Zoners: Why is T.O. upset?

[CNY Cowboy]

Who here is surprised at his reactions of pointing fingers (if thats what he's doing) after a loss.

T.O. has an ego as big as the outdoors and when he can't showcase his talents, he gets angry and defensive.

We love him when he catches TD's for us but when he points fingers when we lose, we're surprised.

Gentlemen, A leopard can't change his spots ,and if you think he can you're going to be disappointed with T.O. I'm afraid.

He's a great talent ,but your going to have to put up with his antics if you want him on your team.

In this case I'm not sure he said anything wrong. I think this is ESPN is editing his remarks and trying to start a controversy

 

[Serj07]

I think TO might've been a little upset after last weekend... I think we had a lousy gameplan on offense, and no heart on Defense.

We must go thru barber, not TO - even if we are passing it to barber, he's our spark! he gets us going mentally, not TO (who STILL has too many drops.) Think of how great his career would've been w/o all these silly drops?

 

[Doomsday101]

You didn't play, why did it pain you?

Because like many I'm a true diehard fan and I hate to see the team lose but in the end I'm not going to take the abuse they will or be second guessed. Fans can do or say what they want but none of it is on them they answer for nothing. In all the years of playing sports the 1st thing I learned is you are not going to win all the time and you will find out what your team is made of by how they rebound from a bad game.

 

[tyke1doe]

This is what you get when you sign a T.O.

You're not getting a person who's going to take one for the team.

He's going to let everyone know, through the media, that it's all about him.

 

[DallasEast]

I may be wrong, I haven't been able to gather enough to say I'm not, ... but I think when he said 'when he gets the ball the offense moves and when he doesn't it stagnates', he was talking about all teams he has been with and all offenses he has played on, ... not the Commanders game alone.

Of course that's not the way BSPN has portrayed it but we'll see.

He should really learn to give "generic, coachspeak" answers when the media asks him stuff.

Calvin Hill needs to school him on how to answer without making himself look bad or opening himself up for criticism.

Bottom line is we have way more important issues to deal with as a team than this.

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[AmishCowboy]

Because he is TO, and that is what he does. It is what most diva WR have done in the past whether it is Andre Reed or Jerry Rice.

Add Jerry Rice, Michael Irvin, Chad Johnson, Keyshawn Johnson, and Sterling Sharpe to that list. All Great WR's have big ego's.

 

[BHendri5]

a lot of you people are funny, you guys know what the media does, but yet since you are upset because we lost you take what the media wants you to hear and start bashing T.O.

T.O. was thrown to 17 times, and handed the ball 2 or 3 times, he caught 7/8 passes, he dropped 2 badly thrown passes, one could have been a TD if he would have caught it, after doing a 180 to even get his hands on it, but the most important thing is would he have been able to get both feet in bounds, from the replay if he had caught it he would have been ruled out of bounds.

I love Romo, I think he is the best QB in the NFL, but he was late all day yesterday. He made shawn springs look like he was an all pro, in fact he made all the skins DBs look good yesterday.

the other dropped pass by T.O. was thrown late and a little behind in which T.O. slipped trying to stop to catch the pass.

The other passes was thrown so late that Springs was able toget there in time to kncok them down, oh and the pass that was intercepted if thrown on time Austin would have clearly had the first down and maybe more yardage.

The whole gameplan was bad, the team out played and the coaches out coached.

That 12 men on the field penalty was really a killer in time left on the clock points and us using timeouts. I have said since last season that those stupid penalties would cost us a game, that penalty along with the game plan and OUR team thinking (this is my perception) that they can overcome any mishap, (and against some teams they can, but this season within the division, no way)Wade has to get them out of that frame of mind.

I really hope that this is Wade's last season. I am ready for Garrett, I wanted Garrett form the jump, but he is not blameless, he contributed to the loss as well.

 

[robjgrif]

I really don't see how this is an issue. It's happened before, it will happen again should we lose, and it's never been anything more than frustrated talk after a loss.

It means nothing.

Is it me or more is the media really making this into a bigger issure than it really is. Yes its the media and the fan base. TO is TO. He is what he is. I chalk this up as just a fustrated player venting after the game. I've read many of post on this forum saying fire Wade, Stewart, players this players that... Are we not simply doing the same as TO. Venting!

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Because he hates to lose.

Absolutely and thats what I love about this game.


But... he talked about how he was gonna make up for last week and all that happened was:

• he dropped a few
• Romo and TO were out of sync
• ref's could have called one or two PI calls on Defenders of TO

He wanted to do more but he kept us in game with his hard earned TD.


The guy is fragile. This is nothing new.

 

[Boysboy]

LOL @ this thread! TO gets so much flack for being very upset, but Bradie gets a pass for showing alot of indifference?:bang2:

 

[Boysboy]

Is it me or more is the media really making this into a bigger issure than it really is. Yes its the media and the fan base. TO is TO. He is what he is. I chalk this up as just a fustrated player venting after the game. I've read many of post on this forum saying fire Wade, Stewart, players this players that... Are we not simply doing the same as TO. Venting!

Like I said-if TO ever goes down with a season ending, all of the haters on this board will all of a sudden realize how important he is to our offense.

Go ahead-hate away!

 

[Blue&Silver]

Is just TO being TO. Clearly having 18 passes thrown your way isn't enough. I hope a lesson was learned.

 

[bbgun]

Bethesda, MD: Michael, I haven't heard much of this mentioned on the air, but why did Jason Garrett decide to abandon the run against the Commanders? It almost seemed like he was totally reliant on past history (see last year's game against us) in determining how to attack us despite their success this year in running Jones and Barber.

Michael Wilbon: Ah, yes...that's the way I kind of read it, too. I want to hear his day-after analysis, which we won't get until about 4 p.m. But whatever the reason it was silly...The Cowboys, to me, don't appear to be especially well coached. And I certainly don't think Wade Phillips is what you call "in control" of the team. T.O. is about one frustration from meltdown, Bad Teammate T.O. His team loses and all he's concerned about are his touches? What a sorry excuse for a teammate. Great player, dreadful teammate. I think you can check the record of my position on T.O. I wouldn't have him on my team for love nor money. And I'm on the record for three years as saying the Cowboys are overrated. They've got some Mets in 'em...Great front-runners...not so tough nor smart since Aikman/Smith/Irvin and the boys...

 

[Boysboy]

Bethesda, MD: Michael, I haven't heard much of this mentioned on the air, but why did Jason Garrett decide to abandon the run against the Commanders? It almost seemed like he was totally reliant on past history (see last year's game against us) in determining how to attack us despite their success this year in running Jones and Barber.

Michael Wilbon: Ah, yes...that's the way I kind of read it, too. I want to hear his day-after analysis, which we won't get until about 4 p.m. But whatever the reason it was silly...The Cowboys, to me, don't appear to be especially well coached. And I certainly don't think Wade Phillips is what you call "in control" of the team. T.O. is about one frustration from meltdown, Bad Teammate T.O. His team loses and all he's concerned about are his touches? What a sorry excuse for a teammate. Great player, dreadful teammate. I think you can check the record of my position on T.O. I wouldn't have him on my team for love nor money. And I'm on the record for three years as saying the Cowboys are overrated. They've got some Mets in 'em...Great front-runners...not so tough nor smart since Aikman/Smith/Irvin and the boys...

For the record, Wilbon is a BEARS fan b/c he's a Chicago native. So it's not like he's a Commanders homer.

With that being said-the first highlighted sentence seems to ring true more than anything else.

 

[Bleu Star]

Finally, I am on the anti-T.O. side this week......

Make up your mind. No one likes a flip flopper.

It's sad how:

a. Yet another I hate TO topic has to spawn because no one can read and find the ones that already exist and add to them.

b. TO says one thing to the press only to have it smacked up, flipped, and rubbed down into something totally extreme...


Question: Do you think you had enough touches?

His exact words:

"I would say no. I'm a competitor, and I want the ball," said Owens, who had seven catches for 71 yards. He also scored on a 10-yard pass in the third quarter that tied the score, 17-17.

"Everybody recognized that I wasn't really getting the ball in the first half," Owens said. "I'm pretty sure everybody watching the game recognized it, people in the stands recognized it. I think my team recognized it.

"I didn't quit. I kept fighting and trying to keep running my routes and trying to get open."

What do we expect a competitor to say when asked that question? Remember. We're talking about TO here. You're going the get the straight shot from him every time. He was targeted 7 times in the 1st half and made two catches. He had a drop or two but a few of those passes were uncharacteristic of Romo. IMO, this was TO's way of jolting Romo into refraining from believing the hype (which I believe Romo is doing) and getting back to business. Whether we choose to believe it or not (we includes TO) this team lives or dies with Romo. We cannot keep strolling down the dusty trail of last minute desperation drives to try and win close games. We should be on the other side of that coin by now...

It's TO's fault..

It's Romo's fault...

51 other guys need to grow a pair...

The coaching staff needs to quickly put that atrocity behind them and get these boys ready to play on Sunday both mentally as well as physically. My point? There's enough blame to go around and we don't know what happens behind closed doors. Perhaps Romo gets coddled in every way and is never made accountable for his mistakes. I guess yet another 300+ yard passing game is enough to forget the fact that he has done something totally off the wall and turned the ball over now for the 7th straight game... Meanwhile... average run of the mill QBs are having perfect games.

 

[silver]

we'll be fine when other receivers pick up the slack and make teams worry about them. having our second best receiver (witten) nicked is hurting TO more than anything else. crayton and austin need to step up and take some of the one on one coverages they're seeing and score more often. Teams will double and triple TO if nobody else steps up.

 

[Nors]

I'm not sure what TO said wrong? Not sure what is not being reported here but what I have read here - no controversy.

 

[gocowboys25]

T.O. was thrown to 17 times, and handed the ball 2 or 3 times, he caught 7/8 passes, he dropped 2 badly thrown passes, one could have been a TD if he would have caught it, after doing a 180 to even get his hands on it, but the most important thing is would he have been able to get both feet in bounds, from the replay if he had caught it he would have been ruled out of bounds.

I think this says it all, Garrett seemed to game plan for T.O and not for the Commanders. They tried to have him come up and carry the ball just to get him touches and yet nothing worked, to the credit of the Commanders(hate to admit that). I really don't think the coaching staff could have given him more chances then they did sunday. Romo even threw to T.O three straight times for 3 and out. I just think they're trying to hard to get him the ball and they're forgetting what has helped them win the last few weeks....RUNNING THE BALL! :starspin

 

[kmd24]

I guess I don't understand the big deal. It's on Romo to shrug it off, and he has shown an ability to do so thus far. I think he realizes that TO is vital to the team's success. Fortunately this isn't the fragile-egoed McNabb we're talking about.

 

[ladiewolve]

Make up your mind. No one likes a flip flopper.

It's sad how:

a. Yet another I hate TO topic has to spawn because no one can read and find the ones that already exist and add to them.

b. TO says one thing to the press only to have it smacked up, flipped, and rubbed down into something totally extreme...


Question: Do you think you had enough touches?

His exact words:


What do we expect a competitor to say when asked that question? Remember. We're talking about TO here. You're going the get the straight shot from him every time. He was targeted 7 times in the 1st half and made two catches. He had a drop or two but a few of those passes were uncharacteristic of Romo. IMO, this was TO's way of jolting Romo into refraining from believing the hype (which I believe Romo is doing) and getting back to business. Whether we choose to believe it or not (we includes TO) this team lives or dies with Romo. We cannot keep strolling down the dusty trail of last minute desperation drives to try and win close games. We should be on the other side of that coin by now...

It's TO's fault..

It's Romo's fault...

51 other guys need to grow a pair...

The coaching staff needs to quickly put that atrocity behind them and get these boys ready to play on Sunday both mentally as well as physically. My point? There's enough blame to go around and we don't know what happens behind closed doors. Perhaps Romo gets coddled in every way and is never made accountable for his mistakes. I guess yet another 300+ yard passing game is enough to forget the fact that he has done something totally off the wall and turned the ball over now for the 7th straight game... Meanwhile... average run of the mill QBs are having perfect games.

Thank you! best post of the day as far as I'm concerned! :clap2: