With Laurent Robinson signing with the Jacksonville Jaguars last week, the Dallas Cowboys have an opening at their No. 3 receiver spot.
Terrell Owens, the 38-year-old former Cowboys wide receiver, wouldn't turn down the opportunity to fill that role.
"I'm ready, I'm willing to play," Owens said Friday on the Ben and Skin Show [KESN-FM].
Randy Moss, 35, signed a one-year deal with the San Francisco 49ers early last week. Owens, who didn't play in the NFL last season, was asked if that news was a good sign for him.
"I think it was a good sign," Owens responded. "Other than that I have no earthly idea why I haven't been signed at this point, but I'm not discouraged by it. I mean, him getting signed is obviously a good sign for myself.
"I'm definitely looking forward to getting back on the field. Again, obviously with him getting signed, that's obviously a good sign, not only for myself but him as well. He was out of football for a year. Again, I'm just looking forward to the opportunity."
So why haven't the Cowboys shown interest?
"I think it was a situation where I think [Jason] Garrett -- I wasn't one of his guys, and got into a situation where he had a little bit of power and didn't feel like I fit in the locker room or he felt like I was dividing the locker room, which was, again, discouraging considering there was a number of guys in the locker room that pretty much vouched for me that said I wasn't a problem."
Owens added: "If you look at what I did when I was there and when I wasn't there, not too much changed. Again, everyone kept saying that I was the problem there, and again, I tried to show my leadership — it's viewed differently than when somebody else displays their leadership and tries to lead the team. It's kind of discouraging when I try to be a leader on the team and try to be vocal, people seem to take that a little bit differently than anybody else that's pretty much doing the same thing.
"So, again, I know there was a couple people including Garrett that I think didn't want me there, and ultimately led me to not be on that team and got cut, got released when I had just signed an extension the year before. So other than that, man, I can't really say. I can't do anything about being released. Would I like to play for the Cowboys again? Sure. I just want an opportunity to play football, and try to help a team win a championship. I know that I have that capability; I know I have that big-play capability still. So other than that, I'm not the one that makes that call. Again, the guys in the locker room, they know the type of person that I am, they know the type of player I am. So again, I can only just go with one team, all I need is one opportunity."
Owens played three seasons in Dallas from 2006-2008, starting 46 games. He caught 235 passes for 3,587 yards and 38 touchdowns during that time.
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