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:signmast:SMCowboy;2675174 said:
He practically said as much to Deion Sanders during the interview.
SN Breer: Five reasons why Jerry Jones cut Terrell Owens
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He practically said as much to Deion Sanders during the interview.
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Hostile;2674908 said:
Yup. Breer's a good writer.
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It would be great to have some sort of confirmation, but with Terrell Owens that's completely plausible.WoodysGirl;2674869 said:
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[1. A youth movement afoot
"I look at this as more of a strategic move relative to personnel than I do something wrong with Terrell," Jones told the NFL Network.
Then, why didn't you fire the incompetent GM and the Coaching staff, first, Jerry? Who's to blame for that horrendous game in Philly? TO? Who's to blame for JG's or WP's all season long incompetence? I guess it's easier to place the blame on one player than to believe Wade simply isn't competent enough to be a HC and Jason is too inexperienced and arrogant to even be an OC at this point. Wake up and smell the coffee, Jerry. Or, stupid is as stupid does.
There is merit to that line of thinking. With the offseason program starting in a couple weeks, Cowboys officials thought it important to move forward without questions.
The only merit to this kind of thinking is that for the Dallas Cowboys to move forward, change must come from the top then trickle down. Not the other way around. Or it's called moving backwards.
Tony Romo knows who his receivers will be. [URL="http://javascript%3cb%3e%3c/b%3E:fantasyPopup('nfl',%206766)"]Roy Williams[/URL], Patrick Crayton and Jason Witten will work as a unit with him, as will a stable of talented running backs. The offense can grow in the form it will be come September. And youthful talent, be it Williams or Felix Jones, no longer will be forced into subservient roles.
And they all live happilly ever after, right Albert? 'Cos that's what it sounds like. No, what Dallas has now, Albert, is no Number one receiver. RW is at best, a whining number 2. Then there's big mouth Crayton our new number 3. Then there's big mouth Witten, double-teamed for life. Add all these ingredients to a sandlot playing baller like Romo, and we have the recipe for a disaster in the making. Btw, Felix the cat? LOL He went from a hammy on the field, to a stubbed toe in rehab, and got hurted for the rest of the season. Cannot count on him to carry a paperbag full of groceries, much less a normal load.
2. A quarterback's development
No longer will Romo have to think, "Well, I haven't thrown to Terrell in a while," and worry about the repercussions. Owens was targeted, according to Stats, Inc., 140 times last season, ninth most of any NFL receiver. In four of 12 starts in '08, Romo threw to him more than 10 times.
And it wasn't enough to keep Owens happy.
A big part of a quarterback's development is seeing the whole field and finding the open man. With the Cowboys' weapons, the time is now for Romo to flourish. Releasing Owens grants him the clear head to do that.
No, releasing Owens doesn't give Romo the huge target he had, which is why he threw so much to him. I think it's ridiculous and naive to think, that a QB's gonna worry about throwing to any one receiver when he's running for his life. Which, with our awful, awful bad OL, was most every play for Romo. Romo has said before, he'll throw to whomever's open. (and yet Wade kept CrockPot.) Stupid is as Stupid does.
3. Respect for a coach
Take it from those who know: The relationship between Owens and offensive coordinator Jason Garrett was just about irreparable.
When Garrett lost out to Steve Spagnuolo for the St. Louis Rams' coaching job, Jones was backed into a corner, between his superstar receiver and a coordinator who, with a $3 million salary, has all but been named Wade Phillips' replacement.
"Everyone liked his work ethic, and the bottom line for some people was that, especially on a high-profile team, his work would carry him through," said one source close to the situation. "But I know T.O. didn't have a lot of respect for Jason, and that led to the demise of their relationship. (Owens) told him that personally, and once he did that, there was no going back."
"Maybe he didn't have a lot of respect for Jason because JG wasn't getting the job done. Does that excuse Owen's attitude? No, but you don't fire a player because he got out of line. Owen's was JG's responsibility and he either didn't have enough experience to keep him in line, or he didn't have the patience, or he felt Owens wasn't worth the bother. Take your pick, but the bottom line is, JG didn't handle the problem, and didn't have the mentality or the humility to make adjustments as needed during games. He got called out by several players. Including wonder boy, Romo. Warning sign number one, Jerry. What happens next season if Romo goes ballistic on JG? Who do you blame then? What, you'll fire Romo?
4. A call for leaders
Romo is 29. Witten and DeMarcus Ware are 26. They must be team leaders.
With the charismatic Owens roaming the locker room, they lacked the juice to command the team. Now, those players, and other 20-somethings, can graduate to the head of the class.
"He was calling out Witten, calling out Romo, calling out Garrett," another Cowboys source said. "I mean, those are three pretty good guys."
Now, guys like that don't have to worry about looking over their shoulders when grabbing the team by the throat.
Ok, so Owens wanted accountability for lackadaisical attitudes and play by certain members of the offense, like, Romo, after he's thrown his third interception and he's still smiling and goes out and throws another one. And, ok, so TO wanted JG to quit drawing up game plans a toddler could read. His bad.
You'd have to be deaf, dumb and blind not to see Romo's regression this year, and his lack of preparation for games. He wasn't reading defenses nearly as well as he had previously. Now why is that? Because maybe he wasn't taking it seriously enough? Maybe he stopped preparing as well as he had under Parcells's. After all, football's fun, he said, but it's not my life.
And after two Camp Cupcakes, and two marshmellow coaches, I can see how Romo went from work horse, to rocking horse. But TO gets fired, and Romo gets a pass. That's why everybody's saying now, Ok, Romo, no more excuses. Well I got news for you, he shouldn't have had excuses to begin with. Ride his butt, Jerry. But no, he gets the pass, and TO gets fired! Stupid is as stupid does.
5. No more excuses
Some players loved Owens. Others didn't. Similar differences of opinion existed at the coaching and management levels.
But most would agree: Owens wasn't the only problem in the Cowboys' underachieving '08 season. Thing was, he absorbed so much blame that other big-money players who didn't play to expectations skated from criticism.
That crutch is now gone. And the message has been sent from the top.
If Jones can cut Owens, a player he loved, then everyone's on notice.
Booyah, I'm sure all the player's are quaking in their boots, and if they get that notice, I'll eat my dead grandma.
Let's face it, Jerry wouldn't know love for a player unless it came wrapped up in green, with lots of numbers printed across it. TO didn't deserve to fired the way he was. No player deserves that.
This team is in trouble with or without Owens. Jerry needs to hire a legitimate GM. Case closed.
Staff writer Albert Breer covers the NFL for Sporting News. E-mail him at abreer@sportingnews.com.
http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=524673[/QUOTE]
"I look at this as more of a strategic move relative to personnel than I do something wrong with Terrell," Jones told the NFL Network.
Then, why didn't you fire the incompetent GM and the Coaching staff, first, Jerry? Who's to blame for that horrendous game in Philly? TO? Who's to blame for JG's or WP's all season long incompetence? I guess it's easier to place the blame on one player than to believe Wade simply isn't competent enough to be a HC and Jason is too inexperienced and arrogant to even be an OC at this point. Wake up and smell the coffee, Jerry. Or, stupid is as stupid does.
There is merit to that line of thinking. With the offseason program starting in a couple weeks, Cowboys officials thought it important to move forward without questions.
The only merit to this kind of thinking is that for the Dallas Cowboys to move forward, change must come from the top then trickle down. Not the other way around. Or it's called moving backwards.
Tony Romo knows who his receivers will be. [URL="http://javascript%3cb%3e%3c/b%3E:fantasyPopup('nfl',%206766)"]Roy Williams[/URL], Patrick Crayton and Jason Witten will work as a unit with him, as will a stable of talented running backs. The offense can grow in the form it will be come September. And youthful talent, be it Williams or Felix Jones, no longer will be forced into subservient roles.
And they all live happilly ever after, right Albert? 'Cos that's what it sounds like. No, what Dallas has now, Albert, is no Number one receiver. RW is at best, a whining number 2. Then there's big mouth Crayton our new number 3. Then there's big mouth Witten, double-teamed for life. Add all these ingredients to a sandlot playing baller like Romo, and we have the recipe for a disaster in the making. Btw, Felix the cat? LOL He went from a hammy on the field, to a stubbed toe in rehab, and got hurted for the rest of the season. Cannot count on him to carry a paperbag full of groceries, much less a normal load.
2. A quarterback's development
No longer will Romo have to think, "Well, I haven't thrown to Terrell in a while," and worry about the repercussions. Owens was targeted, according to Stats, Inc., 140 times last season, ninth most of any NFL receiver. In four of 12 starts in '08, Romo threw to him more than 10 times.
And it wasn't enough to keep Owens happy.
A big part of a quarterback's development is seeing the whole field and finding the open man. With the Cowboys' weapons, the time is now for Romo to flourish. Releasing Owens grants him the clear head to do that.
No, releasing Owens doesn't give Romo the huge target he had, which is why he threw so much to him. I think it's ridiculous and naive to think, that a QB's gonna worry about throwing to any one receiver when he's running for his life. Which, with our awful, awful bad OL, was most every play for Romo. Romo has said before, he'll throw to whomever's open. (and yet Wade kept CrockPot.) Stupid is as Stupid does.
3. Respect for a coach
Take it from those who know: The relationship between Owens and offensive coordinator Jason Garrett was just about irreparable.
When Garrett lost out to Steve Spagnuolo for the St. Louis Rams' coaching job, Jones was backed into a corner, between his superstar receiver and a coordinator who, with a $3 million salary, has all but been named Wade Phillips' replacement.
"Everyone liked his work ethic, and the bottom line for some people was that, especially on a high-profile team, his work would carry him through," said one source close to the situation. "But I know T.O. didn't have a lot of respect for Jason, and that led to the demise of their relationship. (Owens) told him that personally, and once he did that, there was no going back."
"Maybe he didn't have a lot of respect for Jason because JG wasn't getting the job done. Does that excuse Owen's attitude? No, but you don't fire a player because he got out of line. Owen's was JG's responsibility and he either didn't have enough experience to keep him in line, or he didn't have the patience, or he felt Owens wasn't worth the bother. Take your pick, but the bottom line is, JG didn't handle the problem, and didn't have the mentality or the humility to make adjustments as needed during games. He got called out by several players. Including wonder boy, Romo. Warning sign number one, Jerry. What happens next season if Romo goes ballistic on JG? Who do you blame then? What, you'll fire Romo?
4. A call for leaders
Romo is 29. Witten and DeMarcus Ware are 26. They must be team leaders.
With the charismatic Owens roaming the locker room, they lacked the juice to command the team. Now, those players, and other 20-somethings, can graduate to the head of the class.
"He was calling out Witten, calling out Romo, calling out Garrett," another Cowboys source said. "I mean, those are three pretty good guys."
Now, guys like that don't have to worry about looking over their shoulders when grabbing the team by the throat.
Ok, so Owens wanted accountability for lackadaisical attitudes and play by certain members of the offense, like, Romo, after he's thrown his third interception and he's still smiling and goes out and throws another one. And, ok, so TO wanted JG to quit drawing up game plans a toddler could read. His bad.
You'd have to be deaf, dumb and blind not to see Romo's regression this year, and his lack of preparation for games. He wasn't reading defenses nearly as well as he had previously. Now why is that? Because maybe he wasn't taking it seriously enough? Maybe he stopped preparing as well as he had under Parcells's. After all, football's fun, he said, but it's not my life.
And after two Camp Cupcakes, and two marshmellow coaches, I can see how Romo went from work horse, to rocking horse. But TO gets fired, and Romo gets a pass. That's why everybody's saying now, Ok, Romo, no more excuses. Well I got news for you, he shouldn't have had excuses to begin with. Ride his butt, Jerry. But no, he gets the pass, and TO gets fired! Stupid is as stupid does.
5. No more excuses
Some players loved Owens. Others didn't. Similar differences of opinion existed at the coaching and management levels.
But most would agree: Owens wasn't the only problem in the Cowboys' underachieving '08 season. Thing was, he absorbed so much blame that other big-money players who didn't play to expectations skated from criticism.
That crutch is now gone. And the message has been sent from the top.
If Jones can cut Owens, a player he loved, then everyone's on notice.
Booyah, I'm sure all the player's are quaking in their boots, and if they get that notice, I'll eat my dead grandma.
Let's face it, Jerry wouldn't know love for a player unless it came wrapped up in green, with lots of numbers printed across it. TO didn't deserve to fired the way he was. No player deserves that.
This team is in trouble with or without Owens. Jerry needs to hire a legitimate GM. Case closed.
Staff writer Albert Breer covers the NFL for Sporting News. E-mail him at abreer@sportingnews.com.
http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=524673[/QUOTE]
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2. A quarterback's development
No longer will Romo have to think, "Well, I haven't thrown to Terrell in a while," and worry about the repercussions. Owens was targeted, according to Stats, Inc., 140 times last season, ninth most of any NFL receiver. In four of 12 starts in '08, Romo threw to him more than 10 times.
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Why is this absurdity still floated as "good reason"? It makes Romo out to be a psychological wuss. If he can't take command of the offense, and is so worried about a WR who wants the ball more (as ALL great WRs do) then how is Romo ever going to handle the pressures of playoff football? Its asinine reasoning.
No longer will Romo have to think, "Well, I haven't thrown to Terrell in a while," and worry about the repercussions. Owens was targeted, according to Stats, Inc., 140 times last season, ninth most of any NFL receiver. In four of 12 starts in '08, Romo threw to him more than 10 times.
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Why is this absurdity still floated as "good reason"? It makes Romo out to be a psychological wuss. If he can't take command of the offense, and is so worried about a WR who wants the ball more (as ALL great WRs do) then how is Romo ever going to handle the pressures of playoff football? Its asinine reasoning.
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sonnyboy;2675033 said:
2010 is an uncapped year. There is no need to worry about cap hits that year even if you cut your whole roster of high priced contracts, and that is exactly what Jerry will do if 2009 is a disaster.
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I tend to agree w/' this response. I have never been totally committed to Tony Romo as a "franchise QB" and I for one, do not think things will change significantly w/ Tony's play.RoadRunner;2675289 said:
I'm not saying I don't want him to succeed, but I think he should have taken control of the huddle by now if he was going to...
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theogt;2675013 said:
.:yeah:.
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This I think is 100% true. I think Jerry really did have a genuine liking for TO which is what took so long. Also, because of that and because Jerry is paying the guy his full salary while cutting him, I'd be mighty careful about drawing extra negative attention to myself.
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The real message that needs to be sent is, stop going offside 3 and 4 times a game, stop fumbling the ball, stop throwing the ball 10 yards over guys heads, stop letting rushers come right through, stop false starting every game, stop giving up 90+ yard TD runs, stop allowing rushers to break your punters leg, stop snapping the ball with 1 second on the clock, stop sending 5 receivers into the route, sending them deep, (takes too long) while the defense is flooding one side and killing your QB. Stop calling stupid zones when you're up by 10 points allowing easy passes to be completed, allowing teams to get back into the game.Real1st;2675112 said:This.
Players are not above coaches. T.O. still hasn't learned that in his 10+ year career. A very good message for jerry to send.
Stop allowing players to go on vacation before a huge play off game, stop hiring guys who kiss your butt, who won't allow you to hire your own staff. Stop allowing players to come whine to you as the owner, send their ***** to the coach, and if the coach wants him gone then so be it.
So IMO, he's got a lot of messages to send cause this team is Detroitesk in my opinion until we straighten out these things.
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Hostile;2674908 said:
Me, too, Hos......................even though I disagree with you that we will "rue" the day we let Canty go.
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Nothing gets a team's attention more than releasing a starter, nothing.
Was TO the only guy causing trouble in the lockerroom???............NO.
However, the point is that by making an example out of TO, you can slap everybody back into line pretty quick.
You think any of the WRs are thinking twice now about complaining to the media about play calling or yelling at a coach on the sideline???
I guarantee eveybody on the team is have second thoughts about making any waves, they just watched two "star" players get pink slips for mainly chemistry issues.
Was TO the only guy causing trouble in the lockerroom???............NO.
However, the point is that by making an example out of TO, you can slap everybody back into line pretty quick.
You think any of the WRs are thinking twice now about complaining to the media about play calling or yelling at a coach on the sideline???
I guarantee eveybody on the team is have second thoughts about making any waves, they just watched two "star" players get pink slips for mainly chemistry issues.