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Gravity Has Kicked In and Kicked Hard
Some cold numbers on this icy evening.
20 -- this is Jerry Jones' 20th year of running the show post Jimmy Johnson.
0 -- the number of quality quarterbacks Jerry has drafted in his generation at the helm.
10 -- the number of years the team has endured without a quality safety on the roster. Cross your fingers that J.J. Wilcox's sterling afternoon in Philadelphia wasn't a Ken Hamlin-like mirage.
4 -- the number of draft picks from the first three rounds which Jones traded away from 2009 through 2012 to secure Roy Williams, Dez Bryant and Morris Claiborne (one 1st, one 2nd and two 3rds).
The Worst 11 of the Era?
In the 4th quarter of the Saints blowout, the Cowboys put this lineup on the field:
George Selvie, Drake Nevis, Jarius Wynn, Kyle Wilber, Justin Durant, Bruce Carter, Ernie Sims, Brandon Carr, Barry Church, Jeff Heath, Orlando Scandrick.
How many of those eleven played like capable NFL starters? To my eyes, the corners Carr and Scandrick passed the test. The others looked like the guys you see in the 3rd quarter of the first pre-season game.
Take a hard look at that bunch and compare them to the '89 1-15 defense:
Tony Tolbert, Dean Hamel, Willie Broughton,, Jim Jeffcoat, Jack Del Rio, Eugene Lockhart, Ken Norton, Everson Walls, Robert Williams, Vince Albritton, Ray Horton,
A couple of kids years away from the big time, a few old timers past their prime and a bunch of guys holding down spots.
Was Sunday's crew the worst of the Jerry Jones era? I wonder. It certainly ranks among the worst.
Get to the Source
This is a piece we could re-post every day from now into the future but it's never been more relevant.
-- Monte Kiffin is a symptom;
-- Jason Garrett is a symptom;
-- Bill Callahan is a symptom;
-- Dez Bryant's rants are a symptom;
-- DeMarco Murray's dings are symptom;
-- Tony Romo's bungles are a symptom.
-- Any player over or underused is a symptom of the real malady.
Jerry and Stephen are the disease.
Some cold numbers on this icy evening.
20 -- this is Jerry Jones' 20th year of running the show post Jimmy Johnson.
0 -- the number of quality quarterbacks Jerry has drafted in his generation at the helm.
10 -- the number of years the team has endured without a quality safety on the roster. Cross your fingers that J.J. Wilcox's sterling afternoon in Philadelphia wasn't a Ken Hamlin-like mirage.
4 -- the number of draft picks from the first three rounds which Jones traded away from 2009 through 2012 to secure Roy Williams, Dez Bryant and Morris Claiborne (one 1st, one 2nd and two 3rds).
The Worst 11 of the Era?
In the 4th quarter of the Saints blowout, the Cowboys put this lineup on the field:
George Selvie, Drake Nevis, Jarius Wynn, Kyle Wilber, Justin Durant, Bruce Carter, Ernie Sims, Brandon Carr, Barry Church, Jeff Heath, Orlando Scandrick.
How many of those eleven played like capable NFL starters? To my eyes, the corners Carr and Scandrick passed the test. The others looked like the guys you see in the 3rd quarter of the first pre-season game.
Take a hard look at that bunch and compare them to the '89 1-15 defense:
Tony Tolbert, Dean Hamel, Willie Broughton,, Jim Jeffcoat, Jack Del Rio, Eugene Lockhart, Ken Norton, Everson Walls, Robert Williams, Vince Albritton, Ray Horton,
A couple of kids years away from the big time, a few old timers past their prime and a bunch of guys holding down spots.
Was Sunday's crew the worst of the Jerry Jones era? I wonder. It certainly ranks among the worst.
Get to the Source
This is a piece we could re-post every day from now into the future but it's never been more relevant.
-- Monte Kiffin is a symptom;
-- Jason Garrett is a symptom;
-- Bill Callahan is a symptom;
-- Dez Bryant's rants are a symptom;
-- DeMarco Murray's dings are symptom;
-- Tony Romo's bungles are a symptom.
-- Any player over or underused is a symptom of the real malady.
Jerry and Stephen are the disease.
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