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Legacy of Terrell Owens: Sad Waste of Talent

Mar 5, 2009 – 10:15 PM
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Jay Mariotti

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Jerry Jones and Terrell OwensIt isn't often, especially in sports, when a man with muscles like rocks has a psyche like Jell-O. Thus, I'm still not certain whether to give Terrell Owens a hug or punch him silly. A side of me suspects he's in dire need of professional help, recalling the 2006 episode in which he "accidentally overdosed'' on pain medication when no one's sure it was accidental. And part of me thinks he's just a petulant 35-year-old who should be tossed into the Octagon with three MMA fighters, two pit bulls and Rosie O'Donnell.

For now, it's not America's problem. Finally, mercifully, pro football's most disruptive internal force was released Thursday by the Dallas Cowboys, who have come to realize that entertainment, marketing and buzz are so much stale popcorn when the franchise hasn't won a playoff game in 13 years. T.O. was short for Toxic Overload. He was a little boy with a disturbing paranoiac streak who thinks the Cowboys were out to get him, just as he thought the Philadelphia Eagles were out to get him and the San Francisco 49ers were out to get him.
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