Throw it to me!

Drew Bledsoe attempted 13 passes to Terrell Owens. Woody Paige, on 1st and 10 today, pointed out that the WR with the most balls thrown his way last weekend was Buffalo Bill Lee Evans. Unfortunately, Bledsoe wasn't getting the ball to his star receiver. Owens caught 3 balls for 45 yards, dropped another, and had another go off his hands that may actually have been intended for the guy behind him.

Terrell Owens needs to shut up. I think he should take a leadership role on the sideline and he can yell all he wants. But, he should keep it in house and not talk to the media. For some reason, the media wants to stir stuff up between "The Player" and "The Coach." Maybe football teams need two games a week so there isn't so much downtime for the media circus? No matter what Owens says, the media is going to spin it to try to build the next rift between Owens and a QB or coach. Maybe it's Owens' fault, maybe it's not. Maybe he is throwing Bledsoe under the bus, maybe he isn't. But, someone needs to take him aside and keep him away from the media. He's a big star whether he does interviews or not.

But, the idea that Bledsoe throwing the ball in the vicinity of TO 13 times should appease Owens is ridiculous. Many of the balls weren't even close to catchable, at least not by Owens. The Eagles caught a couple of them for INT's. Two that were on Owens' hands weren't good throws, especially for as short as they were. Owens should have caught them, but Bledsoe wasn't on target. The Cowboys are using TO mostly on short routes, so Bledsoe should be able to get him the ball. If he was running deep on every play, then you wouldn't expect him to see as many balls. Owens wasn't complaining about the number of balls, he was frustrated by Bledsoe's inability to get the ball to him. I think it's a valid concern. Maybe it isn't totally Bledsoe's fault, but the seven sacks were contributed by Bledsoe's inability to move in the pocket and get the ball out quickly, to someone.

Bledsoe challenged the Eagles to blitz because he was going to get the ball into the hands of TO, Terry Glenn, and Jason Witten. What happened? Was it scheme? Was it the line folding? Bledsoe not making the right reads? The receivers not beating the defenders? Something was wrong and it needs to be corrected ... TO may be part of the problem, but he is not THE PROBLEM.