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T.O. a willing teacher
2:19 PM Thu, May 29, 2008 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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A few weeks back, Jerry Jones said that one of the best coaches that Michael Irvin had in his earlier years was Kelvin Martin, a veteran teammate. As such, Jones said that Terrell Owens, now the club's elder statesman among receiver, could be the guy that Martin was to Dallas' young guys.
T.O.'s fine with the idea.
"Those guys, they're learning as much as they can without my assistance," Owens said. "But they understand if there's something they're having trouble on or they have questions as far as routes, they may ask me what to do on certain routes, as far as reading coverages, getting off of bump and run, how to read a certain route vs. off coverage (they can ask).
"Those guys, they're using their minds, they're using their eyes, but at the same time they're asking questions when needed."
The man who served in that role for Owens was no other than the greatest one of them all -- Jerry Rice.
"If there was anything I wanted to know or needed to ask, Jerry was there," T.O. said. "He made himself available. Jerry wasn't a stand-offish guy when it came to sharing his knowledge with young guys."
And in these cases, it's not just the words of encouragement.
It's also being able to watch an elite player at your position practice, prepare and play every day of the week.
"It helps us just to see a professional like him who's been in the league for so long, just the way he conducts himself in practice, works hard, takes reps and makes us step our game up," Miles Austin said. "You don't want to mess up. You want to be part of the situation and not hurting the situation."
2:19 PM Thu, May 29, 2008 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Albert Breer E-mail News tips
A few weeks back, Jerry Jones said that one of the best coaches that Michael Irvin had in his earlier years was Kelvin Martin, a veteran teammate. As such, Jones said that Terrell Owens, now the club's elder statesman among receiver, could be the guy that Martin was to Dallas' young guys.
T.O.'s fine with the idea.
"Those guys, they're learning as much as they can without my assistance," Owens said. "But they understand if there's something they're having trouble on or they have questions as far as routes, they may ask me what to do on certain routes, as far as reading coverages, getting off of bump and run, how to read a certain route vs. off coverage (they can ask).
"Those guys, they're using their minds, they're using their eyes, but at the same time they're asking questions when needed."
The man who served in that role for Owens was no other than the greatest one of them all -- Jerry Rice.
"If there was anything I wanted to know or needed to ask, Jerry was there," T.O. said. "He made himself available. Jerry wasn't a stand-offish guy when it came to sharing his knowledge with young guys."
And in these cases, it's not just the words of encouragement.
It's also being able to watch an elite player at your position practice, prepare and play every day of the week.
"It helps us just to see a professional like him who's been in the league for so long, just the way he conducts himself in practice, works hard, takes reps and makes us step our game up," Miles Austin said. "You don't want to mess up. You want to be part of the situation and not hurting the situation."
