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It is Jerry’s Fault!

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Jean-Jacques Taylor of the Dallas Morning News is not happy with Jerry Jones.  First, for not canning Wade Phillips.
Sometimes, if I’m not careful, I could allow myself to feel sorry for Jerry Jones.
He wants to win so badly. Really, he does.
He just doesn’t have a clue how to make it [...]

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4 steps to fix the mess that is the Dallas Cowboys

From the Sporting News…
1. Get the ball to Felix Jones
2. Stop somebody on first down
3. Deliver on special teams
4. Be accountable
Of course, it is easier said than done.
You can read about them, here.

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Is Jerry Jones becoming Al Davis two?

Johnette Howard, New York Newsday has some observations about the odd leadership of Jerry Jones.  She is accusing him of running the Cowboys into the ground.  This is a step or two beyond labeling Jones as “non-genius.”  From the paper…
A rational observer might ask right about here, for example, why Jones - the Cowboys’ president, [...]

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Dallas is just not that good

Not only is Jerry Jones overrated as a football mind, they just are not that good.
The Cowboys are not who we thought they were.
They are not a talent laden, championship caliber team that is simply underachieving.
They are undisciplined.
They are mistake prone.
They are simply not very good and haven’t been for some time.
And now they are [...]

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Jerry Jones is not the genius he thinks he is

From Gil LeBreton of the Star Telegram…
For his new, billion-dollar stadium in Arlington, Jerry Jones needs a billion-dollar head coach.
Does he have one?
The question seems pointless in light of recent Dallas Cowboys events.
But owner Jones had better start thinking that way.
For the past 19 years, whenever some media scoundrel with a sharp stick has tried [...]

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Wade Phillips is making his way to the hotseat

From the Dallas Morning News…
What has been gathering steam for a month reached something of a crescendo as the Cowboys played by far their worst game of the Wade Phillips era. And frankly, it should be the last game of the Phillips era, but Jones made it clear afterward that there will be no coaching [...]

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Was Pacman Jones treated too harshly?

At least one national, non-Dallas, writer thinks so.  From Greg Doyle of CBS Sportsline on Pacman’s suspension…
Pacman has been held to an impossible standard, worse than the one that brought down Bob Knight. After being warned not to screw up again as the Indiana basketball coach, Knight put his hands on an Indiana student. Sorry, [...]

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What is happening to Tony Romo?

Shortly after being anointed the class of the NFC and perhaps the elite team in the NFL, the Cowboys have dropped two.  In the middle of it all, Tony Romo has morphed into a different player and the change is not a good one.  From the Dallas Morning News…
The numbers say he completed 61 percent [...]

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Tom Curran: PacMan just playing his role

You all know that Adam (Don’t call me PacMan) Jones had another little run in with the law.  Tom Curran of MSNBC says we really should not be surprised, because he is just acting out his role in the circus known as the Dallas Cowboys.
Sorry to be the turd in the punch bowl, but I’m [...]

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If the playoffs started today, October 8, 2008

And of course they don’t, so this is a wee bit useless.

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