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The Gutless Tony Romo

I know I'm going to catch a ton of heat for a whining, alcohol-assisted tirade based on pure emotion, but I'm done with our gutless quarterback. How many big games has he folded like a chump - how many big games has he single-handedly lost?

 

He has magnificent statistics, but I'm sorry, they're hollow. When time comes for men to rise above, Tony chokes. I'm sure he will put up great numbers for the rest of the season, but I'm sick and tired of defending this dopey, happy-go-lucky nitwit.

 

Would someone put up stats for Tony in your standard, vanilla games vs. games that have meaning or really count? I'll bet it'll even shut Terry up. Again, I'm sorry for this guys, I just feel like kicking something and my fiance will fight back. And win.

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Let's Put Our Heads Together Re: Ed Werder

There must be a way to get this poor excuse for a pundit canned from BSPN. His ridiculous tabloid coverage of the Cowboys needs to stop! If I hear one more asinine Romo/TO, Romo/Jessica, Romo/bottom-heavy -- anything regarding him talking about Romo not related directly to football, I'm going to scream! I try to watch as little ESPN as possible, but when I see the star on the TV I turn the volume up.

Any ideas for a grass-roots campaign to get Werder off the air? Abusive signs behind him while he's on-air, heckling, letters to the Mothership, signing him up on the NAMBLA mailing list... anyone?

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Brandon Freakin' McCarthy

I try my hardest to put aside what we lost to get McCarthy. I remember being at my tramp ex-girlfriend's house, sitting on my wi-fi, the moment lonestarball.com reported Jonboy Daniels was trading John Danks for Brandon McCarthy. I had been 100% on board with the rebuilding through draft concept, and was ready to give them 3 years of leeway, as long as they stuck to the plan. But I digress...

 Is Brandon McCarthy a good pitcher who just suffers the occasional lapse - one that will get things straight and stop making those 1-2 BP pitches per 3 innings? Or is he just a strikingly average MLB pitcher who says the right things but simply doesn't have what it takes to excel in the MLB? I'm already reserved to the fact that he will never, in a million years, be John Danks. He will never be a #1 starter and an all-star. He will never make Jon Buffoon Daniels truly proud of his trade decision. But will he at least be a decent #4 starter on an excellent rotation?

When McCarthy first came to the Rangers, he did an interview with GAC, where he pronounced himself as a "sleep all morning" kind of guy who woke up 30 minutes before he had to be at the park. Is he like that anymore? He says the right things now, namely that he occaionally makes "awful, awful pitch(es)", and that his high pitch totals are unacceptable, but does he do anything about it? Is he working on his weak mechanics? The leverage he should get with his long legs should be immense, and yet he pussyfoots down the mound.

Final question: How long before Derek Holland surplants him?

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Brad Johnson was the SNITCH???

http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/04/jason-witten-took-the-blame-but-it-sound.html

 

If that's true, he should watch himself the next time he considers traveling to the DFW metroplex. A washed-up, limp wristed piss poor excuse for a back-up QB who couldn't throw a spiral, much one 20 yards, was the one ratting out the Cowboys problems to Ed Worthless?

And can anyone here believe Tim McMahon actually addresses Werder as "one of the best reporters covering the NFL"? Granted, ESPN's level of quality has severely dimished over the years, and is now little more than Sports Tabloid Television, but to call the biggest rumor-milling, anonymous source using hacks covering the pro circuit "one of the best" is a sad, pathetic notion.

I wish the Cowboys would go into lockdown mode like they did with Big Bill and Jimmy Johnson. Tell the children to STFU and do their jobs.

Brad Freakin' Johnson...

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Two Ways To Look At This Draft

1.  (From the standpoint of a die-hard, blue Cool-aid drinking Cowboy fan). Jerry Jones must have gotten an organizational psychologist on the payroll before the draft, because he has served notice to all players that their job is up for grabs. Romo, Folk, Ellis, anyone and everyone who had bad seasons and contributed to the most disappointing season in team history is not assured of a job next year.

The "carpet-bomb" approach brought in players who all share a common theme: locker room, high character players - many of them were team captains in college. The new "dirty dozen" will band together during minicamp, push each other to be the best they can be, and make this team better.

 

2. (From the standpoint of a die-hard Cowboys fan who has seen what years of Jerry Jones incompetence has done to a once-great franchise). Hello 1996 draft all over again. None of these clowns will be in the NFL in 3 years.

So, what do you think?

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Pacman Makin' it Rain

Apparently the other day at Markus Spear's birthday party at Buddha 9, a swanky restaurant/night club in Downtown Dallas, our favorite moron, Pacman Jones, showed up uninvited with a bag full of $1 bills and tried to make it rain, much to the ire of those NFL players around him.

Is there anyone still out there who cares to defend this piece of garbage?

http://www.examiner.com/x-850-Dallas-Cowboys-Examiner~y2009m3d12-Pacman-Jones-makes-it-rain-money

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So What is Owens Worth in Trade?

I don't know how to set up a poll (if anyone could help me I'd be appreciative). I'm very curious as to what Owens would fetch in a trade. A soon-to-be 36 year old receiver, who has trouble getting off the line, who if you take away his Seattle performance has averaged 50 yards per game over the last 20 games. But he's T.O., and some people love him.  

I'll start out the bidding at Owens and a fourth-round pick for a mid-first round pick. Any takers? Is Al Davis that stupid?

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The Only Thing I Hate More Than The Philadelphia Eagles

I knew that would get your attention. I'm a lifelong Cowboys fan, and I instinctively hate all of you as much as you hate me. I hate you for cheering Michael Irvin as he lay paralyzed on the Veterans turf. I hate you for the Bounty Bowl. I hate you for throwing batteries at Jimmy Johnson. And I hate you because your team has handed my team it's ass more times than not lately.

But I hate this Dallas Cowboys team more than I hate you and your team. I simply dispise them. I hate the fact that while other teams galvanize through adversity, this team wilted. I hate that the media follows them around all the time. I hate the name Jessica Simpson, and the fact that this team is more suited for the tabloids than the sports page. I hate our bumbling, Bennie Hill looking coach and the red headed idiot standing beside him. And oh goodness yes, I hate Jerry Jones. Maybe more than any of you do.

This game was destined to be a war, and this team didn't even bother to give you a fight. My team was treated worse than Jodie Foster in The Accused. Actually Jodie Foster put up a fight if I recall.

To quote Silky Johnston at the Player Hater's Ball on Chapelle's Show, "I hate you and hope all the bad things in the world happen to you and you alone". But I hate my Dallas Cowboys, from the top down, even more.

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A Gutless, Brainless, Soulless Team

I didn't think the pain of last week's game against the Ravens could be duplicated this week. How naive I was. And how deeply I hate this Cowboys team that just disgraced the uniforms they were wearing today.

It's hard to discern anything positive after today's loss, besides the fact that Jerry will DEFINITELY have to do some serious reorganizing in the off season. No more Wade, maybe no more Garrett, definitely no more T.O., Pacman or Tank Johnson. What player not named Witten or Choice even showed up to play?

Wade Phillips couldn't motivate a person on fire to jump in a river. If he wants to be an assistant in a new regime, consider it. Jason Garrett is no more ready to coach than me. Brian Stewart should find a new field in which to work.

Tony Romo is the kind of guy you'd love to have a beer with. But he just isn't the answer right now. I've never seen a quarterback with such a weak psyche not named Vince Young. Down two touchdowns, he sat by himself on the bench, sulking like a little girl. What a leader. Meanwhile, our ghetto fabulous wide receivers chive each other and curse him from across the sidelines. Could ANY COACH show some balls and stop that kind of high school behavior? Not on Wade's watch.

This was an unlucky season, to be sure. We lost too many players to play to our full abilities, but showed absolutely no fight when things got tough. There is no leadership from the top down.

The real solution for a Cowboys Super Bowl: Jerry Jones admitting his incompetence and hiring a real GM. He's great at hoarding draft picks, but the team he's put together is gutless, brainless, and soulless. I know that won't happen, though, and the biggest team in professional sports will descend further into embarassment.

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The Worst Loss in Franchise History?

I'm not from the Bill Walton school of hyperbole, but can anyone remember a more crushing defeat at such an important time? Texas Stadium and all the triumphant memories it has seen did not deserve to go out in such a fashion. I've never felt physically ill in my 26 years of watching the Cowboys, but Saturday night, I literally had to fight off vomitting.

Our defense played stellar except for the last two plays a Cowboys defense, with the memories of Doomsday, the Jimster 4-3, Campo's great days thrown to the wind.

Our offensive line played like a bunch of mentally handicapped fat-%sses. Just ridiculous.

Tony Romo is, at this moment, not the man. For him to revert to his idiotic, bonehead up-for-grabs self in such an important game tells me he's the Dirk Nowitzki of football. He puts  up great numbers but chokes like a gutless turd when it really counts. It took Manning, Elway, etc years to finally make it all come together, and I have faith in the future, but Romo is simply not what he needs to be.

I hope we make the playoffs because anything can happen, but I will not morn this team if it lays an egg on Sunday against the Eagles. In fact I'd say Philly by 8.

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