Wednesday, July 23, 2008

DMN Blog: Do the Cowboys need Terry Glenn?

by Tim MacMahon

The stats from last season indicate that they don't. Tony Romo managed to rewrite the franchise's season passing record book with Glenn playing a grand total of four regular-season plays (at $1.25 million per, as Jerry has noted repeatedly).

Can Glenn help the Cowboys? Sure. If he's healthy, as Wade Phillips said in May, he'd be a "giant plus."

Superstar columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor debates in this week's newsletter that the Cowboys need Glenn because he's capable of being a No. 1 receiver in case T.O. goes down. I'd argue that the Cowboys are in big trouble if T.O. misses significant time, whether or not Glenn is on the roster.

You can't count on an old receiver who has career-threatening knee problems to be a go-to guy. You can hope that he can be a deep threat as a No. 3 receiver.

Oh, by the way, let's all wish Glenn a happy birthday. He turns 34 today.

With that, I'm off to Cali.