I’m kind of amazed at how quickly ESPN jumped off the Cowboys’ Bandwagon, but whether T.O. and the ‘Boys are doing well or not, it’s still going to be a major story on the network. Just about every ESPN analyst railed on the receiver after his comments following the loss to the Redskins and now he’s firing back at the “Leader” and most notably, Keyshawn Johnson. Via the Star-Telegram….
“It’s me being confident in who I am. Its not going to be the last time you hear me say I need the ball.
Owens took a lot of heat from the ESPN studio analysts Tom Jackson, Keyshawn Johnson and Cris Carter after Sunday’s comments.
On Tuesday, he offered his own rebuttal.
Regarding Keyshawn Johnson, whom Owens’ referred to as Sheshawn at least three times, he said: “[As the No. 1 overall pick in the 1996 draft] he is the ultimate underachiever on that panel. I am the reason he is in the booth. Everybody is aware when I was brought to Dallas he was the one they let go to get me here.”
He said there was one thing he agreed with that Carter had to say and that was that Jerry Rice is the best receiver of all time.
“But I am second all time behind Jerry Rice,” Owens said in accentuating his superiority over Carter and Johnson.
It still amazes me that after all these years that it’s so easy for people to get under T.O.’s skin. Especially when no one at ESPN was doing so on purpose. They were just responding to comments the receiver made, and explaining how ridiculous they were after 30% of the offense went through him on Sunday. I know I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again. It doesn’t take a genius to say that T.O. needs to just be quiet and play Football, but coming from one who used to act the same way when he was younger….he might want to listen up.
In the end, I’m just hoping that this small attack on ESPN will tone down the almost constant over-hyping of the Cowboys that the network does on a regular basis.
Dallas Cowboys’ Terrell Owens not upset with Romo, offense (Star-Telegram)
