Chocolate Lab;2633755 said:
That would be the best scenario. But it's been tried before, and it's failed every time.
So you would take a chance on the one or maybe 10 percent chance that it would actually work?
Because when it didn't, you'd have to cut him during the year, which would be a worse distraction than if it happened now. And you'd have forgone all the practice time and experience a Miles Austin could have had.
It would be a lot like Pacman. We counted on him, and then he (predictably) failed. So then we had to play a Jenkins and Scandrick who could have been gaining valuable experience, but missed out on it because Pacman was our guy.
I would take the chance rather than releasing this team's top offensive threat.
I just think to where this team was before they picked up someone else's problem child.
They failed consistantly to develop a dependable receiver and were forced to take another team's problem.
They did it with Glenn, they did it with Keyshawn, and they did it with Owens. All because they couldn't grow a decent receiver in house.
I weigh out what Owens has actually factually done and I weight that against what the passing offense would be without him.
And I think the positives he brings still outweigh the negatives.
I believe that the true problems stem from the fact that no one in the organization has strong enough character to deal with Owens' strong personality and the challenges that he brings.
The team knew what type of guy they were getting when they first signed him. And they knew what type of guy they had when they re-signed him.
And I don't subscribe to the belief that having Owens around would stifle a guy like Austin -
if the team is even smart enough to do what they need to do to keep
him around.
Austin would still be getting plenty of reps to get himself ready to play. I felt he was developing nicely before injuries set him back.
I'm just not ready to go with a receiving corps of Roy Williams, Crayton, and Austin based on what I saw last season, especially when weighed against a lot of assumptions and rumors about what Owens
might have done.