Hello,
The main thing I want to say today is Happy Veteran's Day. I want to personally thank all the soldiers that have fought valiantly, laid down their lives and those who are still serving. Thanks for all your sacrifices to keep America great. Also thanks to all your families for letting you go and fight for our country. Thanks again for all that you have done, let's hope that we can return the favor and take care of you.
Now from some of the most honorable people in America to perhaps the most delusional, Jerry Jones. Jones continues to be one of the worst GMs in the NFL. He's also a GM that can't be fired, he's inept and unfireable. I'm a Cowboys fan and will always be a Cowboys fan. However right now I'm very much a disgusted Cowboys fan. The only hope I see for the Cowboys future is that things become so untenable for the Jones family that they sell.
For now I'm actually cheering against the Cowboys and hope that will quicken the pace that the Jones family will finally sell the Cowboys. Last night I enjoyed the Saints steamrolling the Cowboys. Dallas was blown out 49-10, the Saints could have easily scored even more points. This loss exposes all the bad decisions that have been made over the years by Jones.
All blame for this latest debacle goes to Jerry Jones. He's the "mastermind" behind the success and failure of this franchise. Even when the Cowboys have a bit of success Jones trumpets his moves. So when his Cowboys look pathetic it's definite that I'm going to hammer him for his ineptness.
Let's look at some of the stats from the Cowboys latest debacle. The defense gave up a franchise record 625 yards and a NFL record 40 first downs. The Cowboys are also threatening to break the Saints record for most average yards given up in one season, they're periously close to the record the Saints Bounty Gate torn apart defense gave up last season. Monte Kiffin is currently the Cowboys Defensive Coordinator. Could horrible stats like these have been predicted? Yes, when 70 year old Jerry Jones hired someone even older than himself, that could have been a sign. Jones also hired a man that had been forced out by his own son at USC. The reason is because Kiffin's defense was lit up through his tenure there. There's two more signs, where's Bill Engvald when you need him?
Why is the defense so bad? Well who was the one who signed Monte Kiffin? Who's the person that has ignored both lines in order to add the flashy players? Jones that's who, Fail!
Kiffin was brought in to replace the loud and brash Rob Ryan. I know that it's impossible to compare teams against each other. But Tom Benson seems to be near the exact opposite of Jones. He hired a great head coach and seems to stay out of the way. Sean Payton, who has won a Super Bowl. hired Rob Ryan to try and improve on that historically bad Saints defense of 2012. Jones coaching hiring, Jason Garrett, hasn't even taken the Cowboys to the playoffs and they aren't going this year either.
Anyway Ryan's defense gave up 193 yards, while the Cowboys defense gave up 625 yards. Alone both the Saint's rushing and passing games had more yards than the Cowboys entire offense.
Who's the one who chose to fire Ryan as a scapegoat for Jones many weaknesses? Once again Mr. Jerry Jones. Fail again.
I don't want to hear the excuse about the Cowboys losing so many players to injury. Dallas always seems to lose a lot of players to injury. Obviously they aren't doing something right in training/ avoiding injuries. One of Jerry Jones many GM weaknesses is that he loves to sign injury prone players. How has that worked out so far? Anthony Spencer is out for the season. Jay Ratliff should've been released before the start of the season, he's been injury prone and also a malcontent. After not playing one down Ratliff was released during the season adding to the Cowboys dead money. You know that Ratliff looks forward to playing against the Cowboys when Dallas visits Chicago. Bad contracts is another one of Jerry's many shortcomings as a GM.
Miles Austin also should have been released this past off season, this week he missed his third straight game due to injury. He needs to be released at the end of this season. The heart of the defense seems to be Sean Lee and he has been playing fantastic this season. He's also injury prone and has been since college. However he signed a cap friendly contract that pays him but also allows for the fact that he might have more injuries in the future. He hurt his hamstring last night, it looks like he'll be out for 3 to 4 games. Even with Lee the Cowboys defense didn't look very good. Without him the Cowboys looked even worse.
Who has fallen in love with the injured player? Jones that's who. And like clockwork all the injury prone players have missed games this season: Austin, Murray, Ratliff (not even on the team now) and Lee. Jerry Jones Fail again!
DeMarcus Ware was also battling injuries Sunday night but he manned up and played as long as he could. A tip of my hat to Ware. Not Jerry's fault, sometimes injuries just happen.
Tony Romo struggled last night, but I can't say a lot of that is his fault. Jones does very little to surround his franchise quarterback with a great offensive line. He traded up to get Travis Fredericks in the first round. It seems he's been a pretty good player, but the 'Boys need more than just one offensive line upgrade. For the past several years the Cowboys/ Jones haven't prioritized the offensive line. The fruits of that inattention is coming to fore now. Before the season started the Cowboys signed Brian Waters. However he hurt himself against the Lions and this past Saturday he was put on season ending injury reserve. With Jones not prioritizing the offensive line the Cowboys are forced to sign players like Waters. Looks what happens when they make desperation moves.
Fail: Jones again. I don't remember a time that Jones has made either one of the lines a priority.
Romo didn't have a good game, but I can assure you he would have had a better game if he had a solid offensive line surrounding him. The Cowboys finished with 9 first downs, 31 less than the Saints. The Cowboys were 0 for 9 on third downs. Meanwhile Romo was 10 of 24 for 128 yards, 1 TD and had no interceptions. The Saints blanketed Dez Bryant and he was only targeted twice, he caught only one pass for 44 yards. And of course they couldn't throw it to the frequently injured Austin.
One of those oft injured Cowboys, DeMarco Murray, actually played this game. He's missed a couple of games this season. However on Sunday he played and had a good game. He had 16 rushes, 89 yards and 1 TD.
Of course the Cowboys biggest problem is the inept, egotistical Jerry Jones. He owns the Cowboys and can do anything he wants with them. I'm not sure why he has decided to destroy his own franchise though. I keep on reading about him being the next Al Davis, no I think he's already passed Davis. He's hell bent on doing things his way and proving his way is right. However he's the only one who doesn't realize how inept and wrong he is? I would think that he would be pretty good at admitting his failures by now, he's had so many.
Will Kiffin survive the season? Will alleged offensive coordinator Bill Callahan survive the season? And how in the hell is Jones going to find a way to keep his good little puppet Jason Garrett for another season? Jones said that on Tuesday his staff will survive the season. Heaven forbid that changes are made during yet another mediocre season.
Since the Cowboys are in the NFC Least they are still tied for first place. The Cowboys actually own the tie breaker as the Cowboys beat the Eagles earlier in the season. That was the game the Eagles forgot to show up for. That's still the only road game the Cowboys won this season.
Dallas has a bye this week, that gives this deteriorating franchise much more time to have drama. Jerry is going to say several stupid things (which he did on Tuesday), I expect at least one Bryant meltdown and Garrett will continue to be a puppet. That's something that Garrett does everyday.
After the bye the Cowboys go back on the road and play the Giants. Look for Eli Manning to have a big game against this ragtag Dallas defense. Drew Brees finished 8 yards short of being the 5th quarterback to have at least 400 yards against the Cowboys. Look for Manning to have over 400 yards for a second time against the Cowboys on November 24th. Dear Giants please destroy the Cowboys, at some point reality has got to set in in Valley Ranch. Right?
Once again Cowboys fans I beg you to stop attending games and buying anything with a Cowboys logo. We must band together and force the Jones family to sell the Cowboys. Dallas is going to suck until the Jones family sells the Cowboys. Jerry Jones I hate you and what you have done to this once proud franchise. Please sell the team asap. I would love to be part of a fan base that is loathed rather than felt sorry for.
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