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      Jerry Jones: ‘I wouldn’t trade Tony Romo for anybody’

      March 25, 2009 /

      Apparently there has been talk recently that Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones would trade Tony Romo for Jay Cutler if he had the opportunity. But Jones recently laughed those rumors off and quickly noted that Romo is still his guy

      He ended his 30-minute session by saying, “I wouldn’t trade Tony for anybody.” I think that was in response to some of the fantasy talk about trading Romo for Jay Cutler. Here’s the other stuff Jones said about Romo:

      “I’ve always been so amused about any talk of Tony and his focus on football and his work ethic,” Jones said. “Tony’s boring. He won’t talk about anything but football and the Cowboys and how to move the ball and what plays we can run. I don’t know if I’ve been around anybody that’s just that into football. I wish he would talk more about spicy things, but I can’t get him to.”

      So other than his desire for Romo to spice up his conversations, Jones seems to feel pretty good about the quarterback. He talked about how pleased he was that wide receiver Roy Williams (remember him?) and Romo have been working out together so much at Valley Ranch. Jones said that Williams showed up for workouts three weeks before the actual voluntary workouts began.

      Romo is at a fork in the road. 2009 will mark his fourth season as a starting quarterback and it seems like he sits right at the edge of very good and great. He has been criticized about his overall desire to play the game of football and his personal life has also been attacked. How he responds will be crucial. Is he a Super Bowl caliber quarterback or a signal caller that needs a lot around him in order to win?

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      Terrell Owens signs with the Buffalo Bills

      March 7, 2009 /

      T.O. has signed with the Buffalo Bills.

      A source told Buffalo News NFL columnist Mark Gaughan that the deal is for one year and is worth $6.5 million guaranteed.

      “I’m leaving America’s team (for) North America’s team,” Owens said at a hastily-called press conference Saturday night.

      “I must move on, and it’s another beginning for me,” Owens said. “If I can be that extra added piece to get them to the playoffs, then that’s what I’m here for. I looked at the defensive side of ball and offensive side of the ball, and these guys have all the pieces.”

      Owens, who was released earlier this week by the Dallas Cowboys, has 951 career receptions for 14,122 yards and 139 touchdowns. He has had nine 1,000-yard receiving seasons during his 13-year NFL career.

      The 35-year-old, who is 6-foot-3, 218 pounds, provides the Bills with a pair of dynamic receivers, also including Lee Evans.

      With a one-year deal, the Bills aren’t taking on much of a risk, but this seems like a desperate move by a muddling franchise. Why add all the drama here? Sure, they have a talented pair of wide receivers, and T.O. usually waits a year before destroying team chemistry, but does is a one-year circus worth it to a team that still needs to retool?

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      Bohls: Releasing T.O. colossally stupid move

      March 6, 2009 /

      Kirk Bohls of the Austin Statesman writes that releasing Terrell Owens was a colossally stupid move by owner Jerry Jones and the Cowboys.

      Terrell OwensLet’s recap this colossally stupid move.

      Jones just cut his leading receiver and arguably his team’s best offensive weapon, who put up 38 touchdowns in three seasons. (Sorry, Jason Witten doesn’t get in the end zone enough, and Roy Williams has not proven he can be a No. 1 receiver.)

      Jones listened to the wrong people and, against his better judgment, sent packing a no-brainer Hall of Famer who should be picked up by the New York Giants to replace their other headache receiver, Plaxico Burress. (TO would get to play the Cowboys and Eagles four times a season, and unlike the G-man packing heat, Owens isn’t facing a suspension by the league or jail time.)

      If Owens was a big problem for Dallas, he was problem No. 8. Or lower.

      There are so many other things wrong with the Cowboys that any annoying distraction Owens brought to the locker room should fall way down the list of the reasons Dallas hasn’t won a playoff game since 1996.

      Here are the Cowboys’ four biggest problem areas:

      General manager.

      Head coach.

      Quarterback.

      Offensive coordinator.

      And those are just for starters.

      Bohls is dead on the money when he says that the Cowboys have bigger issues than T.O., which is why Jerry Jones’ next moves are so pivotal. If he cuts a talent like T.O., but fails to address what else is wrong with Dallas (read Bohls entire piece for how many issues the Cowboys have), then it will be all for naught. It doesn’t make sense to get rid of one destruction force, but then doing nothing to fix the other issues.

      Was releasing T.O. a “colossally stupid move”? I wouldn’t go that far. But I do agree that there are bigger issues at hand and if Jones doesn’t follow through with other changes then yes, releasing Owens would have been pointless.

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      Rosenhaus: T.O. will have contract by end of next week

      March 6, 2009 /

      Perhaps something we all overlooked when the Cowboys released wideout Terrell Owens a couple days ago is that now his agent Drew Rosenhaus is relevant again.

      Rosenhaus apparently has no concerns about finding his client a job and lucky for us, he boastfully even put a time frame on T.O. being signed.

      “These are several teams that are interested in signing Terrell,” Drew Rosenhaus told us Friday morning. “I have been in negotiations with these teams. I will not identify these teams at this time.”
      So how quickly will this process unfold?

      “Terrell and I expect to have a deal in place by the end of next week if not sooner,” Rosenhaus said.

      Riiiight. I don’t doubt Rosenhaus feels that way, but it’s going to be a little tough when NFL teams are tripping over themselves to state publicly that they want nothing to do with the one-man destruction force that is T.O.

      If you’re scoring at home, the Jaguars, Saints, Rams, Raiders, Chargers, Redskins, Titans, Ravens, Browns, Falcons, Vikings and Jets have all publicly stated that they want nothing to do with Owens. And when Al Davis and Daniel Snyder want nothing to do with a player, you know he’s going to have a hard time finding a job.

      Rosenhaus certainly has his hands full because you know T.O. is going to want to go to a competitor. But at this point, maybe the agent should tell his client that if he wants to play, he’d take any deal that’s tossed his way. (I wrote that last sentence while laughing my ass off at the thought of Rosenhaus taking any deal offered to any of his clients.)

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      Cowboys release safety Roy Williams

      March 5, 2009 /

      Well the Cowboys are full of spunk today, aren’t they?

      Following the release of wide receiver Terrell Owens early this morning, Dallas has decided to part ways with safety Roy “Horse Collar” Williams, too, according to the Dallas Morning News. The Cowboys saved a little over $2 million in cap space by cutting the safety now.

      Dallas was trying to find a trade partner for Williams the past two weeks, but obviously they didn’t have much luck. Williams broke his forearm twice last year, but at 28 he still has a couple of productive years left in him. The problem is, he’s essentially an extra linebacker playing safety because he couldn’t cover a one-legged Fat Albert.

      Williams is worth a look for any team that struggled against the run last year because he flies to the football and does his best work around the line of scrimmage. He’d be a good fit for a team that maybe has a developing young safety, but whose run defense could also use a boost. Once again though, he’s absolutely brutal in coverage and gets lost when the ball is in the air.

      I wouldn’t be surprised if Williams was picked up before Owens is. The need for safeties in the NFL is enormous and there are a couple of veterans on the market that should be signed soon, including Mike Brown, Jermaine Phillips and Darren Sharper. Surprisingly, Sean Jones is still on the market as well, and the Browns have showed little urgency to retain the 27-year old, who might just be the best strong safety available.

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