Props to terrell Owens!

[Fernando Fernandez]

I was most impressed with his behavior AFTER he made that great TD grab late in the fourth quarter.

He DID NOT prance around and make a celebration dance!

The guy proved to me that he indeed wants to be a total team player.

This non-event was bigger than the TD itself in terms of team chemistry.

[CowboyChris]

good point, i couldnt agree more

[AbeBeta]

Let's not give props to a guy for not acting like a jerk

[superpunk]

Who gives a crap whether he danced or not?

Here's what was impressive; He dominated the Jaguars. Absolutely annihilated them, all the time. He should have had 150 yards. He was the only guy playing with any fire. He showed emotional leadership qualities.

THAT is impressive, not some shallow outlook on whether or not he danced after his TD.

Give me a break.

[Sam I Am]

Let's not give props to a guy for not acting like a jerk

Agreed.

[Ken]

I think it is a very good point.

For a guy like him to do nothing after a TD, that was pretty amazing.

[WV Cowboy]

I have been a supporter of Owens since he signed here.

And I too was glad to see him realize the situation and not do anything to bring attention to himself after his TD.

He was a monster on the field, Jacksonville had no answer for him.

And he will celebrate eventually, we all realize that.

But even I am worried about him if Bledsoe continues to play like he did Sunday.

I was ready to throw my helmet and get in his face myself. :lmao2:

[AsthmaField]

Who gives a crap whether he danced or not?

Here's what was impressive; He dominated the Jaguars. Absolutely annihilated them, all the time. He should have had 150 yards. He was the only guy playing with any fire. He showed emotional leadership qualities.

THAT is impressive, not some shallow outlook on whether or not he danced after his TD.

Give me a break.


Snippy, snippy.



j/k Good points SP.

[tyke1doe]

I was most impressed with his behavior AFTER he made that great TD grab late in the fourth quarter.

He DID NOT prance around and make a celebration dance!

The guy proved to me that he indeed wants to be a total team player.

This non-event was bigger than the TD itself in terms of team chemistry.


Well, this is the first game of the season. It's easy to be on your best behavior, like your first day at school or at work.

Check back when he's not getting the ball or when the Cowboys are out of playoff contention because Bledsoe missed him wide open on a play that costs not only a TD but a post-season birth.

I'm hoping I'm wrong in my assessment of TO and maybe I am. But a momentary snippet of calm and reason does not overcome a career of crash and burn.

[superpunk]

Snippy, snippy.



j/k Good points SP.

I don't understand the obsession with whether or not he showboats. Who the hell cares? We were losing, so he didn't dance. He's scored enough to know when you celebrate, and when you walk it off.

Plus, I'm in a bad mood.

So help me, if Washington wins tonight.......

[AsthmaField]

I don't understand the obsession with whether or not he showboats. Who the hell cares? We were losing, so he didn't dance. He's scored enough to know when you celebrate, and when you walk it off.

Plus, I'm in a bad mood.

So help me, if Washington wins tonight.......


LOL, I feel the same way.

He was even better on the field than I thought he'd be, though. Every time he caught the ball I felt like he might sling off a couple of tacklers and go the distance. He was much better after the catch than I thought he'd be. Jax is a very good tackling squad... just wait until he plays a defense that isn't fundamentally sound. :eek:

Nice to finally have some Filet instead of cube steak at WR... I do think Terry Glenn is very good... but TO is the real deal.

[Fernando Fernandez]

Well, this is the first game of the season. It's easy to be on your best behavior, like your first day at school or at work.

Check back when he's not getting the ball or when the Cowboys are out of playoff contention because Bledsoe missed him wide open on a play that costs not only a TD but a post-season birth.

I'm hoping I'm wrong in my assessment of TO and maybe I am. But a momentary snippet of calm and reason does not overcome a career of crash and burn.

Excellent point!

I hadn't even thought of that.

I sure hope though, that he can duplicate this and more.

[sbuscha]

The guy was a monster. He was doing his best to get the team fired up. Very impressive.

I was watching him in the post game and he said all the right things also. I almost fell off the couch when a mediot asked him "so what were you yelling at your teammates." What an @$$. He was pumping them up to get the ball back and score

[Maikeru-sama]

Im strong planted in the Anti-Owens camp, but I could careless whether or not he does TD celebrations or not.

I just want him to be a beast on the field and not be a disruption.

If Bledsoe misses him too many times or he keeps getting chunks of yardage called back due to penalties...I think you can start the time bomb.

[superpunk]

LOL, I feel the same way.

He was even better on the field than I thought he'd be, though. Every time he caught the ball I felt like he might sling off a couple of tacklers and go the distance. He was much better after the catch than I thought he'd be. Jax is a very good tackling squad... just wait until he plays a defense that isn't fundamentally sound. :eek:

Nice to finally have some Filet instead of cube steak at WR... I do think Terry Glenn is very good... but TO is the real deal.

The REAL deal. I must've watched that play where he tossed Mathis aside to gain 10 more yards 10 times. He plays like the defense stole something from him. I was warming up to him before the season, after REALLY not wanting him here before.

After yesterday, I am a full on fan. Call it knee-jerk, but if we had 22 TO's, the will to win would absolutely overwhelm our oponents. He never gives up. Frankly, today, when so much is wrong, I'm in love. He was an enormous bright spot for us yesterday. That TD catch was unbelievable. Some WRs are faster. Some have better hands. None of them burn like he does, though.

Look out league.

[WV Cowboy]

Let's not give props to a guy for not acting like a jerk
The guy that I interviewed with and worked for when I first started here where I work now, was so smart it was scary.

He is the one that brought computers into this company in the 60' or 70's.

He designed and programmed many of the control systems still used.

He was so smart that he had little patience with people who weren't.

I think Owens is somewhat that same way.

He is so gifted, so talented, so athletic, that he gets impatient with mediocrity.

Mediocrity at QB. It happened in SF and Philthy.

I am concerned if Bledsoe does not step it up.

Let's hope Sun was an anamoly.

[tyke1doe]

The guy was a monster. He was doing his best to get the team fired up. Very impressive.

I was watching him in the post game and he said all the right things also. I almost fell off the couch when a mediot asked him "so what were you yelling at your teammates." What an @$$. He was pumping them up to get the ball back and score

I personally don't have any problem with yelling at teammates. Michael Irvin did that too.

Heck, I and another assistant coach on my son's baseball team were jawing at each other during the game.

The difference between mature, well-adjusted people and immature, ill-adjusted people is that the former understand "game passion" and know how to confine their arguments in that context. The latter take that beyond the field and the game into avenues where it shouldn't become an issue.

I want someone mad because teammates haven't risen to the occasion. But I also don't want that someone to slam those teammates once the game is over or to use those teammates to further his own agenda.

[Maikeru-sama]

The guy that I interviewed with and worked for when I first started here where I work now, was so smart it was scary.

He is the one that brought computers into this company in the 60' or 70's.

He designed and programmed many of the control systems still used.

He was so smart that he had little patience with people who weren't.

I think Owens is somewhat that same way.

He is so gifted, so talented, so athletic, that he gets impatient with mediocrity.

Mediocrity at QB. It happened in SF and Philthy.

I am concerned if Bledsoe does not step it up.

Let's hope Sun was an anamoly.

His latest blowup in Philly had more to do with his money then Mediocrity at QB.

And if Donovan Mcnabb's play is mediocrity...I dont even want to know what we have been doing at QB the last decade...

[tyke1doe]

Look out league.


Translation: Get your popcorn ready! :laugh2:

[AsthmaField]

The REAL deal. I must've watched that play where he tossed Mathis aside to gain 10 more yards 10 times. He plays like the defense stole something from him. I was warming up to him before the season, after REALLY not wanting him here before.

After yesterday, I am a full on fan. Call it knee-jerk, but if we had 22 TO's, the will to win would absolutely overwhelm our oponents. He never gives up. Frankly, today, when so much is wrong, I'm in love. He was an enormous bright spot for us yesterday. That TD catch was unbelievable. Some WRs are faster. Some have better hands. None of them burn like he does, though.

Look out league.

Exactly. I've been not too down about the loss... and opening game losses usually make me down and out. This one though, didn't bother me that much. Then I figured it out. TO looked so much better than I thought he would, and it was so evident that we're going to go to him early and often, that I found it hard to be too down.

IOW, it was one loss... but I saw fifteen games (maybe more) where TO is going to be a force to be reckoned with. He's going to make the offense so much better than it would've been without him. Just think what the Redskins will think when they watch the Jax film and see TO.:eek:

They'll be all over him. And if Bledsoe doesn't have the freaking five thumb right hand thing going on... Glenn, Witten and Fasano will have plenty of room.

Good Lord, TO looked strong. He's a nightmare to bring down. I don't think Dallas has ever had a WR that teams had to worry over his RAC yards like TO.

[superpunk]

Translation: Get your popcorn ready! :laugh2:

I'm ready for a whole barrel. Man, he was fantastic.

[DMX690]

The REAL deal. I must've watched that play where he tossed Mathis aside to gain 10 more yards 10 times. He plays like the defense stole something from him. I was warming up to him before the season, after REALLY not wanting him here before.

After yesterday, I am a full on fan. Call it knee-jerk, but if we had 22 TO's, the will to win would absolutely overwhelm our oponents. He never gives up. Frankly, today, when so much is wrong, I'm in love. He was an enormous bright spot for us yesterday. That TD catch was unbelievable. Some WRs are faster. Some have better hands. None of them burn like he does, though.

Look out league.


He's the best WR in the game today period. On the field he's unmatched by his peers

[superpunk]

IOW, it was one loss... but I saw fifteen games (maybe more) where TO is going to be a force to be reckoned with. He's going to make the offense so much better than it would've been without him. Just think what the Redskins will think when they watch the Jax film and see TO.

I can't wait to see how they attempt to cover him. They have no Rashean Mathis, with Springs out. And if Williams magically figures something out for TO, go ahead and leave Kenny Wright and Mike Rumph on Glenn. I dare you.

Good Lord, TO looked strong. He's a nightmare to bring down. I don't think Dallas has ever had a WR that teams had to worry over his RAC yards like TO.

That's that desire. When he gets the ball, he wants that end zone. And you have to kill him to get him down. Like I said, it's only one game, but I'ma full on fan. I've never seen anything like that for my boys.

[King Marco III]

my opinion on the situation is that he would have been absolutely insane to celebrate after that play. It was a great play and he was an absolute unstoppable monster in the game, but due to the circumstances it would have been pretty stupid.

Some of my non cowboys fan friends even joked that parcells would have cut owens on the spot, for celebrating after that catch. But I am still happy that he didn't celebrate. He is a real joy to watch and WHEN Bledsoe gets it together there is gonna be more than enough of owens dancing to go around. Your gonna think he is auditioning for dancing with the stars or something lol

[Clove]

Im strong planted in the Anti-Owens camp, but I could careless whether or not he does TD celebrations or not.

I just want him to be a beast on the field and not be a disruption.

If Bledsoe misses him too many times or he keeps getting chunks of yardage called back due to penalties...I think you can start the time bomb.:lmao2: funny sig!!

[Clove]

IN the first half, the pass where Bledsoe under threw him and the CB made a play on the ball to knock it down, Owens ran by this cat like he was a light pole, and had 5 yards on the guy, he would have caught the pass and been in the endzone before the FS could even know what was going on.

Another play, when Fasano gave him a pick, and TO caught the ball, when he took off, he got up to full speed and covered 25 yards in like a couple of seconds... Wow! I have never seen someone accelerate like that. His 10 and 20 yd times must be off the charts.

[AsthmaField]

That's that desire. When he gets the ball, he wants that end zone. And you have to kill him to get him down. Like I said, it's only one game, but I'ma full on fan. I've never seen anything like that for my boys.


I honestly didn't think he was as good as he is. I mean I realize that I don't pay as much attention to non-dallas players, but I didn't think he was that good. Seriously. I saw him make plenty of good plays when he was in SF and Philly... but he just looked, I don't know... harder to bring down. And his change of direction is better than I thought. Combine his strength, the ability he has to turn upfield so fast, and his change of direction, and you have a guy that is extrememly dangerous each time he gets his hands on the ball.

Watching TO be so dominant, combined with being pleasantly surprised by the O-Line (I thought they did better than many here, I think) has made me look forward to the rest of the season much more than I'm pouting about yesterday's loss. We're going to get it together and the rest of the NFL better watch out.

Honestly, we made mistakes, had turnovers and Bledsoe helped TO leave about 100 yards or so on the field... and we still almost beat a good team like Jax. A lot of teams messing up like that... in Jax... would've gotten spanked. We blew it and still had a good chance to pull it out.

I'm really not upset. Funny, a crappy team like the one Crankcase led can have some lucky throw to Galloway tipped and snagged when it should've been an INT, and pull out a lucky win... and everyone is all smiles. An obviously talented team who just had one of those days against a 12-4 team and still almost wins... well, the whole, entire sky is falling.

I knew we were lucky the day Galloway caught the tip and so I wasn't that happy... and I knew we weren't going far. I also know we're a good team now who might beat Jax 8 out of 10 times... and so I'm not that upset. We'll win a lot this year. I'm not worried about that.

[REDVOLUTION]

if we had 22 TO's, the will to win would absolutely overwhelm our oponents. He never gives up. Frankly, today, when so much is wrong, I'm in love. He was an enormous bright spot for us yesterday. That TD catch was unbelievable. Some WRs are faster. Some have better hands. None of them burn like he does, though.

Look out league.

Yes
Yes
Yes

The guy wants the spotlight and he wants to win... its 1 and 1a.... agreed...more heart like this and we would be set... hopefully TO rubs off on others....

[btcutter]

I was most impressed with his behavior AFTER he made that great TD grab late in the fourth quarter.

He DID NOT prance around and make a celebration dance!

The guy proved to me that he indeed wants to be a total team player.

This non-event was bigger than the TD itself in terms of team chemistry.


why would anyone celebrate a TD when you team is down 14 (cutting it to 7) with less than 2 minute to go and you don't have the ball?
only idiots and losers would do that......thank god, he didn't do anything stupid.

[REDVOLUTION]

why would anyone celebrate a TD when you team is down 14 (cutting it to 7) with less than 2 minute to go and you don't have the ball?
only idiots and losers would do that......thank god, he didn't do anything stupid.

Agreed. He definitely put trying to win the game ahead of any showboating.

[ravidubey]

The man is a real player. Because of him, we have a real chance to go far into the playoffs.

[DBoys]

TO is doing great even in interviews

[2much2soon]

I honestly didn't think he was as good as he is. I mean I realize that I don't pay as much attention to non-dallas players, but I didn't think he was that good. Seriously. I saw him make plenty of good plays when he was in SF and Philly...

Thats exactly the way I felt.
I did begin to view him a bit differently a few months ago when I heard he held the all-time single game reception record with 20.
That stiff arm on the db yesterday was beautiful. Power, attitude and desire.
The dude can carry this offense, with the threat of Glenn and Witten, if whomever playing QB can get him the ball.

[Blue&Silver]

Thats exactly the way I felt.
I did begin to view him a bit differently a few months ago when I heard he held the all-time single game reception record with 20.
That stiff arm on the db yesterday was beautiful. Power, attitude and desire.
The dude can carry this offense, with the threat of Glenn and Witten, if whomever playing QB can get him the ball.

Oh my.

I must admit I don't view him any differently than before. He's still a spoiled baby team cancer.