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On the same day that the Dallas Cowboys learned that they are close to securing the services of cornerback Pacman Jones for 2008, they’ve reached an agreement on a three-year contract extension with receiver Terrell Owens.
Michael Smith of ESPN broke the story (it’s on the ESPN crawl, but not yet on the web site). We’re breaking the value of the contract; a league source tells us that the deal carries with it $27 million in new money.
[UPDATE: The ESPN story is right here. They beat us by two minutes. Newman!]
Owens, we’re told, will receive a signing bonus of nearly $13 million. In all, he’s under contract for four years, and he’ll earn $34 million.
The agreement has been reached verbally, and the deal is expected to be signed tomorrow. A press conference is planned for Tuesday as well.
June 3rd, 2008 at 7:56 am
Now I have 27 million reasons to not watch the Cowboys play.
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June 3rd, 2008 at 8:19 am
Vox Veritas - Maybe nobody has caught more td passes since TO joined the Cowboys… but I’m pretty sure nobody has dropped more. And comparing him to Moss is ridiculous. Moss had one season since TO joined the Cowboys with a good QB.
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June 3rd, 2008 at 10:15 am
Robo679 says:
“Part of the reason Parcells retired was rumored to be because he didn’t want TO on the team and Jones wouldn’t let him cut him.”
Good, whatever it was that put Parcells over the edge is a-ok in my book. Wade basically took his’n and won 4 more games with them.
One thing about Cris Carter, though… his rapid decline in 2001 roughly coincided with the decline of the Vikings as a team (and Culpepper… the Vikes had to resort to Spergon Wynn at QB in 2001), and he had gastroenteritis and some kind of kidney problem in ‘02.
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June 3rd, 2008 at 10:18 am
lokio284 says:
“Its not the worst concept to sign everytime he might become a problem but hes not getting any younger and hes the best receiver you got.”
If he was on your team he’d be the best receiver you got, too!
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June 3rd, 2008 at 10:21 am
@ screaming sheep says:
“Well, thats all nice. But its still 4175 days since the girls won a playoff game. And yes, that includes 2 years with T.O.”
Keepint the playoff win drought in mind, they STILL have many, many more playoff wins than your team has had in it’s entire existence! I am glad to see that it’s eating you up so bad that you are counting the days though!
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June 3rd, 2008 at 10:30 am
@ kellyb9 says:
“Vox Veritas - Maybe nobody has caught more td passes since TO joined the Cowboys… but I’m pretty sure nobody has dropped more. And comparing him to Moss is ridiculous. Moss had one season since TO joined the Cowboys with a good QB.”
I’m sorry, did Moss miss the 2006 season or something? If you’re waiting on a guy to implode, Randy Moss is your guy. Sure things are great now that Brady is feeding him the ball but he’d better be the primary target on EVERY play or he’s gonna dog it and it’ll be like the Pats only have 10 guys on the field. Don’t say it won’t happen, because he’s done exactly that everywhere he’s been. Yes he’s dogged it since he’s been with the Patriots, too.
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/football/patriots/view.bg?articleid=1047755
FOXBORO - ESPN analyst Ron Jaworski saw something in the Patriots [team stats]-Eagles game film that was troubling beyond what Philadelphia did in coverage to shut down Randy Moss on Sunday night.
During a conference call with reporters yesterday, Jaworski, who will be in the booth for Monday night’s game between the Pats and Ravens in Baltimore, claimed he saw Moss slacking off at times when his number wasn’t called.
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June 3rd, 2008 at 12:33 pm
maybe TO can buy himself a nice new hat now.
to help him get over his suicide attempt. or whatever that was.
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June 3rd, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Vox - Do I really have to mention the kind of distraction that T.O. has placed on that team. As a previous poster said, “Dallas fans like to sugarcoat T.O.’s behavior” which includes one suicide threat and numerous on field-arguements with Romo, oh and the ridiculous controversy over Jessica Simpson. One word, distraction. Lest we forget a billion drops. How many times have you seen Moss drop an easily catchable ball. And despite yours attempts to stir up debate over Moss’s activity, he stayed with New England despite a better off from Philadelphia. I think he realized what a great QB can do for his statistics. All bickering aside, I’ll admit Moss hasn’t always been the biggest hustler on the field, but if you look at those times, it usually had to do with being surrounded by garbage. The greatest corp in league history couldn’t have saved Oakland.
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June 3rd, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Cap Casualty! T.O. keeps dropping wide open passes and they have to cut him at the end of the year, spread that money over two years. Or they keep him in a reduced role and his head explodes he causes a huge distraction and they miss the playoff’s.
Why not let him finish his existing contract and let him gauge the market another year from now, when he’s another year older. No one is going to pay that for a 35 year old receiver. They can keep him at a much lower price. I have a feeling T.O. and Philly are laughing… he got away with what?!?!
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