Who’s to blame for the Cincinnati Bengals going 4-12 last season? Terrell Owens says that’s an easy one: The owner and the coaches.

“You start with the head coach, and then you start with the staff on both sides of the ball,” Owens said on NFL Network’s Total Access. “Offensively, we really didn’t have the coaching that we really needed to muster what we had on the offensive side of the ball.”

But Owens wasn’t done with head coach Marvin Lewis and his staff. Responding to NFL Network analyst Warren Sapp naming Bengals owner Mike Brown, Owens said Brown also deserves a heaping help of blame.

“I’ve made a comment about if you’re trying to win some championships, it starts from the top down,” Owens said. “[Sapp] mentioned Mike Brown; I think even before I got there, they said the owner was a little different. Obviously, I saw that.”

According to Owens, the players were good enough that the Bengals should have been a good team. But the players couldn’t do it alone.

“I think if you look at the talent we had in that locker room this year and we mustered four wins, that should let you know something is not right,” Owens said. “Throughout the year, I saw some things that really wasn’t right.”

Of course, there were reports during the season that one of the things that wasn’t right was Owens himself not being a good teammate. And there have been indications that the reason Bengals quarterback Carson Palmer wants out is that he’s sick of having bad teammates, including Owens.

But Owens says the blame for Palmer wanting out starts at the top, too.

“Obviously if you have your franchise quarterback who is supposed to be that guy for your team trying to get out of there, that’s kind of telling the organization something, and that’s telling a lot of people out there something as well,” Owens said.

It also tells us something about Owens that he doesn’t seem to consider the possibility that his arrival in Cincinnati had something to do with the Bengals’ decline from first place to last.

NFL star/television personality Terrell “T.O” Owens isn’t exactly known for his modesty, and the Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver made it quite clear where he sees himself once his football career comes to a close.

“I’ll be in Hollywood on the big screen,” he told FOX411′s Pop Tarts at the Grey Goose Lounge Super Bowl soiree in Dallas, TX last weekend. “I did a comedy this past summer called ‘Dysfunctional Friends’ (co-starring Stacey Dash and Stacy Keibler) with a great cast, hopefully that’s a stepping stone for more work.”

And T.O has already determined that his acting abilities are pretty advanced.

“With my body type, everyone is talking about me doing action films but I want to go and show my range,” he continued. “Comedy was a good stepping stone, but there’s more I can do. We’ll see.”

But before leaving the NFL for the bright lights of Hollywood, Owens has one important goal. In true T.O style, he wants to switch teams (again) to one that “will actually win the Super Bowl.”

“Hopefully I can go to a team where I have a legitimate shot of going to the Super Bowl and actually winning,” he said. “I’ve been there once and we came up short, so I need to get there again and actually win it.”

On that note, he thinks he might be the one to help the New York Jets make that Super Bowl touchdown.

“I’m a free agent, if the situation is right (I would go.) They are a great team, they’ve proven themselves and gotten to the AFC (American Football Conference) championships two years in a row,” Owens explained. “If I can come in and be of some help and try to get them over the hump than I’ll welcome it.”

And if there is one thing Owens excels at (aside from football) it is tooting his own horn – and he has no regrets about any past controversies, temper tantrums or explosive comments about teammates or the opponents.

“I’ve done a great job as far as the things I’ve done on the field, you can put what I’ve done on the field versus what I’ve done off the field against any player in the league and I feel like it stands up there with the best of them,” Owens added. “I play hard, I play with a lot of passion on the field and I keep my nose clean off the field, so anyone that wants to question my character, then we’ll see what kind of answers you’re going to get.”

And even though Owens was released from the Dallas Cowboys after the 2008 season, amid rumored conflict with QB Tony Romo, the 37-year-old still enjoyed returning to his old stomping grounds for Super Bowl weekend.

“It feels good to be here, like I never left. It feels bittersweet,” Owens added. “I’ve still got a lot of friends here from the team, and it is a great opportunity for the city of Dallas to have the Super Bowl here.”

The Cincinnati Bengals are not expected to re-sign outspoken receiver Terrell Owens, who was placed on injured reserve Tuesday, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.

Terrell Owens

#81 WR
Cincinnati Bengals

2010 STATS

• Rec72
• Yds983
• TD9
• Avg13.7
• Long78
• YAC271

Owens decided to have knee surgery Monday, ending his revival season in Cincinnati. The 37-year-old receiver tore cartilage in his left knee two weeks ago, but kept playing. He aggravated the injury while making a cut on the opening series of the 19-17 win Sunday against Cleveland, forcing him to hobble off the field.

Owens signed a one-year deal with a $2 million base salary at the start of training camp, when the Bengals were one of the few teams interested. He proved he could still play, leading the team with 72 catches for 983 yards and nine touchdowns.

He ranked among the NFL’s top six receivers in yards and catches before the game against Cleveland. He has said that he hopes to play for two or three more years.

Owens flew to Birmingham, Ala., on Monday and was examined by Dr. James Andrews. He tweeted a photo of himself in a hospital gown getting ready for the operation late Monday afternoon.

“BIG THANKS 2 every1 4 their support (and) prayers! I’ll b back on the field …” he tweeted.

Photos of him in a recovery area were posted after the surgery, along with a tweet: “had knee surgery! Will b ok.”

Despite Owens’ big numbers, the Bengals (3-11) are having one of their worst seasons. The victory over Cleveland ended a 10-game losing streak that matched the longest in club history for one season. They finish at home against San Diego (8-6) and at Baltimore (10-4).

As the losing streak went on, Owens became more outspoken, blaming the coaching staff for the offensive struggles. Running back Cedric Benson expressed his opinion earlier in the season, then kept quiet while it all fell apart.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

CINCINNATI – Terrell Owens had knee surgery Monday, ending his revival season with the Cincinnati Bengals.

The receiver tore cartilage in his left knee two weeks ago, but kept playing. He aggravated the injury while making a cut on the opening series of a 19-17 win over Cleveland on Sunday, forcing him to hobble off the field.

Owens flew to Birmingham, Ala., on Monday and was examined by Dr. James Andrews. The 37-year-old Owens had surgery later in the day.

He tweeted a photo of himself in a hospital gown getting ready for the operation late Monday afternoon.

“BIG THANKS 2 every1 4 their support (and) prayers! I’ll b back on the field …” he tweeted.

Photos of him in a recovery area were posted after the surgery, along with a tweet: “had knee surgery! Will b ok.”

Owens signed a one-year deal with a $2 million base salary at the start of training camp, when the Bengals were one of the few teams interested. He proved he could still play, leading the team with 72 catches for 983 yards and nine touchdowns.

He ranked among the NFL’s top six receivers in yards and catches heading into the game against Cleveland. He’s a free agent after the season, and hopes to play for two or three more years.

Despite Owens’ big numbers, the Bengals (3-11) had one of their worst seasons. The victory over Cleveland ended a 10-game losing streak that matched the longest in club history for one season. They finish at home against San Diego (8-6) and at Baltimore (10-4).

Cincinnati got the breakthrough win by letting running back Cedric Benson become the focus of the offense again, just like last season. The Bengals swept the AFC North by relying on their running game and defense in 2009. They got away from that this year, wanting a more diversified offense.

Now, they’ll be looking to run in the last two games.

“You ask anyone on this offense, any of those guys up front, and ask them what they would want to do, and they’d say run the ball,” Benson said. “There’s the identity of your team right there. Your team is telling you what they want to do.”

The run/pass question has bedeviled and divided the offense all season. Owens and receiver Chad Ochocinco — hosts of “The T.Ocho Show” on the Versus cable network each week — wanted to throw the ball more. Benson wanted to go back to running behind a line that’s more adept at grinding it out.

As the losing streak went on, Owens became more outspoken, fingering the coaching staff for the offensive struggles. Benson expressed his opinion earlier in the season, then kept quiet while it all fell apart.

“I know the truth and I’m confident not only in myself, but in what I know is right,” Benson said. “I didn’t feel like I needed to say anything to bring anybody down or get any message across.”

Benson carried 31 times for 150 yards — both season highs — against the Browns, a performance that amounted to an I-told-you-so moment. He acknowledged that it was difficult to keep going as the team kept losing.

“I remember telling myself six or seven weeks ago: Do not get sucked into what’s going on,” he said. “What are those deals that horses wear? Blinders? Keep your blinders on.

“It’s almost like a gigantic magnet. No matter how hard you try to avoid that and keep from getting sucked into that here-we-go-again attitude, it just pulls and pulls and pulls at you week after week after week.”

The last two games are a prelude to change. Coach Marvin Lewis declined a contract extension last season and is finishing his deal. Benson and Owens are free agents. The club has a one-year option on Ochocinco. The Bengals will have a high draft pick.

A franchise with only two winning records in the last 20 years will be starting over. Again.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Outspoken Cincinnati Bengals receiver Terrell Owens will miss the last two games of the regular season because of a torn meniscus in his left knee, the NFL team said.

Owens, 37, aggravated the injury in Sunday’s 19-17 win over the Cleveland Browns, the Bengals said on their website (www.bengals.com).

“There’s no swelling,” Owens said, calling the injury minor. “It’s one of those freak things.”

The injury most likely means Owens’s stay with the Bengals is over. He signed a one-year, $2 million contract in July.

He finished the season 17 yards shy of joining Jerry Rice and Randy Moss as the only NFL players with 10 1,000 yard seasons. The six-times All Pro selection had 983 yards and nine touchdowns on 72 catches this season.

Cincinnati (3-11) ended a 10-game losing streak with the win over the Browns.

Owens, who last week blamed his team’s dismal record on poor coaching by the Bengals’ staff, suffered the injury earlier this month.

“It happened two weeks ago when we played the Saints when I got undercut, but I didn’t really realize it,” Owens said. “I still played. I played that entire game and I played the entire game (the next) week.”

He missed several days of practice last week and did not start on Sunday, but came in on the second play. He was injured four plays later.

Despite his age, Owens said he expected to play somewhere in the NFL next season.

“That’s the least of my worries right now,” he said. “I’ll be back.”

(Writing by Gene Cherry in Salvo, North Carolina, editing by Justin Palmer)