Separated is not came to blows as you claimed.
Occam's razor says being 35 and less productive is the real reason for release
I said it was reported they came to blows and it was by at least one source at the time. The article I posted said they nearly came to blows that's not good enough for you? You said you follow the team very closely and never heard anything about TO and Witten having a confrontation but the article I posted proves they did. Even though team sources confirmed there was a confrontation both TO and Witten denied it. Immediately after the 08 season Jerry did a radio interview with Norm Hitzges and the Witten/TO altercation as well as everything else that went down with TO during the final month of the season was discussed. Norm asked Jerry if it would work with TO on the team going forward and Jerry said he believed it could work so there was clearly an issue with TO. Jerry said he wasn't going to release him but a few weeks later a report surfaced on this board that Stephen and Jerry had a heated argument over TO and that Stephen didn't want him on the team. That argument had nothing to do with TO's age or him being less productive because he produced over 1000 yards and 10 TD's in 2008. The argument had to do with team chemistry and TO being a distraction.
Jerry denied that Stephen was lobbying to cut TO. When TO was finally released after weeks of speculation Jerry said his release had nothing to do with any issues with him but that the team wanted to go with their younger receivers. LOL Jerry wasn't about to admit the real reason he cut TO he made no mention about wanting to go with his younger receivers during interviews immediately after the season. The Cowboys ended up replacing TO with Patrick Crayton who was a slot receiver and Roy Williams who was a #2 receiver to start the 09 season. In 08 Crayton and Roy Williams combined didn't put up the yards and TD's TO did. Miles Austin wouldn't have never gotten an opportunity to start during the 09 season had Roy Williams not gotten injured. TO was released because he became a distraction like he did in SF and Philly. Things would start off great with him initially then rifts between him and his QB's would occur. He was having a rift with Romo because he thought Romo and Witten were holding private meetings excluding him.
After TO was released he made some comments that weren't exactly flattering about Romo. Prior to the Cowboys/Eagles matchup in the season finale this past season TO said on NFLN that he thought the Cowboys had a better chance to win with Kyle Orton at QB which proves he's still harboring ill feelings towards Romo. It's normal for a WR to want the ball but when they require a certain number of catches each week to keep them happy and begin having issues with their QB when they're not involved enough that's not healthy for a team. The Cowboys entered the 09 season wanting Romo to spread the ball around which was another indication that he was having to force balls to TO to keep him happy. We see it all the time on video of TO looking in the camera yelling I LOVE ME SOME ME because he was a ME guy not a team guy.
