Saturday, December 13, 2008

Its Time

For the yearly TO meltdown in Dallas. Every time there is a news story about the Dallas Cowboys the theme to the old tv show Dallas needs to be the bed music.

Terrel Owens has been vocal in the past few days about his quarterback...as he has done in the past when he burned down the 49ers and the Eagles after that. TO seems to have a limited life span as a team player.

As long as he feels he is getting the ball he is happy, when he feels he isn't getting enough attention he is unhappy. This past week he claimed that Tony Romo and Jason Witten have been drawing up secret plays to freeze TO out of the game.

Well lets see if TO has a beef here.
Week 12 vs. the 49ers TO had 7 receptions for 213 and 1 td.
Week 13 vs. the Seahawks TO had 5 receptions for 98 and 1 td.
Week 14 vs. the Steelers TO had 3 for 32 and 1 td.
Those are good numbers.
Let's take a look at Witten's numbers.

Week 12 vs. the 49ers Witten had 1 for 11 yards.
Week 13 vs. the Seahawks Witten had 9 for 115 and 1 td.
Week 14 vs. the Steelers Witten had 6 for 62.

So TO had 15 receptions and Witten had 16. TO had 2 more tds and 155 more yards than Witten. I can't find a dropped balls stat but I'm sure it is out there somewhere and I would almost wager that TO had more dropped passes.

Look as much as it pains me TO is likely a hall of fame receiver. The thing is that Witten might as well be a hall of fame tight end and is one of the best tight ends in the game right now.

So since the numbers really don't make TO's argument there has to be something else eating at TO. He is just another NFL diva receiver who doesn't appreciate his status in life right now.

He has made generational money. He gets paid to play a game he loves. He is featured on one of the most popular teams in the NFL. What exactly is eating TO? I believe he might have some psychological imbalance where he can never be satisfied. He appears to be jealous of Jason Witten. That's kind of cute but not very professional.

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