This team, my team, is a joke…..this is a sad sad day, worst move this team has done in my 33 years of following this team.

as Ham points out, for all the wrong reasons..

good luck putting forth a championship team with 107 miilion in cap space.

(Sorry this is so long, just got a lot to say)
…. I agree T.O.‘s talent was immense and I wish he could have stayed, but you have to realize, it’s not about being right; it’s about being a team player.

Just because you have the ability to put up audacious numbers doesn’t mean it’s best for the team to force the ball to you. MORE IMPORTANTLY, the WAY T.O. goes about trying to force his agenda on the team is the problem. Complaining to teammates simply spreads the dissent. Talking to the media turns it from a small controlled burn to a wildfire and antics on the sideline (yelling at other players, pouting, refusing to talk) fans that fire. There are ways to go about pushing change within a group that don’t undermine the overall group or cause and that’s what T.O.‘s problem is. He may be the most talented person on the team, but he doesn’t know how to get others to follow him in a positive way.
If T.O. were in a military unit and he thought his way was the best and he clashed with the leader, he’d get everyone killed or he would be thrown out. It’s about working together with the unit, and T.O. doesn’t understand how to influence his units without causing dissent.
Think about Michael Irvin. He knew how to get the team to follow him. He knew how to get the coaches to use him in a productive way. He also knew when to shut up and take what the coaches gave him. Imagine if he threw tantrums because Aikmen didn’t get him the ball enough, or in the right place. Imagine if he screamed that he wanted to catch corner fades in the endzone after all those catches he took down inside the five, only to see Emmitt get the ball, the TD and the glory? We could easily have had a similar internal struggle like we did with T.O. but, luckily, Irvin knew how to swallow his pride enough to benefit the team overall. Irvin knew when to speak up and how to, and when he did speak up, he had the ability to sell it. T.O.‘s has all the ability on the field, but his personal skills, his pride, his lack of salesmanship and his self-centered-ness are the reasons his presence is such a problem.
He may have the most talent of any WR ever, but talent alone cannot prevail. I know guys that are the smartest guys I’ve ever met, but their intelligence gets them in trouble, because they cannot shut their brains off enough to “play the game” of life. Instead they speak up, they whine, they bitch, they quit, because they can’t take the fact that they know they are smarter than people above them and yet they aren’t being given the chance to be the leader.
To be the leader or the best, doesn’t simply come from being the most talented or the most intelligent, it takes self awareness, skills to play the game, and the willingness and understanding to do so. T.O. is like the super smart kid in class, who is too smart for his own good.
I hate to see his talent go. But in all likelihood, it’s for the better of the team.

he gets paid to talk? Bottom line is I liked Owens, he caught balls, moved the chains, scored tds, was entertaining, but I`m glad he`s gone and I think we will be better off without him. Our chances of winning the SuperBowl are greater without him.