Parcells stays if T.O. goes

Football Bob Glauber
FOOTBALL

Cowboys coach Bill Parcells is signed through next season. Question is, will he be back? The answer might belong to Jerry Jones.

We're told Parcells is completely fed up with Terrell Owens' act, especially after he admitted in an interview last week that he hasn't always been trying hard.

League sources tell us that if Parcells does come back, it would happen only if Owens is gone. Could happen.

Some executives around the league believe Owens' play has shown signs of slippage - look at all those dropped passes, and look at how he no longer gets great separation from defensive backs - so if it does come down to that, they wouldn't be surprised if Owens is the odd man out.

Then again, T.O. is Jerry's guy, and the owner has bent over backward to make this thing work. So stay tuned. Never a dull moment with this guy.