Cowboys to sign Owens on Tuesday
editor1 |Jun 03,2008
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IRVING, Texas (Ticker) -- Terrell Owens will get the security
he was looking for.
The star wide receiver is expected to sign a four-year contract
Tuesday with the Dallas Cowboys.
According to multiple sources, the Cowboys and Owens agreed
Monday to a four-year deal worth $34 million, including $13
million guaranteed.
Owens and owner Jerry Jones will be present at a news conference
scheduled for 5 p.m. EDT.
PA SportsTicker was unable to reach Drew Rosenhaus, Owens'
agent.
Owens, who will turn 35 in December, was entering the third and
final season of a $25 million contract with the Cowboys. He
was scheduled to receive a $3 million roster bonus Tuesday.
The new deal will run through the 2011 season and give Owens the
security that he lacked and led to messy departures with both
the San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles over contract
demands.
Owens' deal also compares to the three-year, $27 million
contract Randy Moss signed with New England in March.
In his first two seasons with the Cowboys, Owens has 166 catches
for 2,535 yards and 28 touchdowns. He holds the team's
single-season record with 15 TDs set last year.
Owens has 882 receptions - ninth in NFL history - in 11 seasons
with the 49ers, Eagles and Cowboys.
A third-round pick of San Francisco in 1996, Owens had 129
career touchdown receptions - good for third all-time behind
Jerry Rice (197) and Cris Carter (130).
Owens has hauled in at least 13 touchdown catches in seven
seasons; only Rice has managed eight seasons with that many
scoring passes. The combustible wideout also had eight
1,000-yard seasons, including five straight from 2000-04.
Last month, the Cowboys lavished a pair of seven-year contracts
worth a reported $95 million on Pro Bowlers Marion Barber and
Terence Newman, and it was expected a new deal for Owens would
be forthcoming.
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