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Checkdowns: Players Know Where The Haters Are
*Having Cowboys players read “mean tweets” about them on camera – vocally retweeting and exposing Twitter’s keyboard warriors – is a stroke of genius from the social media/broadcasting team at Valley...
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Checkdowns: The Worst Cap Management In Sports Ain’t In Dallas
*I know, I know, Jerry Jones the owner/GM can do no right. The Cowboys haven’t drafted well overall since 2006 and they’ve developed a bad habit of extending their breakout performers too quickly or...
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Why LeBron Doesn’t Need Six Rings — Just One More
Reading LeBron James’ letter/announcement via SI, did you get the feeling he’d been formulating those words in his head for four years? Jotting chicken scratch on Post-It notes while relaxing on South...
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More Proof Dez Needs To Get Paid – Now
How does Kyle Orton’s release impact Dez Bryant? It’s about more than just extra salary cap space for the Pro Bowl receiver’s eventual contract extension. It’s more proof that Bryant deserves a...
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Checkdowns: Can We Call Romo Healthy, But Day to Day?
*Two quick points about Tony Romo’s back: 1) The Cowboys would never have cleared their 34-year-old, $100 million quarterback for training camp if he was any less than one-tenth short of 100 percent...
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Don’t Assume the Offense Will Fix All
Did you knee-jerk about the Cowboys’ second- and third-team defense getting smoked in San Diego last week? Don’t. Are you concerned that the Cowboys’ first-team defense may somehow rank 33rd out of 32...
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Cowboys Season Prediction: Optimism, Meet Realism
Maybe it’s the losing preseason he’s had, knowing his three-time Super Bowl champions of the distant past could shrug it off with six or seven Hall of Famers on the roster … and his three-time 8-8...
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Checkdowns: Maybe Romo Needed to Get the Nerves Out?
*Just remember, the best Tony Romo we’ve ever seen was Tony Romo staring at an 0-2 start. 2011, Candlestick Park. Busted ribs. Punctured lung. Pneumo-whatever. Against a brutal 49ers defense that also...
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Post-Game Checkdowns: Romo Gets the Help He Needs and Sometimes Refuses
*It’s fitting that Troy Aikman called Sunday’s 26-10 win over Tennessee. Near the end of the Fox broadcast he said the offense reminded him of the ‘90s … (not his words) … glory-hole days: power...
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If You Loved “Major League,” You Can’t Bet Against These Cowboys
There’s a scene in the greatest sports comedy ever, “Major League,” when frog-throated Cleveland Indians manager Lou Brown tells his team of misfits and nobodies that conniving owner Rachel Phelps...
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