How would you feel about TO coming back?

[Risen Star]

Same chances that its his call ultimatly. Jerry will say no tho.

Quit being hung up on titles.

 

[DeaconBlues]

Why would you be cool with it when, by your own lights, not a single team in the NFL would?

Difference between my opinion, and how the NFL operates. I am much less concerned with his mindset off the field and in the locker room. TO is not a criminal risk, and more than a handful of past players have been pain in the *****, but were accommodated by their teams/coaches.

But in the current NFL, PC and image is more important to Roger Goodell than actual off the field criminal activity, or at minimum, have equal footing. That has filtered down to the owners and GMs.

I guess my outlook is more along the lines of Al Davis in the '60s and '70s, that the current climate. If he could, Davis would scout inmates from San Quentin if they would help the team, and demand his coaching staff to control the team. Nowadays, teams don't expect the same from their staffs.

 

[Outlaw Heroes]

Difference between my opinion, and how the NFL operates. I am much less concerned with his mindset off the field and in the locker room. TO is not a criminal risk, and more than a handful of past players have been pain in the *****, but were accommodated by their teams/coaches.

But in the current NFL, PC and image is more important to Roger Goodell than actual off the field criminal activity, or at minimum, have equal footing. That has filtered down to the owners and GMs.

I guess my outlook is more along the lines of Al Davis in the '60s and '70s, that the current climate. If he could, Davis would scout inmates from San Quentin if they would help the team, and demand his coaching staff to control the team. Nowadays, teams don't expect the same from their staffs.

I don't know. I'd take a criminal before a guy that has repeatedly gone after team mates and former team mates publicly. That kind of stuff can only divide a team. I understand the inclination to make special accommodations for special talents. I just don't believe that doing so optimizes one's chances of winning, no matter how special the talent.

 

[rathalarge]

Before you kill me...WG posted a tweet that, his new Agent will call the cowboys.

How many of you would be on board with TO as a third option?

Personally? I don't want him..but if we really really needed him, then fine.

You're kidding... right??

 

[CowboyMcCoy]

You're kidding... right??

We do have Jerry Jones as our owner. My guess is no one signs T.O. until someone badly needs a WR. Then he may get a call while on his couch, but I'm betting most teams pass on what is a well-known locker room cancer.

 

[DeaconBlues]

I don't know. I'd take a criminal before a guy that has repeatedly gone after team mates and former team mates publicly.That kind of stuff can only divide a team. I understand the inclination to make special accommodations for special talents. I just don't believe that doing so optimizes one's chances of winning, no matter how special the talent.

I believe the opposite. What divides a team is one player treated differently than others, and not held responsible for his actions. I can't speak for TO personally, but SF did a good job of holding him responsible for his actions, while Philly and Dallas did not.

 

[Ratmatt]

That guy has a lot of emotional problems,and you don't want to bring that to your team.

 

[Randy White]

I will put it to you this way. Tony Romo, Stephen Jones, Jerry Jones, and Jason Garrett will all be opposed to it

So you're saying there's a chance...

 

[rathalarge]

I believe the opposite. What divides a team is one player treated differently than others, and not held responsible for his actions. I can't speak for TO personally, but SF did a good job of holding him responsible for his actions, while Philly and Dallas did not.

Not sure about that? He was alright when he wasn't the 'Superstar' there. Jerry Rice and Steve Young were the 'stars'... but when they left and Jeff Garcia came in, that's when his persona took over that team!

 

[Fredd]

why does this topic keep coming up?

TO worked/earned his way out of Dallas...he re-defines team cancer...he is not a RKG player.

He couldn't even do what was right for an arena team and got cut by them....I wouldn't throw him a pass if we had no other WR's...the only pass he gets is me passing on him

 

[Stryker44]

Why would you guys want him? Your WR corps are pretty damn good...and Dez Bryant is shaping up to be a Commander killer. I'm sure Deangelo Hall still has nightmares.

I sure wouldn't want him in DC. With a rookie QB, more of a media circus is the last thing we need.

 

[JackWagon]

Over Garretts dead body ... He's seen what TO can do to a locker room.

 

[Ren]

Why would you guys want him? Your WR corps are pretty damn good...and Dez Bryant is shaping up to be a Commander killer. I'm sure Deangelo Hall still has nightmares.

I sure wouldn't want him in DC. With a rookie QB, more of a media circus is the last thing we need.

It's 2 deep, after Bryant there's not much there and both Austin and Bryant has a bit of an injury history

 

[Hagman]

If none of our young guys look like they can step up and if T.O. shows that he still has something left then........still no.

 

[fanfromvirginia]

Welcome Back Owens

Welcome back
Your psychosis was your ticket out

Welcome back
To that same old place that you griped about

Well the receivers have mostly changed since you hung around
But your psychosis has remained while you bounced around

Who'd have thought it would lead ya?
Who'd have thought it'd lead ya
Here where we don't need ya
Here where we don't need ya

Yeah we tease him a lot cause we don't need him alot, welcome back
Welcome back welcome back welcome baaaack​

Wow! Nice!

 

[hornitosmonster]

Hell no. He just got cut by a semi-pro team. Still all drama with diminshed skills.

 

[AMERICAS_FAN]

I would LOVE for T.O. to come back...

...TO THE EAGLES!

 

[InmanRoshi]

I have no problem with TO coming back to pickup trash at the stadium after the games. Nothing wrong with an honest days work for an honest days pay.

 

[DallasEast]

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[Randy White]

It's 2 deep, after Bryant there's not much there and both Austin and Bryant has a bit of an injury history

This is one of the reasons why my disdain for the Dallas' pundits ( most of them anyways ) knows no bounds. I believe it was Bob Sturm who rated the Cowboys receiving group as last in the divsion because it's only " 2 deep ". Ok, I don't have a problem with that because, theoritically, it is true that the Cowboys receiving group is, overall, unproven after the " big 2 ".

However, in the real world that means absolutely nothing. The Cowboys have had some of the deepest receiving core in the NFL before.

2007:
Terrel Owens
Roy Williams
Patrick Crayton
Miles Austin
Sam Hurd
Terry Glenn ( injured )

2008:
Terrel Owens
Roy Williams
Patrick Crayton
Miles Austin
Same Hurd

2009:
Roy Williams
Miles Austin
Patrick Crayton
Sam Hurd
Kevin Ogletree

2010:
Roy Williams
Miles Austin
Dez Bryant
Sam Hurd
Kevin Ogletree


Want to know what it got them ? Aside from a breakout year by Miles that wouldn't have happened had Roy Williams not gone down with an injury, nothing but average season at best for most of them.

Terrel Owens' great season came at a cost. That cost is the price that must be paid when a team becomes a talent gatherer instead of a talent user/developer: Mediocrity for the rest of the group.

Fact is that even in today's NFL where the ball is thrown at a higher rate than ever before, there is still a limit on the number of snaps an offense has in a game, a limit of throws within those snaps, a limit of targeted passes to individual receivers within those throws, and a limit of catches.

Oh and that's without taking into account the TE position which, in Dallas, there's this future HOF who happens to be a primary option in the passing game.

An NFL team can have the AFC or NFC pro bowl receiving group on it's roster and 3 of those pro bowl receivers wouldn't have probowl years. In fact, it would be amazing if TWO of them did.