Published on: 21st April, 2010
So, the NFL schedule is out and the mad rush to predict the future is on. I personally think these April predictions border on the absurd. So much will change between now and the first week of the regular season. Not to mention that there is no real continuity any more. ...Published on: 16th April, 2010
What do Philadelphia Eagles fans and Dallas Cowboys fans have in common? More than you might think. I just came home to Dallas from a two-month stint in Philadelphia. No, I wasn't sent there as punishment for my sins. Nor was I there as a missionary to convert poor, lost Eagles ...Published on: 14th April, 2010
Jerry Jones rumbled into Dallas, Texas like a drunken Brahma bull stumbling into a Helzberg Diamonds store. What he didn't destroy, he crapped all over. First, he ignored the fact that he had one of the NFL's greatest icons still occupying the head coach's office and brought in his ...Published on: 14th February, 2010
Emmitt Smith was a no-brainer for the 2010 NFL Hall of Fame selection committee. One wonders whether his presenter had to do any more than stand and say, "Emmitt Smith: I rest my case." Despite his Hall of Fame credentials, Emmitt Smith is still a lightning rod. Most people outside Dallas ...Published on: 10th January, 2010
I am sure NBC's stellar broadcast crew hoped for a better game to close out Chris Collinsworth's inaugural season in the catbird seat. They would have loved a nail-biter, a classic, one for the ages. They didn't get a nail-biter or a classic. But they did get one for the ages. ...Published on: 3rd January, 2010
Who will be The Team of the Teens? By that, I do not mean the team of kids between 12 and 19. I mean the team that will outshine all others in the 2010—2019 decade. The team that will record multiple Super Bowl victories. The team everyone else will hate ...Published on: 26th December, 2009
Many have clamored for Jason Garrett's termination; I have not. Some have noted a dearth of Jason Garrett criticism in my writing. While I have called Wade Phillips everything, but something good to eat and have been vocal on the notion that he is not the type of head coach this ...Published on: 19th December, 2009
It was the best of times (for some). It was the worst of times (for them). And so it ends. In a few days hence, just like that, the clock strikes midnight, Dec. 31, 2009, and the first decade of the 21st Century draws to an end. It came in like a ...Published on: 16th December, 2009
Do the Dallas Cowboys have a chance of beating the New Orleans Saints Saturday? No matter how many times I ask myself that question, I cannot make it so it doesn’t sound weird, even surreal. Think about it. Here we have two franchises on the opposite end of the success spectrum. One of ...Published on: 13th December, 2009
Out-manned. Outplayed. Out-coached. Out of options. The Dallas Cowboys entered today's game against Norv Turner's San Diego Chargers with no margin for error. Then, with a first down on the San Diego goal line and four runs up the gut, each one stuffed by a charged up Charger's defensive front, ...