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Wednesday, 3/4

The Dallas Cowboys have released controversial wide receiver Terrell Owens, sources told ESPN's Michael Smith late Wednesday.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones did not deny the team is discussing the possible release of Owens in late February.

"There are several decisions on our roster we have to look at," Jones said at the time. "This is the time of year we do that. I'm not trying to be trite, but as you all know we're evaluating players in college, we're evaluating free agents and we're evaluating our own roster. This is an ongoing thing, not any different than this time last year."

The Cowboys paid Owens a $12 million signing bonus just last year, included as part of a new four-year, $34 million deal.

There has been talk since the end of the Cowboys' 9-7 season, in which they missed the playoffs, that they would consider cutting Owens to improve moral in the locker room.

Not only did Owens have relationship issues with quarterback Tony Romo and tight end Jason Witten, but the receiver consistently criticized offensive coordinator Jason Garrett's play calling and his offensive schemes to the point that sources say Garrett does not believe they can coexist.

While the Cowboys were trying to downplay a possible rift between Owens and Witten during the season, the two reportedly came close to blows on in mid-December.

An incident occurred at the Cowboys' training facility when Witten tried to engage Owens in a conversation about a pass route. Owens told Witten to stay away from him and called him a name. The two exchanged words before being separated.

The confrontation came a day after a source told ESPN that Owens believed Romo and Witten -- close friends and road roommates -- hold private meetings and create plays without including Owens.

Owens caught 69 passes for 1,052 yards and 10 touchdowns this season.

I love this move.

This is gonna give Roy his chance to be the big target.
We still have Crayton and Austin who are young and have proven they can step up.

Yes this is gonna effect our output on offensive, but this is gonna let this young grouyp blossum into better ones. No more I want the ball, from T.O.'s mouth.

I think the bigger question we have to ask ourselves now is, Is this the end of T.O.? Teams in the NFL know what kind of a cancer he can be on the field and in the locker room, and as we've seen in recent years, the aging veteran, while still a good, effective player, isn't nearly the play maker he once was several years ago.

So is there a team desperate enough to improve their receiving game by taking a gamble on the trouble making, aging receiver, whom I believe will be 34/35 next season?

T.O. in philly? are you retarded, he Destroyed that team. i think al davis is gonna jump alll over T.O xd

i did read what u said and still the thought of TO going to philly is retarded

It wont really matter. TO was a big problem for many teams on off the field and for opposing teams. He would probably be what is called a world killer. No matter what he does and where he plays, the only thing he brings is trouble and problems. He is a great player and if he only kept himself in check, he could have been the greatest thing ever in either Philadelphia or Dallas. But as things have gone, a potential player better than any other and maybe even more than Jerry Rice, it was flushed down the tube just like Randy Moss.

it wont matter where he goes. unless of course it is to a team that still believes in summinary discipline. twisted

T.O.'s not going back on the 49ers 3nodding