So what we have is a fine mess, different from previous messes only in intensity. The results are pretty much the same, as is the guy at the top, namely one Jerral Jones; and the owner's intense loyalty to this team's head coach continues to send up red flags. Conventional wisdom states that Our Boy Jerral would never fire the GM, just as it stated for many years that he would never hire a coach like Bill Parcells; but Jerry wants to win, so we give him the benefit of the doubt, hoping that something will change the fortunes of our Cowboys.

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Fans in Detroit and most sports writers seem to feel like Detroit got the better of the Roy Williams trade. General consensus among these types seems to be that three draft picks is too steep of a price to pay. I don't know if it's been done elsewhere, but this got me thinking about the occasionally vaunted draft trade value chart and I used that to analyze the value of the trade.

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I've been trying to figure out the implications of the so-called "uncapped" year(s) that may or may not happen in the next few years. I yet to read a good explantation/ analysis of what it will mean to the league, but I have to assume it will be a good thing for the Boys.

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Per Scouts, Inc.

Take this with a grain of salt, but Scouts, Inc. has evaluated the Cowboys as the best playoff team (by a nose).

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