Irving, Texas ? Terrell Owens sat at his locker Friday flexing his swollen right hand, smiling and saying little.

After practicing for the second straight day, the Dallas Cowboys receiver seemed in good spirits and on track to play Sunday. But Owens, who will travel to Tennessee, refused to say then whether he would play against the Titans and reminded the media surrounding him that he talks on Wednesdays.

But Friday evening Owens said on his radio show that he told coach Bill Parcells that he would be ready to play.

“If he gives me the nod that I can play, then you best believe I will be ready, no matter what,” Owens said. “They can slap the hand; they can do whatever they want to the hand. I will be ready.”

Parcells said Owens had done everything he’d been asked to do in practice this week. Still, Parcells hadn’t decided whether the receiver would play against the Titans.

“The injury status has not changed, and we’re going to make some game-time decisions as to who’s going to participate,” said Parcells, who will talk to trainers today.

Owens had only a small bandage over the scar on his hand from surgery Sept. 18, a day after he broke a bone near his ring finger in his home debut for the Cowboys.

When asked about the swelling, Owens said, “It’s gone down a lot.” Other than that, he let teammates speak for him in the locker room.

“You can go on and migrate around,” Terence Newman told reporters, standing in front of Owens and pointing to other lockers. “Thank you for coming out.”

Parcells said he hadn’t sat down with Owens yet, but the coach said he “would have time to do that.”