Dear Terrell Owens,
It’s been said there’s no crying in baseball. And based on the physical and mental toughness it takes to play football, I assumed crying was prohibited on the gridiron too.
Apparently, I was wrong.
Because after your Dallas Cowboys lost a home playoff game this past Sunday to the underdog New York Giants, you decided to go all Dick Vermeil at your press conference.
You tearfully explained to the world how “unfair” it would be for the media to “point the finger” at quarterback Tony Romo or “talk about the vacation” he took South of the Border with his gal pal, Jessica Simpson.
“That’s my teammate,” you said before pausing to sniffle dramatically. “That’s my quarterback.”
That’s when I knew something had gone horrifically wrong.
You’re T.O. You don’t come to the defense of your quarterbacks; you throw them under the bus. That’s your thing.
Don’t you remember when you implied in an interview with Playboy that Jeff Garcia was gay?
I believe your exact words were, “If it looks like a rat, and smells like a rat, by golly it is a rat.”
And what about Donovan McNabb? While you were out with a fractured fibula, he led the Eagles to Super Bowl XXXIX. You returned for the big game, played well, and thanked McNabb for a great season by insinuating that the loss was on him.
I believe your exact words were, “I wasn't the guy who got tired in the Super Bowl.”
You can’t actually expect me to believe those tears were really for your quarterback. There has to be something else at play here.
Perhaps your crying jag was less about Mr. Romo and more about the Cowboys’ woeful underachievement in the playoffs. With 11 Pro Bowlers and the No. 1 seed in the NFC, America's Team was the odds-on favorite to win the conference and march into the Super Bowl. But your offense, a certified juggernaut during the regular season, only managed 17 points against an injury-riddled Giant secondary that, truth be told, wasn’t so good when it was healthy.
Instead of glory and immortality, you guys got bubkes.
Somehow, I think that hurts you more than the inevitable media pounding Romo is going to take this offseason.
I'll probably never know what really made you cry, T.O. But what I do know is that somewhere down the road, when times are tough in Big D and the Cowboys’ offense is struggling to get you the rock, the guy who once famously said, “I love me some me” will be all too eager to throw his quarterback under the bus.
Because that's what he does best.
I’ll definitely have my popcorn ready for that one.
Warmest regards,
Dave
28 comments Last one added about 1 year ago — Leave a Comment
Fuad Conteh about 1 year ago
I thought it was fake...I mean he had on his glasses so you can't tell for sure. He was just acting.
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John Fennelly about 1 year ago
Skip Bayless of ESPN calls Owens "T.O. -Team Obliterator"
I normally disagree with Skip on most things, but there's no way I disagree with him here.
PLUS
This Cowboy team no longer has the leadership in place to be a player in years to come. Remember, it was Parcells that pulled this team out of the trash. He's gone now and so is Jeff Ireland. Pretty soon many more key personnel will be gone as well
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Paul Hamm about 1 year ago
T.O. is a phoney losing couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
A teacher once told me students who wear their hats backwards once they pass the age of 12 are typically at the bottom of the educated pole. Maybe if dopey Romo turned his hat around and entered the real world the plowboys might have a chance next year.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Hey...I wear my hat backwards everyday. That's just how we roll in So Cal....T.O. is @#$%^&* and got everything he deserves.
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Paul Gillon about 1 year ago
Have a fatal heart attack. Better yet have a debilitating stroke. One that confines you to a wheel chair drooling and defecating all over yourself! If anyone is a @#$%^&* its you!
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Chris Theman about 1 year ago
no its okay like I said his teacher probably said that while Paul was blowing him..
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paul pliml about 1 year ago
By the way, that is a different "Paul", Chris. It is ironic how we seem to have the same veiws though.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
it wasn't fake but he cried not because he was worried and loves Romo, but he cried because he was disappointed they lost. I agree with Boomer Esiason. TO is not all there. but I love how the media embrace him for crying. they all say he's got Romo's back. I'm not surprised by their reaction. a lot of phonies in the media. you people don't fool me.
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Sebastian about 1 year ago
I doubt it was fake.
You guys can call him a bitch if you want and say he's soft, but unless you've got a stable of all-star receivers, you would still want him on your team.
It used to be that TO was a team cancer. Now he's a team player. But people will still find ways to complain.
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Dave Metrick about 1 year ago
He'll be a team cancer again. Just you wait and see. People don't change.
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paul pliml about 1 year ago
I won't say he's a b*tch for crying, but he's a professional. Act like you've lost or been disappointed before. Romo didn't break down in (fake) tears, hidden by glasses when he spoke to the media.
TO never has been and never will be a team player. If he was, he wouldn't have even mentioned Romo's "vacation". He should have left it at they lost as a team and not added fuel to the fire of Romo's poor decision.
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Sebastian about 1 year ago
Newsflash, Paul. TO bought Romo a trip to Mexico as a make-up gesture after making the joke about Jessica Simpson a few weeks earlier. He didn't bring up the Mexico trip, it was raised in conversation with the media.
He's not adding fuel to the fire. But I guess ESPN didn't tell you that.
And as for acting like you've lost before-- I fail to see the logic in that point. Acting like you've lost before seems to be way too complacent a stance to take and something I would hope never happens to players on my team. I don't want my players to accept losing.
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Smith J. Howard about 1 year ago
Call me crazy, but I actually liked seeing this side of T.O.
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Aaron Keel about 1 year ago
That's the problem with T.O., no matter what he does he'll lose. Some of that is the fault of no one but himself but a lot of that is the fault of the media.
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Sebastian about 1 year ago
Agreed. TO the angry teammate may have been the truth, but TO the monster is purely the media's creation.
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Michael Bolding about 1 year ago
HAHAHA T.O is a great reciever when every1 thought he was old and his skills were diminishing he goes out and has a hell of a season then loses in the playoffs because he cant win there. Then to save face with the media he balls with cameras rolling this guy is really somthing else.
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paul pliml about 1 year ago
I think the tears were real (not really) and they definitely weren't sincere. I love the people who say "I'm glad to see this side of him" or think that T.O. actually cares about other people. Guess what, he's still the selfish, brash, attention starved, pass dropping, can't get it done in the post season hack he's always been.
Honestly, if you think about what he said, he never put any of the blame on himself. Yeah, he said the cliche "we lost as a team", but no sh*t. I think we all know it's a team game. The quivering lips and pouty face were somewhat believable, but take off the shades ( you were inside after all) and talk to the media and fans like a man.
"It's not fair, man!" Hey guess what, life isn't fair. Hey Owens, kindergarteners want their crybaby antics back. Seriously, you're a "professional" athlete, act like one.
I question what he was really crying about. Was it failing to produce a W in yet another post season game? Is he crying because Romo is getting more press than he is? He's probably crying because he realizes that he isn't the best receiver in the league and that his time is running short on getting to the Super Bowl and actually winnning it.
Maybe he realized that he's not even the "original 81". Last I checked, the league was numbers between 00-99, 81 being one of those long before he came into the league. Maybe he's crying cuz he won't get to say "get your popcorn ready" anymore this season. Whatever it is, it's not because he sincerely cares about his team or "his quarterback". Don't for one second think it's any reason outside of himself or cuz he genuinely cares.
Oh wait I got it, TO just realized he's a bum.
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chris theman about 1 year ago
again
THE MEDIA FUCKING SUCKS
How many of you have ever played football. Ive been playing for 12 years. When you lose a game like that you shoulda won, then blow away, after going 13-3. your going to get emotion. The character of T.O. is a media creation, Now mind you he is probably bi-polar, but still it hurts. I didnt even play and im just a fan and it fucking hurt. You people are so fucking stupid.
and PAUL, what the fuck is he going to say it wasnt T.O.s fault anyway jackass... it was the teams, again i say...
When you have 11 penalties for over a hundred yards your not going to beat anybody.
When you have 2 crucial Defensive offside penalties on 3rd downs where you STOP the other team, thats when you lose the game
When you have receiver such as Patrick Crayton and Anthony Fasano dropping would be Touchdown passes, thats when you lose the game.
when you have 101 yards rushing in the first half and then completely abandon the run in the second half, thats when you lose the game.
Paul what the fuck are you talking about, i wear my hat backwards, thats not gonna stop me from graduating college you dumb fuck... did your teacher tell you that while you were blowing him...
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paul pliml about 1 year ago
"Yeah, he said the cliche "we lost as a team", but no sh*t. I think we all know it's a team game. "
Read and comprehend Chris. I said it was "cliche", you do know what that means right?
"Paul what the fuck are you talking about, i wear my hat backwards, thats not gonna stop me from graduating college you dumb fuck... did your teacher tell you that while you were blowing him..."
It's so easy I shouldn't even respond to this, but what the heck. Since you're going to get soo bent out of shape over my opinion, why not? Honestly, how much time did it take for you to think of something sooooo original. You're in college? Which instituition accepted your low mediocre SAT/ACT score and lack of orginal process into it's halls?
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Chris Theman about 1 year ago
i dont think they were fake tears, he lost, and skip bayless is a faggot plain and simple, paul i sware to god if i were to ever catch you on the street
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paul pliml about 1 year ago
Don't make me laugh. Are you that much of an idiot as to threaten someone over the internet. Wow.
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Chris Theman about 1 year ago
yea paul my bad man, i was just frustrated.....
^ this woulda been my responce, if i had not read the comment that paul put
and as far as what college i go too.. im not gonna tell you you could be a stalker...lol but I will say for my sake that I had a high ACT score, 51/60 i believe, and my sat score was pretty good too, but Im in school now on a football scholarship so bite me
but yea i mean the threatening thing was out of line and I do say my bad for that
i fight for my team man
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
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Bryan Milward about 1 year ago
Those of you who are dissing TO and calling him a fake for that are just (understandably so) judging him by his behavior before with the Eagles and 49ers. But do you really believe he faked that? That he practiced crying on the spot just in case they lost? No way. It's like saying Adam Morrison was faking it when he cried after Gonzaga got beat by UCLA. TO was emotional after the loss and admirably defended his teammate who is almost as much of a lightning rod as TO is at the moment.
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Jason Hays about 1 year ago
You guys are all the same...when T.O. signed the deal to go to Dallas, everyone said it would be a fresh start for T.O., but then no one wants to give him a fresh start. People have to hate on him because of his mistakes in San Fran and Philli. I understand that he isn't the best guy in the world, but everone on the Cowboys said he is a good teamate and that is good enough for me. And why are we making a big deal about T.O. when other guys like Pacman Jones gets kicked out of the league and it still isn't as "newsworthy" as when T.O. sneezes.
You guys are simple minded people who don't realise that maybe, just maybe, T.O. changed because he is on his last chance, and has a legit chance at a championship.
You guys are pathetic.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
TO was keeping it real man. He could've thrown Romo and the team under the bus, but that wasn't the case. TO is a a superstar athlete who has done it his way for numerous years. He lands at a place that has brought him in like family and sees that they can actually make it to the Superbowl. But wait, he ends up injured weeks before, goes through major self intensive therapy and wills his way back to play vs. The Giants...only to see it all wither away. To put so much effort, blood, sweat, tears and sharing it with his family team...The Dallas Cowboys. Heck, man. I probably would've cried too man if I was seeing it all fade away in an instant. At 34, the guy is seeing the end of his career. That's one of the old ones in the NFL and puts you in different perspective. There's no doubt TO is an emotional guy..yelling, screaming....so why is crying called a fake? Its all part of the package and not inconsistent with who TO is. If anything, I see TO maturity coming to full blossom. I believe he wants to win the big one so bad.
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Jared Lilly about 1 year ago
man i cried too, those were sincere, TO finally found a quarterback he likes and hes a changed man, look how he got along wit Garcia at the Pro-bowl
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Al S about 1 year ago
Chris from a month ago, my gosh how tough you are, with all of your epithets spewing out of your mouth. Big flipping deal. You play football? For who the Flamingo Limp Wrists??? I HAVE played football in the PAST, and 1st and foremost, TO should have NEVER been signed by Jerry Jones and the Cowboys.
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