Terrell Owens: 'It wasn't my fault'

[TZ]

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Terrell Owens believes he should have been on the other sideline for Sunday night's Hall of Fame Game.

Owens, the controversial receiver with Hall of Fame credentials who recently signed a one-year contract with the Cincinnati Bengals, said he was "prematurely let go" after three seasons with the Dallas Cowboys. He's convinced that Dallas owner/general manager Jerry Jones didn't really want to release him in the spring of 2009, but Owens declined to discuss what he perceives to be the real reasons behind the decision.

"A lot of people know what happened," Owens said Sunday morning at the Bengals' hotel in Cleveland. "It was a tough decision for Jerry. I think if Jerry had the ultimate decision, then I would be there. By no means do I feel that I left that team because of talent. Obviously, there have to be some other factors.

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/news/story?id=5446899
OMG- I really hate the Boyz but this is incredibly stupid...TO is to my mind, the biggest jerkwad in football...:rofl:

[Auggie]

1. Biggest "jerkwad..."

He's certainly at the top of the list with Big Ben.

[MrSlayer]

5. Come on.

T.O. is a goofy headcase but he's harmless and always entertaining. Putting him in the same category as a creep like Roethlisberger is ridiculous.

[TZ]

6. I don't think he's actually harmless

He's really good at dividing lockerrooms and in a team sport thats NOT a good thing. But no, he's not in the same loathesome category as Roethlisberger for sure.

[MrSlayer]

9. I find that locker room divisivness to be as much the fault of the others as his.

Because they are such big babies about everything. I've never understood why players can't just look at him in detached amusement, knowing how he is, and ignore it because he always delivers on the field. Pro athletes are real sissies that way.

[TZ]

11. I work in a team environment

The kind of thing TO did would have gotten him fired here LONG before any of his teams did. He is a cancer and a bad influence. And I don't go with the shit that atheletes get a special pass from bad behavior..

[Auggie]

7. Owens implied Jeff Garcia was gay

It was intentionally mean-spirited.

[MrSlayer]

8. Yeah but it wasn't criminal.

Calling someone names isn't the same as forcible rape. One is grade school bullshit and the other is felonious.

[Auggie]

10. True...

It doesn't change my opinion about Owens

[joeybee12]

2. It's never his fault, is it?

Yup, a jerkwad!

[KamaAina]

3. TO and Ochocinco are without doubt the biggest jerkwad receiving duo in NFL history

ahead of Keyshawn Johnson and, well, pretty much anyone.

[Auggie]

4. Mmm... I guess the AFC North goes to the Ravens

Not just because they're jerkwads but for the dissension they're bound to create on the Bengals.

[caraher]

12. I agree

But I also have to admit there's entertainment value in their antics...