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Re: 2008 NFL season
Cowboys reportedly consider releasing T.O.
After disappointing season, team focusing on improving chemistry
NBCSports.com news services
updated 9:49 p.m. ET, Wed., Jan. 14, 2009
Concerned about team chemistry more than their talent level, the Dallas Cowboys are considering releasing receiver Terrell Owens, according to a report on Wednesday night.
Widely considered a preseason Super Bowl favorite, the Cowboys failed to even make the playoffs. According to an ESPN report, that has forced Wade Phillips' coaching staff and owner Jerry Jones to have serious discussions about whether or not to release their controversial star.
"I think we all know that chemistry is the problem with this team more than the schemes or anything else,'' an unnamed Cowboys source told ESPN. "Are we going to continue to allow talent to outweigh everything else in the decisions we make with players and putting the roster together? We're like the Redskins used to be when they signed every player they wanted. There's more to it than talent. It has to be more about the team.''
"The big one (Owens) didn't get discussed yet, but I'm sure it will and real hard.''
The Cowboys have already released troubled cornerback Adam Jones, and are expected to lose defensive tackle Tank Johnson to free agency. Jones, Johnson and Owens all spent time being suspended by previous teams before joining the Cowboys.
"I think some of people want to just cut our losses and get rid of all those guys — TO, Tank, Pacman,'' another Cowboys source told ESPN. "But I really think Jerry likes the thrill of trying to make it all work."
There have been no formal discussions about Owens yet, according to the report, and will likely depend at least in part on how the coaching staff shakes out. Offensive coordinator Jason Garrett is viewed as a candidate for head coaching positions, and according to ESPN, it is unlikely that "Garrett would turn down another job unless (Jerry) Jones was willing to promote him to head coach in Dallas and purge Owens from the roster."
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Re: 2008 NFL season
Yeah I think there's a $3 mil roster bonus due in March, so we would find out by then. For the record, as a football person, If I were Dallas, I wouldn't let him go. And if I were the Giants, I wouldn't cut Plaxico either. As an Eagles fan, of course, I say they both should be gone. 
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Giants shouldnt cut Plax, but they do need to prepare for the worst if he is sent to prison. It could be out of the Giants' hands if he returns or not. What a mess!
Re: 2008 NFL season
Buccaneers' collapse costs Gruden his job
Fiery coach was with Tampa Bay for 7 seasons, including Super Bowl win
The Associated Press
updated 6:59 p.m. ET, Fri., Jan. 16, 2009
TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fired coach Jon Gruden and general manager Bruce Allen on Friday after the team collapsed following a 9-3 start and failed to make the playoffs.
Gruden, who helped lead the Buccaneers to a victory over the Oakland Raiders in the 2003 Super Bowl, was Tampa Bay’s coach for seven years. Allen was general manager for the last five seasons.
“We will be forever grateful to Jon for bringing us the Super Bowl title, and we thank Bruce for his contributions to our franchise,” Buccaneers co-chairman Joel Glazer said in a statement. “However after careful consideration, we feel that this decision is in the best interest of our organization moving forward.”
The Buccaneers were tied for first place in the NFC South heading into December, but finished with losses to Carolina and Atlanta on the road and San Diego and Oakland at home, where they had been 6-0. One more win would have landed a NFC wild-card berth.
The 9-7 record this season gave Gruden consecutive winning records for the first time since arriving in Tampa Bay, yet still left the Bucs out of the playoffs for the fourth time in six years.
The Glazer family fired Tony Dungy and used four high draft picks — two No. 1s and two No. 2s — and $8 million cash to pry Gruden away from the Raiders following the 2001 season. He led Tampa Bay to its only NFL title the following year, but the Bucs haven’t won a playoff game since the Super Bowl appearance.
Gruden, who had three years remaining on a contract extension he received after winning the NFC South in 2007, leaves as the winningest coach in franchise history at 60-57, including the postseason.
But since going 15-4, including the Super Bowl, in his first season with the Bucs, Gruden went 45-53 and made quick exits from the playoffs after winning division titles in 2005 and 2007.
This season’s collapse continued a trend of playing poorly late in the year. Since winning the Super Bowl, Tampa Bay is 9-17 in the month of December.
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Re: 2008 NFL season
I'm sure he'll land on his feet quickly. I imagine losing, what, 3 in a row at the end, including to Oakland which had they won they would have made the playoffs doomed him. I mean come on, you beat Oakland and you are in, and Philly doesnt make it. Fucking Bucs!!!!
