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The NFL only has one week left of the regular season, for fans of the Cowboys and other downtrodden teams that's good news. In fact, at this point I want the Cowboys to lose. They have nothing left to play for this season. A win will be detrimental to their NFL Draft hopes next season. Dallas has one more game, they play at Philadelphia Sunday. I expect them to lose that game and finish the season 5-11.
That would mean that Jason Garrett finishes the season at 4-4 as head coach. Is he deserving of the head coach position? I don't know the answer to that question. The thing that scares me is that I don't think Jerry Jones knows the answer to that question either. What I do know is I'm grateful that Jones fired Phillips when he did. Jerry now please take time, as long as you need, to pick a real NFL coach. Norv Turner and John Fox are probably going to get fired, these are not people you should consider. They were fired for a reason! There are rumors floating around that Nick Saban is being considered as your Dallas' next head coach. I'm not sure about that, coaches going from college to the NFL rarely work out. The obvious exception to that and the man that proves the rule is Jimmy Johnson.
Of course any new coaches usual first order of business is to prepare for the NFL Draft and to determine what veterans should be brought back next year. Of course, in Dallas the head coach is in the back seat in terms of making decisions, Jerry Jones must always have his opinion heard. That's irregardless of how bad his ideas are. (Hiring Wade Phillips, trading for Roy Williams and paying Jason Garrett $3,000,000 to be a not very good assistant coach. That last decision is still up in the air.) Having one of your top players get hurt is rarely a good thing. However Tony Romo getting hurt was one of the best things to happen to the Cowboys this season. It shows Dallas' brass, with or without Romo they are a mediocre team. That means there's no reason to bring Romo back. We also find out that Jon Kitna is a solid back up, for a year or two more at least. Not that Kitna getting hurt was good, but it gave Stephen McGee a chance to show what he can or can't do as a NFL quarterback. That may or may not answer the following question: Should they begin to prepare him as the long term quarterback or do they need to find one in the draft?
Who does Dallas need to get rid of before next season? Without any doubt, Marion "The Librarian" Barber has to go away. He's still tough, but he thinks he can still fake out people with his moves. He can't and what usually ends up happening is as he's trying to fake out people he gets tackled for losses. Roy Williams had an okay season, but has become expendable. Miles Austin has that huge contract and Dez Bryant is the future, it's time to cut Williams.
In the draft I'd like to see the Cowboys focus on an offensive lineman or two, a long-term quarterback option and some defenders with a bit more grit.
My favorite game this past weekend was the Giants getting blitzed by Green Bay. When I saw that score I laughed and laughed. I simply hate the Giants for two reasons. The first reason is that jerk of a head coach, Tom Coughlin. Every time I see his face I want to leave the room running. Not only is he a jerk, he's not a good head coach. He's only held on to the Giants job for so long because of their miraculous Super Bowl season. He really needs to go away.
Reason 2 is Eli Manning. In an early season poll, Sports Illustrated asked NFL players who were the most overrated players in the NFL. Two of the highest receiving votes were Tony Romo and Eli Manning, this season has shown how accurate that poll was. Long time readers of this blog will know by now how I feel about Romo. But Eli Manning is also highly overrated, again helped by that miraculous Super Bowl season. The other thing that adds to Eli being overrated is many people think he will be as good as his brother. Please Eli will never be in the same league as Peyton, other than of course both are in the National Football League.
Manning threw for four interceptions yesterday, the 301 yards he passed for must included the interception return yardage as well. He's thrown for 24 interceptions this season, with a 85.4% quarterback rating. That's barely an average quarterback rating, yet he gets press like he's this great quarterback. But he isn't, if Dallas had a chance to pick him up I'd be on this blog begging Dallas to please not sign him. In fairness to Eli, many of his other stats are decent. But other than the miracle year, he's just not a winner. Look at his postseason history if you don't believe me.
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