Poetry in the NFL
As a life long Dallas Cowboys fan I want the Cowboys to win. But I must say, one quarter into today’s awful game I started getting a little excited about how ugly it was getting for the ‘Boys. I know tomorrow the talk shows here in dallas will be howling and I must say I am happy to see the contrast of the Miami Dolphins making one of the great turnarounds in NFL history and making the playoffs while the Cowboys complete one of the great collapses in NFL history. Coming into the season they were ordained in the press. The hype provided by the HBO series, 12 pro bowl players, the apparent genius of Jason Garrett.
It all proved to be just that: hype. I do not think the Cowboys were ever as good as billed.
On top of that I think the combination of Garrett and Romo caught the NFL off guard in their first full season, but after the league got a taste of what they had they adjusted. And the not-so-dynamic duo did not have anything in reserve.
Romo is not capable of being a great NFL quarterback. I switched over to the Miami game after half time and saw Chad Pennington make precision, deep passes that I just do not think Romo can make. Ever.
Someone needs to pull the stats and look at Romo’s distribution of passes. I think if you exclude all the easy dump off passes to Jason Witten and to the running backs you will not see the kind of consistency to the receivers that you want in an NFL quarterback.
Romo seems like a nice guy and I think he makes an excellent back up quarterback, but enough is enough.
So today was a day of poetic justice:
Pennington beat the Jets.
Parcells and Tony Sporano proved what a manager / coach working with a plan in mind could do if empowered by the owner.
I think Jerry Jones is a good owner, he needs to prove that now by making the changes needed to fix the Dallas Cowboys. Dare I suggest that at some point the chronic mediocrity of the Cowboys will fade the star and the “America’s Team” status that has gone with it for so long.
A lot of people like to compare the Cowboy’s franchise to the New York Yankees. Jerry needs to prove that he is an owner comparable to Steinbrener by making ruthless moves to get this team back on top.
This Cinderella story did not have a happy ending.
Go Miami!!!!
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