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Tony Romo: Terrell Owens Is a Great Player Who's Hard to Replace

Jul 1, 2009 – 7:30 AM
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Michael David Smith

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Terrell Owens said last week the Dallas Cowboys got rid of him to make him a scapegoat for Tony Romo's failure to become a leader. But when Romo was asked this week to respond to Owens' comments, he declined to get into a war of words with his highly volatile ex-teammate.

Instead, Romo took the high road, praising Owens' abilities and saying the Cowboys will miss him on the field.

"He's a great player, and I think it's going to be hard to replace a player of his ability and his talent," Romo told ESPN's Ed Werder. "That's not easy to do with a guy that talented."

Romo also suggested that the media may have been misrepresenting Owens' criticism of Romo.

"I didn't see it, so once again I don't know," Romo said. "I know that sometimes you guys misrepresent what he says."

On that score, I think Romo is wrong. I don't think the media needs to misrepresent what Owens says because I think Owens gives the media more than enough material to work with. But when asked to reply, Romo was smart not to escalate the situation by following Owens' lead.
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