NY Giants/Eli Media Excuses

Even though the Giants were on a bye this, the NY media based ESPN still felt compelled to provide excuses for why the Giants and Eli Manning have struggled in recent weeks.  The excuse du jour was Eli's arm is tired from throwing so much.  Let me repeat this in case you are still laughing as hard as I am as I write this,...."Eli's arm is tired from throwing".

I do not even know where to begin with refuting such utter and total BS.  Do you really think Eli is any more tired than any other Quarterback in the NFL right now, particularly QBs behind horrible offensive lines like Tony Romo and Mike Vick.  We all know when watching ESPN that you have to live through the NorthEast media bias, but this is ridiculous.  If ESPN is going to make excuses, at least make them plausible.

But then to make matters worst, I started noticing on Sunday that other media outlets, CBS, Fox etc. had started copying this line.  It's one thing to come up with a BS excuse that's ridiculous, but how lazy to do you have to be to copy someone else's stupid excuse.  Unbelievable.  But eventually everyone will say this ridiculous line repeatedly until it becomes "fact".  Kind of like watching Fox News.

I'm going to start a new excuse for the Cowboys Defense allowing the late 4th Quarter Touch Down by Cleveland.  "The Cowboys defense had played for almost four Quarters and were tired."  If I say it enough times it will become true, Right?

Jerry Jones the General Manager

So once again the discussion begins about whether Jerry Jones should fire himself as the General Manager of the Dallas Cowboys.  I watch "First Take" on ESPN2 and there is Skip, Stephen A. and Darren Woodson discussing Jerry Jones the owner and General Manager.  Everyone agrees that he's a good owner, but a horrible General Manager.  This discussion gets repeated year after year in November and/or December once it is evident that once again the Dallas Cowboys (aka America's Team) is relegated to mediocrity or in some cases like this year, less than mediocrity with a 3-5 record.  And once again Jerry goes on TV (Bob Costas interview) and local radio interviews and is asked the question about his ability as a General Manager, and once again babbles on in the unknown language of "Jerry Speak", where he says something but nothing at the same time.  But most telling in a recent radio interview Jerry started re-writing history and spouting statements as facts that are absolutely not factual.  And to make matters worse, I don't think he even knows that he is lying.  In his delusional world, he thinks these non-truths are in fact truthful history.  The most recent example in said radio interview - Jerry said that he was the General Manager of the Cowboys during the early '90s and won three Superbowls, and by virtue of that experience, knows he can do it again.  This is absolutely a false statement and re-writing of history.  Jerry was not the General Manager and was not in charge player personnel while Jimmy Johnson was the head coach.  So Jerry has never been the General Manager and Manager of Personnel for a team that won three Superbowls.  He was owner of a team that won three Superbowls, but was not in charge of player personnel during that period.  And if you don't believe me, then believe Jimmy Johnson who was there..(Jimmy Johson disputes Jerry Jones' claims on Dan Patrick Show).  And again, the real problem with Jerry, he truly believes he is telling the truth.  In his Al Davis, mind dwindling, circle talking, lost world of early onset Alzheimer's believes he was the instrumental force behind those three Superbowls.  But it simply isn't true.

What is true, is that ever since Jimmy Johnson left, the Cowboys have alternated between mediocre and horrible.  The only slight upward tick in fortunes was when Jerry hired Bill Parcells who took a horrible team full of players that couldn't even make the practice squad of the Kansas City Chiefs and within 3 years turned them into a competitive playoff bound team.  Had Jerry not run Bill Parcells off with the Terrell Owens debacle, Parcells might have stayed for the full five years of his contract and taken the Cowboys deeper into the playoffs.  But once again Jerry Jones interfered,  ran off Bill Parcells, hired Wade Phillips and well the rest is part of the horrid Cowboys history.

When are we going to stop having this same discussion every year?
Reporter - "Jerry what do you think of yourself as a General Manager?" 
Jerry - "Well, uhh, I uhhh, blah blah blah blah blah". 
This is not a rhetorical question, as I have no answer.  The definition of insane is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.  Jerry continues to do the same thing, which is be a horrible GM.  We continue to ask the same questions.  We continue to get the same lame Jerry Speak answer.  People continue to show up for games and drive high TV ratings for Dallas Cowboy games.

Jerry cares less about winning and more about fame, recognition and being the face of the Dallas Cowboys, even if they annually suck.  Well, thanks Jerry Jones, you have taken a once proud franchise and driven it into a laughing stock with no hope of redemption.  Even after you are long gone, this blight on the Cowboys history will always leave an indelible mark of disgrace.

Guest Writer Dylan's expository essay on Jerry Jones and Dallas Cowboys

Did you know The Dallas Cowboys have 5 Super Bowl wins? Well let me tell you something interesting, the Cowboys haven’t even been to the playoffs since 2008. That’s pretty bad. The reason is their owner Jerry Jones, he doesn’t know how to correctly draft players for one thing, He also needs to hire more experienced coaches. Sean Lee and Morris Claiborne are great but what he really needs is Offensive Linemen. The Cowboys have a great Running Back, Demarco Murray, but he needs blockers. They just need to get rid of Jerry Jones because if they do they will win games. So the Cowboys need a new owner because they can’t draft, have inexperienced coaches, and play badly.

The Cowboys in the last twelve years have only had 11 first round draft picks some were 2 in one year a lot of them weren’t even very good when they played for the Cowboys. Those 11 picks are: Roy Williams, Terrence Newman, DeMarcus Ware, Marcus Spears, Bobby Carpenter, Anthony Spencer, Felix Jones, Mike Jenkins, Dez Bryant, Tyron Smith, and Morris Claiborne. They only had 8 years out of 12(they had two picks some of the years) because Jerry Jones traded his picks away for crummy third and fourth round picks. He has a great team but it’s all his fault. In my opinion I think Jerry is also the reason the referees cheat the Cowboys. If you can’t tell I’m a Cowboys fan for life. So the Cowboys right now are 3-4 that’s not very good but it’s better than 1-6 like the Browns. Also Jerry claimed "The Cowboys are going to beat The Giants butts at home" but they didn’t because Sean Lee and Demarco Murray were injured, so they couldn’t pull out a win. Jerry needs to hire more experienced coaches because if he doesn’t The Cowboys will never have the proper training that they desperately need, but he did good when he hired Rob Ryan he has really turned their defense around ad they finally cause turnovers now Jerry is also always disagreeing with The Cowboys Head Coach Jason Garret. Jerry also is the teams GM! I mean you really can’t get stupider than that, so that means he is their General Manager or GM. That pretty much means in drafting and free agency he always has the last say, in everything!

So pretty much what I have been trying so very hard to say here in this article is that Jerry Jones needs to retire. Please Jerry retire and sell the team so they can finally win again like they did in the 90’s with Troy, Michael, and Emmit. I really do think that if Jerry retires they’ll be the number on team in the NFL again. That’s why the Cowboys need a new owner so they can go and win the Super Bowl!

Cowboys Carolina Game

Just a quick mention from a couple of weeks ago - I went to the Cowboys/Panthers game in Charlotte, NC.  I went to one of the tailgate parties.  It was located at the Salty Dog Saloon.  It was operated by one of my friends' family.  Awesome tailgate party.  The Panther fans were all very nice and accommodating, even though I had on my DeMarco Murray Jersey.  We drank (including a couple of shots) and ate tons of food.  Big thanks out to Tyler and his cousin for letting a Cowboy fan crash the Panther tailgate party.  We then headed over to the stadium which was across the street.  Very quick and easy to get into the stadium.  Much easier than Cowboys Stadium.  Once inside, we were at about the 10 yard line in the upper section.  But even though the seats weren't great, we had a great view of the game.  The stadium is pretty small, so I don't think there is really a bad seat in the house.  Great, exciting game with of course a Cowboy win in the end.  But it was pretty much two really bad teams playing each other.  I was amazed at the number of Cowboys fans in the stadium, particularly the section I was sitting in.  Seemed as those my friends..Tyler, Tim and Drew were the only Panthers fans sitting in that section so it felt like a Cowboys home game.  Great fun, Great Friends and Great Game.