2008 Woodie Awards
Cono's Corner: TO forced to find himself a brand new home...
Steve Conoscenti
Issue date: 3/23/06 Section: Sports
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The announcement of Terrell Owens: Episode Three came less than a week ago, but it already received one bold review from commissioner Paul Tagliabue. He didn't rank it using the star system, he didn't give it a thumbs up or thumbs down. Instead, he announced that he will be leaving the league this July. Not exactly the reaction Jerry Jones and the rest of the creative team behind Episode Three were looking for.
Of course commissioner Tagliabue's decision to retire in July has nothing to do with Terrell Owens or the Cowboys, but some NFL fans, like me, think that Tagliabue is getting out at the right time. This is not to say that the TO experiment will be as much of a failure in Dallas as it was in Philly and San Francisco, but the potential is certainly there.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is confident, and although I think the likeliness of disaster is high, Jones has a point. In the press conference held to unveil Owens' new number 81, Jones explained multiple times why this will work out for both his Cowboys and Owens. His reasoning is that Owens is now a more educated person because of his past conflicts with other teams. His exact quote is:
"It's more than his word, it's about logic. This is an opportunity for him to basically put it all together and come in here and have a very positive experience. Whoever got him after those two experiences was going to get a more knowledgeable and educated player." (ESPN.com)
Keyword: logic. I don't know what rock Mr. Jones has been living under the past two years, but the word "logical" is not a word anyone would use to describe Terrell Owens. We're talking about a man who openly said he thought his team would be better with a different quarterback. The same guy who took questions from reporters while playing basketball in his driveway. The same guy who stood in the center of the star right on the middle of his new home field and danced before getting leveled.
As I previously mentioned, Owens has had no problems calling out his teammates, especially his quarterback. Donovan McNabb is what you would probably consider a top tier quarterback in the NFL, yet TO couldn't find a comfort zone. His new quarterback is Drew Bledsoe. Big name, declining game. At this point in his career he is no Donovan McNabb. You have to wonder how long it will take before Owens starts to dog Bledsoe in the media.