It's all about Terrell Owens, but maybe no longer in Dallas as WR again appears to wear out welcome.
Terrell Owens, who poisons teams, destroys locker-room chemistry and drops too many passes, may be on the verge of getting fired by the Cowboys, the third team he has ripped apart.
The Giants desperately need a big playmaking wide receiver to replace Plaxico Burress. The Jets need a No. 1 receiver to go along with Lavernaues Coles and Jerricho Cotchery.
Is it advisable that either team pursue Owens if Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is willing to admit that signing T.O. to a second contract last year was even more of a mistake than signing him to his first contract in 2006?
Just Say No To T.O.
The Giants and Jets should lock the doors to their offices just in case T.O. and his agent Drew Rosenhaus drop by for a sales pitch. They should alert security guards not to let them within 100 yards of the building. They should tell T.O. no popcorn is sold in the metropolitan area.
And just in case Rosenhaus tries to push the issue, they should show T.O. tapes of Eli Manning and Brett Favre throwing the ball the last month of the season. That should get him to run away and not look back.
The Jets will have absolutely no interest if Owens is let go. They are focusing on hiring a coach - Rex Ryan could be announced next week if the Ravens lose on Sunday - and figuring out their quarterback situation. The Giants investigate everything and never take anything for granted and thus never rule anything out, but can you ever see Tom Coughlin signing off on the Giants bringing in Owens? Not a chance, especially after what he's been through with Burress. If the Giants suddenly feel desperate, perhaps Coughlin can just call his buddy Bill Parcells to find out just how difficult life with Owens is. Parcells had Owens in 2006 in Dallas and I never heard him refer to Owens by name. It was always "the player." Parcells has the personality to deal with anybody, but he detested coaching Owens. One year with Owens and Parcells retired.
Signing Owens "was not my decision," Parcells told me after he left Dallas. "I had to do the best I could with him, which is what I tried to do."
Neither the Giants nor Jets had any interest in Owens when the Eagles cut him following the 2005 season. The word out of Dallas is improving team chemistry has now become the Cowboys' No.1 offseason priority. It's not a hard project. All Jones has to do is get rid of Owens and things go back to normal, or as normal as they ever are for the Cowboys.
Not only was Owens his typical pain in the rear as the Cowboys melted down in the second half of the season and missed the playoffs, but he's also coming off a terrible season. He had only 69 catches. He had just two 100-yard games and none in the first 10 games. He's 35 years old. He blew up the locker room with his jealousy of Tony Romo's relationship with tight end Jason Witten, feeling that Romo was showing Witten preferential treatment. Owens felt he was not getting enough passes thrown his way. That created a week of turmoil in Dallas leading up to its game against the Giants.
Friday, January 16th 2009, 2:11 AM
It's all about Terrell Owens, but maybe no longer in Dallas as WR again appears to wear out welcome.
Terrell Owens, who poisons teams, destroys locker-room chemistry and drops too many passes, may be on the verge of getting fired by the Cowboys, the third team he has ripped apart.
The Giants desperately need a big playmaking wide receiver to replace Plaxico Burress. The Jets need a No. 1 receiver to go along with Lavernaues Coles and Jerricho Cotchery.
Is it advisable that either team pursue Owens if Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is willing to admit that signing T.O. to a second contract last year was even more of a mistake than signing him to his first contract in 2006?
Just Say No To T.O.
The Giants and Jets should lock the doors to their offices just in case T.O. and his agent Drew Rosenhaus drop by for a sales pitch. They should alert security guards not to let them within 100 yards of the building. They should tell T.O. no popcorn is sold in the metropolitan area.
And just in case Rosenhaus tries to push the issue, they should show T.O. tapes of Eli Manning and Brett Favre throwing the ball the last month of the season. That should get him to run away and not look back.
The Jets will have absolutely no interest if Owens is let go. They are focusing on hiring a coach - Rex Ryan could be announced next week if the Ravens lose on Sunday - and figuring out their quarterback situation. The Giants investigate everything and never take anything for granted and thus never rule anything out, but can you ever see Tom Coughlin signing off on the Giants bringing in Owens? Not a chance, especially after what he's been through with Burress. If the Giants suddenly feel desperate, perhaps Coughlin can just call his buddy Bill Parcells to find out just how difficult life with Owens is. Parcells had Owens in 2006 in Dallas and I never heard him refer to Owens by name. It was always "the player." Parcells has the personality to deal with anybody, but he detested coaching Owens. One year with Owens and Parcells retired.
Signing Owens "was not my decision," Parcells told me after he left Dallas. "I had to do the best I could with him, which is what I tried to do."
Neither the Giants nor Jets had any interest in Owens when the Eagles cut him following the 2005 season. The word out of Dallas is improving team chemistry has now become the Cowboys' No.1 offseason priority. It's not a hard project. All Jones has to do is get rid of Owens and things go back to normal, or as normal as they ever are for the Cowboys.
Not only was Owens his typical pain in the rear as the Cowboys melted down in the second half of the season and missed the playoffs, but he's also coming off a terrible season. He had only 69 catches. He had just two 100-yard games and none in the first 10 games. He's 35 years old. He blew up the locker room with his jealousy of Tony Romo's relationship with tight end Jason Witten, feeling that Romo was showing Witten preferential treatment. Owens felt he was not getting enough passes thrown his way. That created a week of turmoil in Dallas leading up to its game against the Giants.
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Jerry Jones's son is pushing this idea to his dad who has the final say.
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