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Patrick Crayton: I would be fine if T.O. returned to Dallas Cowboys
10:39 PM Mon, Mar 01, 2010 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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Wide receiver Patrick Crayton wouldn't be opposed to the Cowboys bringing back Terrell Owens and said it was a person leaking things to the media, not Owens, who caused the separation in the locker room during the 2008 season.
"I would actually feel kinda fine about" Owens returning, Crayton told The Ben and Skin Show this past week. "I doubt if it happens, seriously, because of the year that Miles [Austin] had, and they were expecting him to be able to have that year. That's why they let T.O. go. From a friends standpoint, it'd be good. I don't think chemistry-wise, though, it'd be good."
Owens is on the market after the Buffalo Bills announced Saturday they do not plan to offer him a contract.
Crayton said that the fans and media had the wrong impression of Owens.
On the main wrong impression of T.O., Crayton explained, "That he separated the locker room. He didn't separate, because if we have a player-and-coaches-only meeting and it's supposed to stay in that room and it gets leaked out that evening and I hear about it the next morning, uh, we got a problem. And trust me, it's not one of the receivers or players. ... Any names that they said, you know, that was causing chaos, trust me, it wasn't any one of those players. And, uh, we located the mole."
Crayton declined to say who the mole was. "I'm not gonna tell you that one," he said.
Owens, who will turn 37 in December, caught 55 passes for 829 yards and five touchdowns in his only season in Buffalo. He also ran for a touchdown.
Crayton also was asked whether playing time among the Cowboys wide receivers will be based on talent, not contracts: "I'm gonna plead the fifth on that. (laughter) I'm gonna plead the fifth. If you know me, I tend to shoot things straight. Straight doesn't always make people happy. A lot of people cannot handle the truth. ... I will plead the fifth on that one."
Crayton is in a battle with Roy Williams for playing time. Williams struggled this past season. Crayton caught one fewer pass (37) than Williams but was thrown to 21 fewer times (67). But Williams has a much bigger contract, which includes a $9.5 million bonus that is fully guaranteed.
About $2 million of Williams' $3.452 million base salary is guaranteed as well, to bring the total guaranteed money to $27 million. He was also acquired for a high price in a trade with the Detroit Lions. So cutting Williams would make little sense. The Cowboys cut Owens after the 2008 season, which cost the Cowboys salary-cap space but not extra money.
Owner Jerry Jones has already said the coaches need to find better ways to use Williams. As for the opinion that Crayton or rookie Kevin Ogletree should have been starting over Williams by the end of the season, coach Wade Phillips said this past weekend, "I don't think that was true."
But if Crayton, Ogletree or another receiver performs at a higher level than Williams entering next season, Phillips said, "We're going to play the best player no matter what."
10:39 PM Mon, Mar 01, 2010 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Mark Francescutti/Sports Editor Bio | E-mail | News tips
Wide receiver Patrick Crayton wouldn't be opposed to the Cowboys bringing back Terrell Owens and said it was a person leaking things to the media, not Owens, who caused the separation in the locker room during the 2008 season.
"I would actually feel kinda fine about" Owens returning, Crayton told The Ben and Skin Show this past week. "I doubt if it happens, seriously, because of the year that Miles [Austin] had, and they were expecting him to be able to have that year. That's why they let T.O. go. From a friends standpoint, it'd be good. I don't think chemistry-wise, though, it'd be good."
Owens is on the market after the Buffalo Bills announced Saturday they do not plan to offer him a contract.
Crayton said that the fans and media had the wrong impression of Owens.
On the main wrong impression of T.O., Crayton explained, "That he separated the locker room. He didn't separate, because if we have a player-and-coaches-only meeting and it's supposed to stay in that room and it gets leaked out that evening and I hear about it the next morning, uh, we got a problem. And trust me, it's not one of the receivers or players. ... Any names that they said, you know, that was causing chaos, trust me, it wasn't any one of those players. And, uh, we located the mole."
Crayton declined to say who the mole was. "I'm not gonna tell you that one," he said.
Owens, who will turn 37 in December, caught 55 passes for 829 yards and five touchdowns in his only season in Buffalo. He also ran for a touchdown.
Crayton also was asked whether playing time among the Cowboys wide receivers will be based on talent, not contracts: "I'm gonna plead the fifth on that. (laughter) I'm gonna plead the fifth. If you know me, I tend to shoot things straight. Straight doesn't always make people happy. A lot of people cannot handle the truth. ... I will plead the fifth on that one."
Crayton is in a battle with Roy Williams for playing time. Williams struggled this past season. Crayton caught one fewer pass (37) than Williams but was thrown to 21 fewer times (67). But Williams has a much bigger contract, which includes a $9.5 million bonus that is fully guaranteed.
About $2 million of Williams' $3.452 million base salary is guaranteed as well, to bring the total guaranteed money to $27 million. He was also acquired for a high price in a trade with the Detroit Lions. So cutting Williams would make little sense. The Cowboys cut Owens after the 2008 season, which cost the Cowboys salary-cap space but not extra money.
Owner Jerry Jones has already said the coaches need to find better ways to use Williams. As for the opinion that Crayton or rookie Kevin Ogletree should have been starting over Williams by the end of the season, coach Wade Phillips said this past weekend, "I don't think that was true."
But if Crayton, Ogletree or another receiver performs at a higher level than Williams entering next season, Phillips said, "We're going to play the best player no matter what."
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