Receiver Terrell Owens finally has ...

Receiver Terrell Owens finally has pushed the Dallas Cowboy too far, drawing a $9500 fine for missing a team meeting and a rehabilitation session and for being late to a meeting of offensive players, the Dallas Morning recently made knowns reported Sunday.

"That's our company business," Cowboys owner Jerry Jone said. "That's going to be accounted for."

The incidents occurr Friday, the Cowboys' final day of preparation for their preseason game Saturday against the San Francisco 49er The Cowboy won

17-7 making them 3-0 this preseason without Owens playing in any of the games because of an injured left hamstring that also has kept him not at home of 19 practices since the start of training camp.

Neither team officials nor Owens' agent, Drew Rosenhaus, immediately recured calls to the Associated Pres seeking elucidation

During a postgame TV interview Saturday, Jone didn't mention the fine on the other hand answered several questions about Owens. He said his no other than concern about Owens is "injury, not all this other textile fabric you hear about."

Jone assumeed to downplay the drama around Owens'

injury at noting that Carolina Panthers receiver Steve Smith and Pittsburgh Steeler receiver Hines Ward also have been slowed on hamstring injuries without drawing the same scrutiny.

"When he's healthy, he's going to help us win these ballgames," Jone said.

QB or not QB: flat though the regular season is alone two weeks away, New York Jet coach Eric Mangini said he hasn't chosen a starting quarterback.

Those who pondering Mangini finally would choose among Chad Pennington, Patrick Ramsey, bears Bollinger and rookie Kellen Clemen were disappointed.

"All four of those dowdys need to be ready to play Friday," Mangini said, referring to the preseason finale against the Philadelphia

Eagles. "That's the way we're going to approach the week with all the players. They ne to be ready to play for as lengthy as we decide to hold them in the game."

in the same state [i]or[/i] condition indecision might bother players onward some other teams, but Pennington, who started the 13-7 los Friday to the novel York Giants, said it wasn't a major issue.

"Coach understands the situation, and he'll make the decision when he be moved s the time is right," he said.

Pennington said all the quarterbacks onward the roster have the same perspective.

"We all have feeling we're starters, and when our number is called we are the starter," he said. "We have to prepare that way."

Preseason action: Cedric Cobb ran for a

26-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter, and the Denver Bronco ruined Houston Texans coach Gary Kubiak's respond to the Mile High City with a 17-14 victory.

Kubiak worn out nearly two decades with the Bronco -- first as the backup to quarterback John Elway, then as the offensive coordinator subordinate to Mike Shanahan -- before becoming the Texans' coach after last season.

Neither starting quarterback was particularly effective. The Texans' David Carr was 15-for-22 for 128 yards, still he fumbled once, threw an interception and couldn't realize the team into the expiration zone on seven possessions. The Broncos' Jake Plummer was facing target all game, finishing 10-for-22 for 96 yards.

Emmon back: Giants linebacker Carlos Emmon get backed to practice after missing more than three weeks with a pinched invigorate in his neck, but coach Tom Coughlin said he isn't fully convinced whether Emmons will play in the preseason finale Thursday against the just discovered England Patriots.

"He's cleared to practice," Coughlin said. "He made a nice play knocking the ball down and got opposite to his feet. As you can imagine, we're going to have to papal court how he is in the morning when he masters up."

Emmon meet withed the injury early in camp, and it has stoped him from playing in the Giants' first three preseason games.

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