Terrell Owens was a guest Wednesday night on the Sirius satellite radio show Late Hits, featuring his former San Francisco teammate Jerry Rice as a co-host. He repeated many of the things he said of Keyshawn Johnson at The Ranch earlier in the day, but this was a good one since ESPN has chosen to make this whole deal a national issue: “What I said was an early Christmas gift to ESPN.” No kidding. This was another good point he made, playing off how he can’t win if he gives Wade Phillips credit, because that means he’s dismissing Bill Parcells’ input. So when asked if Tony Romo has a lot to do with his success this year, Owens told Rice, “If I was giving too much credit to Tony Romo then people would say I’m taking a stab at Drew Bledsoe.” The guy can’t win, can he?
Think about this one: During the span of Philadelphia winning five of the previous six NFC East titles, the other division members had hired such well-known coaches as Bill Parcells, Steve Spurrier, Joe Gibbs and Tom Coughlin. Only Coughlin was able to wrestle away a division title from the Eagles, but that took the T.O. blowup and injuries to Donovan McNabb to accomplish. But now, who should interrupt their division dominance but Wade Phillips, considered by some before Jerry Jones hired him as a head-coaching afterthought. Ha, those folks ought to think again. Phillips has been exactly what the doctored ordered – or should have ordered – for the Cowboys.
And the score . . . win this one and the Cowboys will win out if they so choose, but doing so won’t be easy. How ‘bout Cowboys 27, Eagles 17, and remember the Cowboys’ 38 points the first time around are the most scored against the Eagles this year – more than the likes of New England (31) and Seattle (28) did in victories. But I do caution, they better not take this game for granted . . . or else.