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Terrell Owens thinks Jason Garrett leaked information that got him chased out of Dallas
"Former Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens was the headline at Ticketstock 2016 over the weekend. Here's some things the always entertaining wideout had to say about his time in Dallas:
Why did the Cowboys want to get rid of him:
"There were some things that kind of swirled around right at the end of the 2009 season. I think everybody has heard that there was some rumbling going around, some whispers about me saying that Tony and Witten were drawing up plays, this and that. I understood where I was in my career and I wasn't trying to be divisive in the locker room or anything like that.
Once I got to Dallas, I felt like I had matured a little bit, I wanted to communicate with my head coaches, so if there was anything internal going on, we talked about it, even as a receiver group, whatever is said in that room, stays in that room. There were some things that were leaked out that were supposed to be in house from meetings that myself, Roy Williams and Patrick Crayton had with Jason Garrett. It just so happened, of the four of us -- and maybe five of us with coach [Ray] Sherman -- knowing about that meeting, things got leaked. That's a shame because, of those four guys, outside of Garrett, I'll put my life on it that none of them said anything.
So that's how things started their downspiral and got out of control. I was all about winning, so if there was something that I saw in practice that was happening in games that was causing us to have hardships in games, and even lose games, then I had an issue with it. So if I address something with my teammates and my coaches and I thought it was supposed to be internal, that's why I said it. I never said it for it to get outside of those walls.
Those are some of the things that happened and that had gotten out. It's unfortunate that it did, but I understood my role. If I addressed something about where the ball was going, it wasn't necessarily for me to just get the ball [more]. I understood my role. I played with the best receiver in the game in Jerry Rice. I went on to play in Philly where I kind of adopted some of those things along with some of the things I brought to the table to understand the nature of being No. 1 receiver. You have to do the intangibles -- that's blocking, that's being a decoy sometimes and that's really stepping up to the plate when your number is called.
With me having that level of maturity and understanding of the game, I addressed some of those issues. Sometimes balls were being thrown into double-coverage when guys were open, and that's what I wanted to address and bring to the attention of the staff. Some of those things got out, and that's unfortunate. That was me trying to be a leader. That was me trying to be a team player for the betterment of the team because I was brought here to win football games and try to get to the Super Bowl."
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I thought this was an interesting read. I don't believe for a second that TO wasn't self-centered and a locker room cancer during his time in Dallas, but I also think there is probably some amount of truth to what he's saying here. Thoughts?
Terrell Owens thinks Jason Garrett leaked information that got him chased out of Dallas
"Former Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens was the headline at Ticketstock 2016 over the weekend. Here's some things the always entertaining wideout had to say about his time in Dallas:
Why did the Cowboys want to get rid of him:
"There were some things that kind of swirled around right at the end of the 2009 season. I think everybody has heard that there was some rumbling going around, some whispers about me saying that Tony and Witten were drawing up plays, this and that. I understood where I was in my career and I wasn't trying to be divisive in the locker room or anything like that.
Once I got to Dallas, I felt like I had matured a little bit, I wanted to communicate with my head coaches, so if there was anything internal going on, we talked about it, even as a receiver group, whatever is said in that room, stays in that room. There were some things that were leaked out that were supposed to be in house from meetings that myself, Roy Williams and Patrick Crayton had with Jason Garrett. It just so happened, of the four of us -- and maybe five of us with coach [Ray] Sherman -- knowing about that meeting, things got leaked. That's a shame because, of those four guys, outside of Garrett, I'll put my life on it that none of them said anything.
So that's how things started their downspiral and got out of control. I was all about winning, so if there was something that I saw in practice that was happening in games that was causing us to have hardships in games, and even lose games, then I had an issue with it. So if I address something with my teammates and my coaches and I thought it was supposed to be internal, that's why I said it. I never said it for it to get outside of those walls.
Those are some of the things that happened and that had gotten out. It's unfortunate that it did, but I understood my role. If I addressed something about where the ball was going, it wasn't necessarily for me to just get the ball [more]. I understood my role. I played with the best receiver in the game in Jerry Rice. I went on to play in Philly where I kind of adopted some of those things along with some of the things I brought to the table to understand the nature of being No. 1 receiver. You have to do the intangibles -- that's blocking, that's being a decoy sometimes and that's really stepping up to the plate when your number is called.
With me having that level of maturity and understanding of the game, I addressed some of those issues. Sometimes balls were being thrown into double-coverage when guys were open, and that's what I wanted to address and bring to the attention of the staff. Some of those things got out, and that's unfortunate. That was me trying to be a leader. That was me trying to be a team player for the betterment of the team because I was brought here to win football games and try to get to the Super Bowl."
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I thought this was an interesting read. I don't believe for a second that TO wasn't self-centered and a locker room cancer during his time in Dallas, but I also think there is probably some amount of truth to what he's saying here. Thoughts?
