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[Rafael]

Holy Cow! I just hate it when I have to diturb my 'hate' for certain players because they become Cowboys. There is no question that TO is a good player and a hard worker, and if any coach can get him on track, it is Parcells.
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[David R Gold]

CBS Sportsline
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Owens brings a new meaning to the term 'Big D'
March 18, 2006
By Clark Judge
CBS SportsLine.com Senior Writer





Good night and good luck.

So the Dallas Cowboys will do the predictable and sign on controversial wide receiver Terrell Owens. Now I know what Big D stands for.

Dumb. Dumber. Dumbest.


Terrell Owens replaces the talented yet outspoken Keyshawn Johnson. (Getty Images)
You don't add a Terrell Owens without running a terrible risk, and Dallas just took the plunge. Sure, Owens makes the Cowboys a better football team for one year. He's one of the top pass-catchers in the game, and he more than fills a void left by the departure of Keyshawn Johnson.

Plus, I guarantee he's on his best behavior this season to prove he's not the villain he's made out to be.

But then what? Well, check his history, and it's not hard to imagine what happens next. He was thrown out of San Francisco, and he was thrown out of Philadelphia -- and both times after sabotaging the club and blow-torching the quarterback.

If I'm Drew Bledsoe I ask for a raise. Or my release.

Owens will be his best receiver and his worst nightmare. He will run the routes, catch the passes and score the touchdowns. But wait until Bledsoe overthrows him or checks down to another receiver when Owens thinks he's open. Better still, wait until the Cowboys start losing.

I remember mentioning something along those lines to Philadelphia's Andy Reid shortly after the Eagles acquired Owens two years ago. Reid conceded he wouldn't know what he had until he and the team encountered adversity -- with a losing streak offered as one example -- but he also believed he could handle T.O.

He couldn't, and if you saw how relaxed and relieved Reid looked at this year's NFL scouting combine, you realized the toll the wide receiver exacted from him and everyone in the organization. Reid knew he would soon be free of Owens and, frankly, he didn't care how.

He just knew T.O. would go and that he would regain his team.

Now, think about that for a minute. Are there many clubs that need a big, physical receiver like Owens more than the Philadelphia Eagles? Yet, they not only were willing to suspend the guy for four games last year and suffer the consequences; they were eager to be rid of him once and for all.

Now Dallas will try to prove that Philadelphia was wrong. And that Andy Reid was wrong. And that Donovan McNabb was wrong. And that San Francisco was wrong. And that Steve Mariucci was wrong. And that Jeff Garcia was wrong.

See what I mean? The guy wears you out, and he'll wear out the Cowboys before he's through there. For the moment, though, owner Jerry Jones has made the sort of splash he covets. The Dallas Cowboys are front-page news again, and their camps, their games, their practices will be covered as they were when the club really mattered.

That's what happens when T.O. joins your club. It's all T.O., all the time. Which means 24 hours of coverage, seven days a week, the rest of the club be damned.

Jones doesn't care that Owens stomped on the Cowboys' star logo in 2000, incurring the wrath of Emmitt Smith and George Teague and producing a mid-field melee. He didn't care that Bill Parcells once coached the hated New York Giants, either. If Jones thinks you can help him win, he's there with a checkbook.

He thinks Owens will, and he's probably right.

But taking him on comes at a terrible cost, and Jones can look no farther than Philadelphia for the debris. Owens had an immediate impact on that club, catching a team-record 14 touchdown passes and producing seven 100-yard games in his first season there.

But within a year he had done what no one in the NFC East could -- namely, tear the club apart.

It wasn't just that the Eagles, who had went to four straight NFC Championship Games, spiraled out of control as they plunged into last place. It was that Owens divided the locker room, unraveled the coaching staff and so discombobulated McNabb that by the Super Bowl he was talking like ... well, like T.O. himself.

And McNabb was one of the first people to urge Reid to sign him.

Yep, Owens has that effect on people. He has that effect on teams, too. He'll build you up before shredding you to pieces. Get ready, Dallas. The ride's about to begin. And don't say you weren't warned.

[joe]

I have no problem with Owens coming to Dallas. His influence will help Glenn, Whitten, and Jones, because the defenses now have to worry about the best receiver in the game. If we can get some offensive line help, this team is an instant Super Bowl contender.

I don't care about him celebrating on the Star a few years back. That is high school mentality to take that kind of pride. No doubt he was show boating, but so many players do today. You know, when he scores his first TD as a Cowboy in Texas Stadium, he will probably run to the star and shine it. That will be funny and entertaining.
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[David R Gold]

Raiders sign QB Aaron Brooks. Sorry. This is not an upgrade over Terry Collins. Oakland Tribune

Brooks in as Raiders' QB
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By Jerry McDonald, STAFF WRITER
Inside Bay Area

ALAMEDA - The Oakland Raiders made their first major move of the free-agent signing period Tuesday, agreeing to terms with quarterback Aaron Brooks on a contract, according to two NFL sources. Terms were not immediately available.
Brooks, who started 82 games for the New Orleans Saints from 2000-2005, will replace the unpopular Kerry Collins, who was 7-21 over the past two seasons.

The Raiders brought in Brooks for a visit Monday night; he visited with the Raiders on Tuesday, and stayed in Oakland Tuesday night when it became apparent the two sides were nearing a deal.

Brooks, who turns 30 on Friday, has ability similar to Collins in that he can throw the deep pass, but has good mobility, with 1,410 career rushing yards and 13 touchdowns.

As a second-year player in 2000, Brooks led the Saints to the only playoff win in franchise history, a 31-28 victory over the St. Louis Rams. He had a 43-43 career record until going 3-10 in 2005, losing his job to Todd Bouman.

Brooks was waived last week when the Saints signed Drew Brees to a free-agent contract.

Bringing in Brooks buys the Raiders some time if they are considering drafting one of the three top quarterbacks in the NFL Draft. The other quarterbacks on the Oakland roster are veteran Marques Tuiasosopo, who started one game last season, and second-year man Andrew Walter, who has not taken a snap from center in a regular-season game.

[aammondd]

Vince slipping fast
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[David R Gold]

Keyshawn to Carolina. Panthers overpaid. AP

Panthers land Keyshawn in $14M deal
Jay Glazer / FOXSports.com
Posted: 1 hour ago

A few days after Terrell Owens signed with the Dallas Cowboys, the man he replaced signed with another strong NFC contender.

Panthers officials told FOXSports.com that they have agreed to terms on a four-year, $14 million contract with wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson.
Johnson was released recently in order for the Cowboys to avoid paying him a bonus and had interest from the Seahawks and Giants, but instead chose to pair up with perhaps the league's most explosive player in fellow wideout Steve Smith.

Carolina coach John Fox has been looking for a bona fide No. 2 wideout who brings toughness, blocking and reliable hands opposite Smith, and might have found that in Johnson.

Johnson met Thursday with coaches and team officials. He spent Thursday night dining with general manager Marty Hurney.

Johnson is representing himself because his agent, Jerome Stanley, is serving a one-year suspension imposed by the NFL Players Association disciplinary committee. The receiver was reportedly seeking more than $3 million a season, which is what he turned down earlier this week from the New York Giants.

Since Fox took over as head coach in 2002, the Panthers have typically shied away from signing players who have been disruptive with other teams or represent a potential locker-room distraction.

Johnson wore out his welcome with the New York Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but didn't appear to have any major problems in two years with Bill Parcells in Dallas.

"We've done a lot of research, believe me," Hurney said. "We don't have any concerns. The more you spend time with Keyshawn, the less you think of that as a concern."

[joe]