Dallas never dull
by Bryan Burwell
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Just when we thought the NFL circus had finally left town -- or at least the carnival of calamity that had come to symbolize everything about the once-proud St. Louis Rams franchise -- a bigger and wackier three-ring lurks on the horizon.
Here come the Dallas Cowboys as the headliners in Sunday afternoon's showdown.
Formerly known so immodestly as America's Team, now they are simply Jerry's Kids, if you get my drift on that not-so-subtle innuendo.
Jerry Jones has assembled some of the best collection of talent in pro football in Dallas, but the eccentric Cowboys owner has also managed to accumulate some of the NFL's greatest emotional headaches, too. And all that craziness seemed to reach a crazy confluence over the past few weeks.
Cornerback/walking disaster area Adam (Pacman) Jones was expelled from the NFL again.
Their high-strung, prima donna wide receiver, Terrell (T.O.) Owens, seems to be on the verge of an emotional breakdown every other day.
Starting quarterback/tabloid hunk Tony Romo wants to play with a broken pinky finger and risk even further injury.
(Romo did nothing at practice Friday except stand around and watch, so he probably won't get his wish.)
In the middle of this crazed and confusing swirl stands Jerry Jones, the owner/team president/general manager who this week added a few more impressive titles to his shingle. Jones made news on Thursday when he played the dual role of practice pass catcher and medical expert. Jones thought Romo might be ready to play against the Rams.
"It looks promising. Yeah, he threw me several balls. Knocking them in there very good," said the owner/team president/general manager/pass catcher, who isn't a doctor but apparently plays one on TV.
This was the week when all of Jerry Jones' bold talent gambles came back to bite him. The week started with him awkwardly explaining away Pacman's latest public humiliation, being suspended because of the "zero tolerance" edict by commissioner Roger Goodell.
Yet Jerry recovered quickly by engineering a trade with the Detroit Lions to acquire top-notch wide receiver Roy Williams, which may have dramatically improved Dallas' chances at the postseason, but also immediately created a potential trigger for the mercurial T.O., who may not like sharing the stage with another receiver of such obvious Pro Bowl talents. Former Cowboy and current NFL Network commentator Deion Sanders, a surrogate of both T.O. and Pacman, ripped Jones for making the trade.
First Deion insinuated that Jones gave up so much for a "No. 2 receiver," particularly because Sanders said Williams was, among other things, lazy.
If you are a longtime T.O. watcher, you know that Sanders is Owens' unofficial spin doctor, which means if Prime Time is saying it, T.O. is thinking it.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Just when we thought the NFL circus had finally left town -- or at least the carnival of calamity that had come to symbolize everything about the once-proud St. Louis Rams franchise -- a bigger and wackier three-ring lurks on the horizon.
Here come the Dallas Cowboys as the headliners in Sunday afternoon's showdown.
Formerly known so immodestly as America's Team, now they are simply Jerry's Kids, if you get my drift on that not-so-subtle innuendo.
Jerry Jones has assembled some of the best collection of talent in pro football in Dallas, but the eccentric Cowboys owner has also managed to accumulate some of the NFL's greatest emotional headaches, too. And all that craziness seemed to reach a crazy confluence over the past few weeks.
Cornerback/walking disaster area Adam (Pacman) Jones was expelled from the NFL again.
Their high-strung, prima donna wide receiver, Terrell (T.O.) Owens, seems to be on the verge of an emotional breakdown every other day.
Starting quarterback/tabloid hunk Tony Romo wants to play with a broken pinky finger and risk even further injury.
(Romo did nothing at practice Friday except stand around and watch, so he probably won't get his wish.)
In the middle of this crazed and confusing swirl stands Jerry Jones, the owner/team president/general manager who this week added a few more impressive titles to his shingle. Jones made news on Thursday when he played the dual role of practice pass catcher and medical expert. Jones thought Romo might be ready to play against the Rams.
"It looks promising. Yeah, he threw me several balls. Knocking them in there very good," said the owner/team president/general manager/pass catcher, who isn't a doctor but apparently plays one on TV.
This was the week when all of Jerry Jones' bold talent gambles came back to bite him. The week started with him awkwardly explaining away Pacman's latest public humiliation, being suspended because of the "zero tolerance" edict by commissioner Roger Goodell.
Yet Jerry recovered quickly by engineering a trade with the Detroit Lions to acquire top-notch wide receiver Roy Williams, which may have dramatically improved Dallas' chances at the postseason, but also immediately created a potential trigger for the mercurial T.O., who may not like sharing the stage with another receiver of such obvious Pro Bowl talents. Former Cowboy and current NFL Network commentator Deion Sanders, a surrogate of both T.O. and Pacman, ripped Jones for making the trade.
First Deion insinuated that Jones gave up so much for a "No. 2 receiver," particularly because Sanders said Williams was, among other things, lazy.
If you are a longtime T.O. watcher, you know that Sanders is Owens' unofficial spin doctor, which means if Prime Time is saying it, T.O. is thinking it.
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