Yup, you got that right. Patriots receiver Isaiah Stanback, speaking in the Patriots locker room today, thanked Terrell Owens for helping in his development in Dallas.

An lesser-known fact: T.O. is normally great with/for young receivers. I saw him take Miles Austin and Sam Hurd under his wing in Dallas, as well as doing it with Stanback. I also know he's been mentoring the talented-but-raw James Hardy, a second-year pro, in Buffalo.

Asked if "The Original 81" was helpful to him, Stanback responded, “Very much so, I love T.O. I know that obviously he gets a bad rap supposedly, but I was around him every day and I know the real T.O. He helped me out a lot, personally.”

That comment was spurred on by a good question asked to Stanback about his situation playing multiple positions -- And how it helps to have Tom Brady as a tutor at one spot and Randy Moss at the other.

“I’ve been pretty privileged in my career to have played with some future Hall-of-Famers," Stanback said. "Obviously, I had Terrell [Owens] down in Dallas and Jason Witten — I talk to him all the time, too. To now, obviously being here around those guys, it’s a great atmosphere. They’ve both been great situations for myself.”

Now, as for T.O. and his quarterbacks ...