Advice for Jerry Jones: Keep Terrell Owens

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:24:00 -0400

To: Jerry Jones, Owner and General Manager of the Dallas Cowboys

Re: Terrell Eldorado Owens

Mr. Jones,

I read the reports from your recent press conference in which you scolded the media for their insatiable need to get an update on whether Terrell Owens will remain on the Cowboys roster for the 2009 season. On the heels of that, the chattering class is now of the belief that you will keep the statistically viable receiver, despite his combustible, controversial ways, that have been discussed ad nausea since late in the season. Many folks will tell you to cut ties with the former Niners and Eagles star, whose tenure in those cities ended with all the warmth of prisoner exchange, before the vibe in Valley Ranch grows more poisonous.

My advice: Keep TO.

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Hey Brett...Don't let the door hit you on the way out

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:37:00 -0400

Before discussing Mark Sanchez, Manny Ramirez and “Lost”…

Until the 2009 NFL regular season begins, I will not be 100 percent convinced that Brett Favre is done, even following the news that he submitted his formal retirement papers with the league office. I mean, there are ample reasons to be skeptical of an athlete who made Sugar Ray Leonard seem almost decisive about his career plans in comparison. This back and forth, the "will he or won’t he" return drama made has been more annoying than any B-grade soap opera plot. His prima donna ways of holding up the Packers plans probably made even Madonna cringe.

Needless to say, I am not sad that, if it is true, Brett Favre is done. Hallelujah.

Yes, the gunslinger from Kiln, Mississippi was, at his peak, one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history and has nearly every major league passing record, three most valuable player awards (the last one coming in 1997) and a Super Bowl trophy to show for it. Outside of Barry Sanders, Favre was the most exciting player in the league, must-see TV for sure. He took chances that even the most brazen criminal might deem too risky, played through every bump and bruise and did it all with a John Wayne movie star flair. With that said…

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Advice for Jerry Jones: Keep Terrell Owens

Hey Brett...Don't let the door hit you on the way out