He's not quite being Team Obliterator in doing so, but you have to question the wisdom of Terrell Owens making comments about the Cowboys' gameplan in the playoff loss to the Giants seven months ago. As in, January.

What he is saying might be true, but it's not helping much. I have watched the game several times now, and I feel like Owens' high-ankle sprain was giving him problems in the second half. He caught all his passes -- four for 49 yards and a TD -- in the first half, when he appeared to have more spring in his step. But as the game wore on, I saw a guy lacking explosion off the line and an extra step to separate downfield. Maybe it's just me.

The Giants might have suckered the Cowboys into their preference of having them run more often, but the Cowboys had success on the ground. You can't really blame them for sticking with it. In the first half, they ran the ball 20 times for 113 yards (5.7 avg.) and threw it 14 times for a total of 82 (5.8 avg.). Clearly, running the ball was getting it done; passing was a mixed bag. In the second half, they ran it 13 times for 41 yards (3.2 avg.) and threw it 22 times, netting 119 yards (5.4 avg.).

Tony Romo threw the ball in Owens' direction 11 times that game -- seven in the first half, four in the second. According to STATS, Inc., Owens was "targeted" (meaning the ball was thrown in his direction) 144 times in 15 regular-season games, and for argument's sake, we'll call that 15th game a half game because he was injured in the second quarter of the Panthers game. So that means Romo threw Owens the ball an average of 10 times per game last season before the playoffs.

Ten passes is kind of the industry standard for an elite receiver for a game. Randy Moss got 10 a game in the regular season. So did Reggie Wayne and Braylon Edwards. Andre Johnson, too. Romo threw in Owens' direction 11 times in the playoff loss. I'm just saying ...

So in addition to having poor timing and verbal-editing skills, Owens suffers from selective memory. Sure, at least two of the three fourth-quarter balls Romo throw Owens' way were in the desperation category, or at least the low-percentage one. Still, that doesn't negate the fact that the guy caught oh-for-four attempts in the second half and appeared hindered by his ankle.

And we haven't even mentioned the fact that Owens bringing up old stuff probably has little in terms of productive, constructive addition for this year's club.