Cocky and Cockier - Gone Too Soon

Now, which one is cocky and which one is cockier?

Terrell Owens will be crying himself to sleep tonight over the news that his BFF, Mike Vanderjagt, has been kicked off the Dallas Cowboys. Terrell and Mike are apparently best buddies. I remember when I tuned into the Dallas-Philly game and one of the first images I saw was Mike comforting Terrell on the sidelines. I thought, "something must be wrong. What is the kicker doing with T.O.?!" But apparently, the guys have genuinely bonded, presumably one-upping each other in the mutual affection society. Dude, do you know I'm the best kicker ever? BP is always hating on me. Dude, do you know I'm the best wide receiver ever. The WHOLE WORLD is always hating on me. Fuck Martin Gramatica and his whole agile family. It's us against the world. (Then they high five each other.) WE LOVE US SOME US!

Owens even publicly stated today:

I don't see what he did wrong to warrant him being cut. I hope it doesn't come
back to haunt us. Whoever made that decision, I'm pretty sure they're hoping the
same thing. Going into the Colts game, the guy was 12-of-15. That's still a high
kicking percentage. He didn't lose any games for us. If I had to put
myself in the mix, I feel like I lost some games and I'm still here, so it's
just unfortunate.

I'm sure some will accuse Owens of criticizing management, but I think it's nice of him to stand up for his little buddy. He even threw himself under the bus. Oh, Little T, you make me so proud... But T should keep in mind that Mike gets a $2.5 million signing bonus as a parting gift. T.O. already knows no one listens to him. He was right about Garcia. He was right about Mariucci. He exposed McNabb. He exposed Bledsoe. Will he be right about the Vanderjagt or will T.O. turn out to be the one that's "haunted" by his endorsement of the "idiot kicker"?