A Lone Star

Last year, The Cowboys ended their 2008 season at 9-7, missing the playoffs. Today, the Cowboys have released Terrell Owens from the roster. After last year’s disappointing season, moral and character issues were a big problem for the team in the locker room. During the 2008 season, Owens was in the spotlight accusing Tony Romo was distancing himself away from him and creating more passing plays with TE Jason Witten. Owens also was very critical of the offensive play calling and critical of offensive coordinator Jason Garrett.

I was watching Sports Center around 11:55 p.m. Eastern Time when I heard the news. I was shocked at first because I didn’t think Jerry Jones would be able to have the guts to release him. Let’s remember that Jones was the one who really wanted Owens on the team’s roster, a few years back. He gave him big money to come play for the Cowboys. I thought Jones would keep him there until Owens retired as a Cowboy. Last season, Jones brought in Roy Williams from the Lions for a first round draft pick plus third and sixth round draft picks for the 2009 draft, and a seventh round pick in the 2010 draft. Jones has invested a lot into Williams hoping to be the guy to compliment Owens. Well, that didn’t work out too well. Williams only had 19 receptions for 198 yards and 1 touchdown. On a side note, Owens begged for the ball and for more catches when he saw he wasn’t getting enough grabs last season. So how could Williams flourish with Owens? I think with the release of Owens, it will help Williams next season into becoming the main guy and Patrick Crayton into a secondary WR and Miles Austin filling into the slot position. Let’s not forget that the Cowboys still have Jason Witten who is an oversized WR playing TE.

Where will TO go now? To tell you the truth, I have no idea. I was looking at the teams in the NFL and I couldn’t find a team that would want him. I know someone will pick him up because the guy can still play and is a big threat for defenses. Maybe New England will pick him up because I think Belichick can handle the guy. I don’t know if the Pats will give him all the cash to come and play in New England. The guy does want to win a ring and the best place to do that would be New England. Whoever does hire him, they need to be preparing for TO. Owens might come into the team’s facility all ready to go and ready to work. He’ll be a team player for awhile, but once the team begins to struggle, he will jump ship and criticize the team. Once he doesn’t get all the grabs, he’ll criticize the team and coach’s game plan. We know controversy surrounds TO wherever he goes. He’s that big blue bug light that attracts all those bugs from getting zapped. He loves to be the center of attention. We all know what happened in San Francisco and Philly. He has had grudges with all of his quarterbacks. He is a problem, and I would not be surprised to see him on the free agency block for awhile. Right now, both Terrell Owens and Marvin Harrison are free agents. If I had to pick one of them to be on my team, I would pick Harrison because of his character. Owens is a great player, but he needs to fix his whole image that people perceive him to be.