Three Dallas Cowboy wideouts met with offensive coordinator Jason Garrett this afternoon to discuss their role in the offense. Terrell Owens, Patrick Crayton and Roy Williams have taken a back seat to Jason Witten over the last few weeks. Garrett called it a productive meeting and Crayton tried to downplay any negative spin.
“It was a good chance to get all the stuff out in the air and see how everyone feels so we can get on the same page and be a better offense,” Crayton said. “It was the first time we did it. We spoke to him a couple times individually like on the field and practices and it was a time to get in there and talk. Nothing negative about it.”
Ed Werder of ESPN, however, is reporting that sources within the Cowboys organization are saying that Owens is jealous of Witten’s relationship with Tony Romo. According to Werder’s sources, T.O. believes that Romo and Witten meet privately to discuss the offense and devise plays which leave Owens on the outside.
An anonymous Cowboy spoke about the issue with Werder.
“He’s insecure about it,” the player said of Owens. “The thing that bothers me more than anything about this problem is that it’s always something with him — San Fran, Philly and here; always something. And he brings other people into it. You know, he talks to Sam Hurd and Roy Williams, who just got here and doesn’t really know these guys. TO talks to him and so now he probably thinks Witten politics with Tony for the ball. That’s so far from the truth. You think Tony is throwing to him because that’s his buddy? His best buddy is Bobby Carpenter, and that’s not helping him too much. It’s crazy to think that, and I hate that he acts that way.”
Another team source told Werder that Owens failed to run a route to completion against Pittsburgh, leading to a Troy Polamalu interception. After the game, which the Cowboys lost on another Romo interception, Owens told reporters “It’s his job to go out there and assess what the defense is, and he made that decision.”
The anonymous player also spoke to Werder about Romo’s response.
“To be completely honest, I just think Tony is over it; not like, “Screw it.’ But I think Tony is over the mind games,” the player said. “It would help if Tony would stand up to him, but he would never do it. He does a great job of ignoring it and not letting it affect him, and that’s why it has worked as good as it has. It’s just hard. I think right now everybody is to the point where, “We’re going to need him, so let’s not "p squared" him off.”
