On whether this decision was based on Owens’ behavior and outspokenness.
Jones: There are a lot of reasons why you sign a player or you release or trade a player. You take age as a consideration, where you are with your entire roster, you take into consideration, especially at a position such as wide receiver, do you want to give others more of an opportunity to develop. In this particular case, we have an outstanding player in Roy Williams and it was a significant factor in the decision that I made to release Terrell.
We’ve got some other top receivers that we want to involve, we got some backs that we want to involve in the passing game, we’ve got some tight ends that we to involve in the passing game. So at the end of the day, you can’t have it all. I look at this more of a strategic move relative to personnel for the Dallas Cowboys than I do that there’s something wrong with Terrell Owens. That’s not the case.
On whether Owens’ behavior had anything to do with his release.
Jones: I think that’s the easy place to go because of his personality and because of the visibility, but that’s too easy. If it would have been that easy, that would have been a decision that I would have made 60 or 90 days ago. That is just not a part of why I ultimately made the decision.
