Despite the fact that the Cowboys are still the favorites to win the Super Bowl even though they were beaten with a rubber hose by the Redskins this weekend at home, apparently TO is no longer pleased and is reverting back to old form. And by old form, I mean being a complete self-absorbed prick.
After the game, rather than be a team player and say "We're going to work hard," Owens went into full scale blame mode.
When asked if the ball was thrown his way often enough, Owens said: "I would say no. I'm a competitor, and I want the ball."
Now that's not terrible, but this probably was.
"Everybody recognized that I wasn't really getting the ball in the first half," Owens said. "I'm pretty sure everybody watching the game recognized it, people in the stands recognized it, I think my team recognized it. I didn't quit. I kept fighting and trying to running my routes and trying to get open."
Ok, so does Owens have a point? Uh, no. Dallas ran 58 plays from scrimmage, and the ball was thrown in TO's direction 18 times. In addition to that, Owens also got the ball on two end arounds. That would mean 34% of the time Dallas tried to get Owens the ball. No other Dallas player came even close to that number. And Owens still had 7 catches for 71 yards and a touchdown.
I remember when Owens went into this mode in SF and in Philly. The problem is once it starts, it seemingly doesn't stop until Owens is throwing his quarterback under a bus. He memorably insinuated that Jeff Garcia was gay while in SF, and he did everything but take a dump in McNabb's locker after things went sour in Philly.
So anyway, good luck Cowboys.
And you know there's only one way to solve this. Let Owens throw passes to himself. Although he'd probably still complain about the quarterbacking.
Terrell Owens: I didn't get the ball enough [Cowboys Blog]
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