Haha. Anyhow, I just got done reading an article over at nfl.com (http://nfl.com/news/story/9882866) and it just got me overly frustrated. We all knew that after this offseason things were going to change quite a bit with the addition of Mr. Owens. The naysayers and even the mildly optimistic thought that he would one day tear this team apart, and many still do. But here's the thing, at this point in time he has done no such thing. Aside from the recent incident in which he spat on Hall (which the whole situation to me seems odd for some reason, but none the less)he really hasn't done much of anything wrong.

He pulls a hammie and everyone freaks out and says he is pissed off and pretending and so on. Rod Smith, Steve Smith, Hines Ward, and others all had hamstring injuries, but were they tearing their respective teams apart with a hamstring injury? No, but in some delusional way this was T.O.'s way of tearing this team apart? Are you kidding me?

Then fast forward a bit. Owens is consistently frustrated on the sideline because of the horrid play of Bledsoe. Can you honestly blame him? I sure can't because I was yelling just as loudly at the television. Then you have the leaked information about him falling asleep in a meeting. I assure you that if you were to take a survey of all the current NFL players and those who have since retired, a VERY HIGH percentage would admit to falling asleep during a meeting. It happens. They are disciplined and they move on. But in this case some how it is leaked and the media begins its TO frenzy.

Then TO screws with the media and says he must have slept through Parcell's championship speech and had his mind on his party. Because he was being completely serious when he said this. ARGH! Come on, I know these media minds are dense, but give me a break. The media doesn't seem to understand sarcasm.

I almost forgot the wonderful suicide attempt. That's right, fake suicide attempt to get attention. There is obviously no chance in hell that an athlete, almost all of which take all sorts of supplements and painkillers could never accidentally take too many, right?

Everyone is quick to throw that beautiful stat that states he has dropped 15 passes this year. What they never mention is the guy broke a finger, got a plate implated to help with that and then tears a tendon or what not and forgoes surgey and the ability to ever bend his finger again just so he can keep playing. I'm pretty sure that would affect anyone's ability to catch a pass, especially a guy who does occasionally drop a pass or two. What they also don't mention is the fact that he leads the Cowboys with 77 receptions, 1,040 yards and 11 touchdowns. The guy has been nothing but productive and without him I can't see this team being as productive as they are. He commands attention (i.e. double teams) and helps out tremendously with his blocking skills.

Now I'm no TO apologist, though it may have come off that way in this rant. I think it's inexcusable what he's done to Garcia and some of the things that went down in Iggles country, but he has yet do tear this team apart or do something horrible, with the sole exception being the spitting incident. Without him I can't see us being 9-5 and having the chance to win the division this Monday. I just wish the media would stop their asinine attempt to discredit the guy and decide they know exactly what is going on in the Cowboys locker room and how torn this team already is from his actions. Just get over it. TO is producing and sacrificing himself for the team. I've yet to see a report about his torn tendon in his hand with the exception of a 2 second blurb.

So there you have it, my rant of the week. Enjoy.