COWBOYS DESERVE TO WATCH FROM HOME
By mark rogers
December 28, 2008
First of all let me say Happy Holidays to all out there, and I hope everyone had a safe time with friends and family.
Second of all let me say that I think the Dallas Cowboys are exactly where they should be at this point of the 2008 season - out of the playoffs...watching from home.
In a season filled with drama (Adam Jones reinstatement and fight with his own body guard and reinstatement, TO apparently getting jealous of Tony Romo's relationship with Jason Witten, Wade Phillips stripping duties of defensive coordinator Brian Stewart), injuries (Romo's pinkie finger, Marion Barber's pinkie toe, Witten's ribs, Felix Jones' hamstring and foot, Roy Williams' arm, Kyle Kosier's foot, Mat McBriar's foot, and on and on and on) and underachievement (losing to Arizona and St. Louis), the Cowboys don't deserve to make the post-season or receive any type of positive recognition.
Granted, the injuries weren't anyone's fault, but Dallas has to get rid of the drama and underachievement if it ever wants to win another playoff game...ever.
The start of the season was so promising: 3-0, everyone's pick to win the Super Bowl in the last season at Texas Stadium. It was just all a little too perfect.
This season will forever be remembered as the season of the pinkies: Romo's finger and Barber's toe. The pinkies that ruined us all.
A few months ago, I said that at 5-4 the Cowboys would have to do no worse than 5-2 in their last seven (very tough) games to have a chance to make the tournament. They went 4-3 and could have easily gone 6-1.
They had the Pittsburgh game in the bag. The Baltimore game was winnable before the defense just absolutely imploded and did something it hadn't done all year - give up big plays.
What a way to leave Texas Stadium. Giving up two 70+ yard touchdown runs on consecutive possessions to let the Ravens make it a horrible night.
Kind of reminds me of the night Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin were inducted into the Texas Stadium Ring of Honor.
We were beating Washington 13-0 with five minutes left and lost 14-13 on two long Santana Moss TD catches.
And the big plays just kept coming today against the Dallas defense. That game was over in the first quarter. We looked like we could've cared less about winning that game.
Whose fault is that? Coaches? Lack of player leadership? Jessica Simpson?
I don't know. But I do know this. Another season in Cowboys history is in the books and it might just go down as one of the most disappointing in franchise history - and we've had some disappointing seasons in 49 years.
We shouldn't have lost to Arizona, St. Louis, Pittsburgh or Baltimore. Fix those games and even with a loss today Dallas is 13-3 with its only losses to New York, Washington and Philadelphia. Shoulda woulda coulda.
Something has to change. You know it. I know it. And Jerry Jones knows it.
Now it's up to him to right the ship and get the Boys back on track. At least no one on our team accidentally shot himself in the leg...
...not yet anyway.
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