T.O. in town for primer on Cowboys' offense
Receiver boning up on Cowboys' scheme before minicamp next week
11:23 PM CDT on Wednesday, May 24, 2006
By TODD ARCHER / The Dallas Morning News
IRVING – With the Cowboys holding their only full-squad minicamp June 2-4, Terrell Owens is in town this week getting accustomed to a new offense, according to multiple sources.
Coach Bill Parcells said during the rookie minicamp that Owens would report to Valley Ranch before the veteran camp to sit down with passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach Todd Haley to learn the Cowboys' scheme.
In San Francisco and Philadelphia Owens ran the West Coast offense, which is geared more toward shorter and quicker routes. The Cowboys' offense is geared more toward the intermediate passing game.
Owens has not been a regular participant in the off-season conditioning program, but he told Drew Bledsoe he would be around to catch passes from the veteran quarterback when needed. Owens has worked out mostly in Los Angeles with a personal trainer.
Parcells has said he is not concerned with Owens' conditioning because it has not been a problem in the past. The Cowboys will leave for training camp in Oxnard, Calif., on July 27 and will hold their first practice July 29.
Briefly: The Cowboys waived rookie tight end Erik Gill, a free agent signed after the draft.
11:23 PM CDT on Wednesday, May 24, 2006
By TODD ARCHER / The Dallas Morning News
IRVING – With the Cowboys holding their only full-squad minicamp June 2-4, Terrell Owens is in town this week getting accustomed to a new offense, according to multiple sources.
Coach Bill Parcells said during the rookie minicamp that Owens would report to Valley Ranch before the veteran camp to sit down with passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach Todd Haley to learn the Cowboys' scheme.
In San Francisco and Philadelphia Owens ran the West Coast offense, which is geared more toward shorter and quicker routes. The Cowboys' offense is geared more toward the intermediate passing game.
Owens has not been a regular participant in the off-season conditioning program, but he told Drew Bledsoe he would be around to catch passes from the veteran quarterback when needed. Owens has worked out mostly in Los Angeles with a personal trainer.
Parcells has said he is not concerned with Owens' conditioning because it has not been a problem in the past. The Cowboys will leave for training camp in Oxnard, Calif., on July 27 and will hold their first practice July 29.
Briefly: The Cowboys waived rookie tight end Erik Gill, a free agent signed after the draft.
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