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3.05.2009

Terrell Owens wants to ruin your team next!




ESPN is reporting that Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has released Terrell Owens to be free to ruin some other NFL teams clubhouse for the next season. For the past few months, everyone in the media has been speculating about whether or not T.O. would be released. Repeatedly, Jones has said if he wanted to release him he would have done it already. T.O. now becomes a free agent, and regardless of how horrific he has been historically to team chemistry, NFL teams are going to begin a feeding frenzy.

A couple of places that will be likely destinations for T.O. come next fall are Indy (without Marvin Harrison) and the NY Giants (Plaxico-less as of right now). There's no denying T.O.'s athletic ability, but really, everywhere he goes his teammates get fed up with him quick.


The Dallas Cowboys have released controversial wide receiver Terrell Owens,
sources told ESPN's Michael Smith
late Wednesday
.

In late February, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones did not
deny the team was discussing the possible release of Owens. Owens' future was
brought up again in meetings at Valley Ranch on Wednesday, but Jones had not
made a final decision when most people left the building, a source told
ESPN.com's Matt Mosley.

"There are several decisions on our roster we
have to look at," Jones said in February. "This is the time of year we do that.
I'm not trying to be trite, but as you all know we're evaluating players in
college, we're evaluating free agents and we're evaluating our own roster. This
is an ongoing thing, not any different than this time last year."

The
team did not immediately have a comment. A spokesman for Owens said he hadn't
heard the news, and that the receiver was traveling and could not immediately be
reached, the Associated Press reported.

The Cowboys paid Owens a $12
million signing bonus just last year, included as part of a new four-year, $34
million deal. Dallas will take a roughly $9 million salary cap hit with the
release of Owens.

There has been talk since the end of the Cowboys' 9-7
season, in which they missed the playoffs, that they would consider cutting
Owens to improve locker room morale.

Not only did Owens have
relationship issues with quarterback Tony Romo and tight end Jason Witten, but
the receiver consistently criticized offensive coordinator Jason Garrett's play
calling and his offensive schemes to the point that sources have said Garrett
did not believe they could coexist.

While the Cowboys were trying to
downplay a possible rift between Owens and Witten during the season, the two
reportedly came close to blows in mid-December.

An incident occurred at
the Cowboys' training facility when Witten tried to engage Owens in a
conversation about a pass route. Owens told Witten to stay away from him and
called him a name. The two exchanged words before being separated.


The confrontation came a day after a source told ESPN that Owens
believed Romo and Witten -- close friends and road roommates -- hold private
meetings and create plays without including Owens.

I see T.O. catching passes from one of the Manning brothers in the not too distant future. Either that or Al Davis makes him the highest paid player in football.

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