13 January 2008
A big day for the Phillips family
Brad Townsend has a nice story in today's Dallas Morning News about Wade Phillips and his family-oriented coaching philosophy.
I still think Wade ought to break out one of his daddy's hats on the Cowboys sideline. :)
UPDATE: As it turns out, it wasn't such a great day for the Phillips family, as the Cowboys' and Wade Phillips' playoff difficulties continued.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/13/08 12:34 | Dallas Cowboys | Technorati | Comments (2)
19 September 2007
I like my team's quarterback
Romo won't tap Tank for info (DMN Cowboys Blog)
Tony Romo held a conference call with Chicago reporters today and got grilled about Tank Johnson. Romo responded with a pretty good wisecrack when asked if he'd pick Tank's highly intelligent brain about the Bears' scheme.
"He's a D-lineman," Romo said. "There's going to be no secrets there. He's going to say, 'I like to play a one-technique.' OK, thanks."
That's funny!
Good job, Romo.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 09/19/07 20:28 | Dallas Cowboys | Technorati | Comments (0)
09 August 2007
The best time of year
I don't care that it's pushing mid 90s with humidity that feels about the same in Houston, even though it's been mild most of the summer (by our standards).
The long, bad part of the year is officially over, because football is back.
And all things seem possible in preseason (unlike, say, December when the Jersey Con Man is in charge of your team's defense) -- Woo!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 08/09/07 17:54 | Dallas Cowboys | Technorati | Comments (2)
28 July 2007
He didn't just compare himself to Jesus?
Roy calls criticism unfair (Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
This Roy Williams is thrilled about his role in a defense that promises to use him more like the player he was at Oklahoma and in his first two seasons with the Cowboys.
And the Roy Williams who spoke after Friday's practice smiled, laughed and seemingly was understanding of his critics.
When asked if he ever tires of the seemingly endless criticism that is thrown his way, Williams said, "All the time. All the time. It's cool, though.... It's OK to get criticized. Jesus was criticized; he was persecuted. What makes me any different?"
Err, yeah, right.
I can't help but think that Jesus would be a significant upgrade in pass defense after watching Roy Williams try and fail at pass coverage in recent years.
Jesus probably wouldn't hit as hard as Roy, but I bet He would break up more passes.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 07/28/07 13:20 | Dallas Cowboys | Technorati | Comments (3)
29 March 2007
13 years
Today is the 13-year anniversary of that horrible day for Cowboys fans.
Blar.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 03/29/07 06:16 | Dallas Cowboys | Technorati | Comments (2)
08 February 2007
Son of Bum
Well, how about that -- Jerry actually hired Wade Phillips today.
I thought it was going to be Norv Turner.
I'm okay with Phillips (not that Jerry consulted me or anything). If he can keep that defense from collapsing again in December/January like it did under Parcells, he might have a pretty decent team on his hands.
I still think he should wear a cowboy hat on the sidelines, though, like Bum.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 02/08/07 23:12 | Dallas Cowboys | Technorati | Comments (0)
27 January 2007
I'll second that
The Cowboys Blog at the Dallas Morning News is okay with Wade Phillips being hired as the coach of the Cowboys with one condition:
I'm OK with Wade Phillips getting the gig as long as he agrees to wear a 10-gallon cowboy hat on the sideline, like his daddy did.This isn't about paying tribute to Bum or the great state of Texas. It's about the key to coaching success for the Cowboys.This franchise's great football coaches had unmistakable headwear. Landry had his fedora. Jimmy had his hairspray helmet. Wade Phillips can follow in their footsteps with a Stetson.Oh Hell YEAH!Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/27/07 21:19 | Dallas Cowboys | Technorati | Comments (0)
25 January 2007
Moving On
So, Jason Garrett is back in the Cowboys family now.
He'll at least be the offensive coordinator, with a possibility he'll be named head coach.
I don't think he'll be named head coach. I think Wade Phillips may be that guy.
Anyway, Garrett's a good young football mind, and the Cowboys need more of those (and fewer people who are on the staff because the Jersey Con Man liked them or whatever). The Hardline guys give Garrett a thumbs up also.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/25/07 16:17 | Dallas Cowboys | Technorati | Comments (2)
22 January 2007
Drama Queen era ends
The four year Bill Drama Queen Parcells era is over in Dallas.
He delivered the franchise no playoff victories.
Really, he didn't deliver much in terms of expectations of the coach, aside from that first season, when somehow a team of scrubs led by Quincy Carter made the playoffs (and lost).
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/22/07 12:15 | Dallas Cowboys | Technorati | Comments (5)
06 January 2007
The con is up
So, four seasons of the Jersey con man and still not a playoff win.
For the franchise, that's a decade now.
TFG and I are still in shock.
So, there's no chance of the con man returning, right?
Who will be the next Cowboys coach?
Time for me to turn to Cougar basketball (down season, unfortunately), Cougar baseball, and backpacking.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/06/07 22:26 | Dallas Cowboys | Technorati | Comments (2)
01 January 2007
Last days of the Jersey con man?
Cowboys grab wild card spot with loss to Lions (Jaime Aron, AP)
Roy Williams caught a pair of touchdown passes, Mike Furrey and Mike Williams each caught one and Jason Hanson kicked four field goals, helping Detroit (3-13) score its most points of the season and win a game the franchise might've been better off losing. Now Oakland gets the top overall pick and the Lions will go second.
Furrey punctuated his score by firing the football into a plastic Cowboys logo behind the end zone, knocking it off the wall and putting a crack in it.
How symbolic.
Despite owning the top wild card, Dallas (9-7) goes into January having lost consecutive games for the first time all season. The Cowboys also have dropped three of four since owning a two-game division lead in early December.
Following the latest collapse, it doesn't appear that the Cowboys will be securing their first playoff win in ten years this time around.
And that will probably put a wrap on the Bill Parcells era, which was slightly more successful in terms of wins/losses than the Chan Gailey and Dave Campo eras, but came up short of the Barry Switzer era. Not a very pretty way for a Hall of Fame coach to end things, but I'm sure the millions Jerry gave him for zero playoff wins will make him feel a little better.
I wonder who Jerry will turn to. Maybe Jack Del Rio if he gets fired in Jacksonville? Mike Sherman? Cam Cameron? Ron Rivera?
I sure hope it's not Bob Stoops, for his sake and for Oklahoma's. He doesn't need the Jerruh headache. And I sure as hell hope it's not Houston Nutt, but nothing will surprise me given it's Jerruh.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 01/01/07 11:31 | Dallas Cowboys | Technorati | Comments (3)
24 December 2006
Drew Bledsoe's blog
We interrupt Kwanzaa blogging hiatus festivities to share this link with you peeps:
TonyHomo.com: Drew Bledsoe's blog
I'm probably the last Cowboys fan to discover it, but OH MY that's funny. Off color in spots, but definitely funny.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 12/24/06 13:53 | Dallas Cowboys | Technorati | Comments (0)
12 December 2006
Dangers are a weak spot for Dallas
Cowboys' safety spots safe place for opponents (Jim Reeves, FWST)
What I saw Sunday night convinced me the Cowboys cannot win a Super Bowl with these safeties. I'm not even sure they can win another game, so exposed was this defense against the Saints.
Roy Williams hits like a freight train but couldn't cover a parking meter. And on the other side, Keith Davis and Patrick Watkins alternate weeks posing as burned toast.
None of this is really new to Sooner fans. Williams was a poor pass defender at Oklahoma, but Stoops and crew minimized his exposure. It's harder to cover up deficiencies in the NFL, and it became harder still with the retirement of Darren Woodson.
The coverage abilities of the Dallas safeties are so bad that they should probably rename the position from Safety to Danger or Jeopardy or some such.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 12/12/06 08:55 | Dallas Cowboys | Technorati | Comments (2)
29 October 2006
The last game produced plenty of bile for Cowboys fans
What Keeps Bill Parcells Awake at Night (Michael Lewis, New York Times Play)
Because it’s Wednesday, Parcells is watching video of his own team. For the next three days he will study not game videos but videos of the Cowboys’ practices. When he does this, he tends to focus on what he couldn’t see clearly from the sidelines. And what he can’t see from the sidelines is usually pretty much everything that happens along the line of scrimmage. His obsession is with space — creating it on offense and filling it on defense. Parcells is interested especially in the first step or two that players take, because that is when almost all of their critical mistakes are made. He’s looking for bad angles, missed assignments, confused play. He’ll watch the first one-third of a second of a play, stop the video in a fury and holler for an assistant coach. He does this now.
“Freddie!” he screams, loud enough that the Cowboys’ tight-ends coach, Freddie Kitchens, can hear him two offices down the hall. On his television screen, the players are all frozen two steps into a play. “Freddie!”But there is no need to shout twice; Kitchens is already hustling into Parcells’s office. Parcells rewinds the video and replays the first millisecond. It appears to be a passing play, though Drew Bledsoe has only just begun to turn and drop back. But in those first two steps, says Parcells, the rookie tight end, Anthony Fasano, has managed to doom the entire play. Fasano’s job is to block Redskins linebacker Marcus Washington. But the angle Fasano takes as he leaves the line of scrimmage means he’ll push Washington inside instead of taking him outside, as he’s supposed to.
“I know,” Kitchens says. “We already talked to him about it!”
“You go over it with him again,” says Parcells. “You tell him Coach is a little disturbed.” And with that Kitchens leaves.
“All we need is about four or five of those in the game,” Parcells grumbles, “and we’re done.”
This is just a fascinating piece on Parcells.
The Dallas media must just LOVE that he barely acknowledges their presence, while non-Dallasites get all his good stuff.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/29/06 14:36 | Dallas Cowboys | Technorati | Comments (0)
23 October 2006
The Jerry and Bill Show
Was not very good tonight.
Neither was the Drew and Tony show.
Unless you're a Giants fan. Then it was pretty good.
It's just astounding this many years later that the Cowboys have not had a real NFL quarterback since Troy Aikman retired.
I should have gone to this instead.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/23/06 23:45 | Dallas Cowboys | Technorati | Comments (4)
07 October 2006
All about T.O.
Cowboys Notes: Gurode ready to move past ugly incident (Mac Engel, FWST)
Terrell Owens said he disagreed with the punishment given Albert Haynesworth for stomping Cowboys teammate Andre Gurode.
Speaking on his ESPN radio show Friday night, Owens said it wasn't fair that he was punished for nine games for "freedom of speech" while with Philadelphia in 2005 and Haynesworth only got suspended five games without pay.
Owens was referring to his suspension by the Eagles for "conduct detrimental to the team" after criticizing Donovan McNabb. He was suspended for four games and later deactivated for the rest of the season. An arbitrator ruled the Eagles were within their rights to deactivate Owens.
It's hardly unique of me to note that with Terrell Owens, it's ALWAYS about Terrell Owens.
But I'll do it anyway.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/07/06 14:28 | Dallas Cowboys | Technorati | Comments (0)
27 August 2006
Cowboys fine TO
Owens fined for missing team meetings (Jean-Jacques Taylor, DMN)
Terrell Owens, who has missed 19 of 31 practices since the start of training camp with a strained left hamstring, missed a team meeting and a rehabilitation session and was late to an offensive meeting Friday.
"That's our club business. That's going to be accounted for," owner Jerry Jones said at halftime of Saturday's 17-7 win over San Francisco.
Owens was fined $9,500.
When asked if there was any problem between Owens and the club, Jones said, "We're going to be fine."
Several sources said Owens has been fined for being late to multiple rehabilitation sessions.
Awesome.
This is going to be one fun season.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 08/27/06 15:13 | Dallas Cowboys | Technorati | Comments (1)
23 August 2006
See ya, Drew!
Henson won't be on Cowboys' roster, Parcells says (Matt Engel, FWST)
Drew Henson called it a good day, which says about everything one needs to know about his previous days with the Dallas Cowboys.
The former Michigan quarterback and Yankees third baseman who came to the Cowboys in 2004 as the latest Next Troy Aikman will not be on the roster in 2006. The Cowboys are seeking a trade.
[snip]
Henson was basically been pushed aside – for rookie free agent acquisition Matt Baker – in the past two weeks. He wasn’t practicing with the third team, and he had yet to take a single snap in either of the first two preseason games.
The developments solidified what many people suspected and Henson knew.
[snip]
This is a costly move, and one that team owner/general manager Jerry Jones could not have done with a smile on his face for three reasons:
* He publicly always supported Henson and his ability.
* The Cowboys owe Henson $3.5 million this season, and it’s doubtful they will receive a third-round pick in return. The Cowboys originally traded their 2005 third-round pick to the Houston Texans for the rights to Henson. The Texans used the pick on running back Vernand Morency, who is contending for their starting job.
* There were more than a handful of teams interested in trading for Henson in the off-season.
Several quick thoughts here....
1) This is Bill Parcells' present to Jerry Jones for the Terrell Owens headache: "Yeah, Jerry, I got no problem with T.O. And guess what? Your little pet quarterback will never play for my team. So you can cut him or trade him or employ him as your caddy, because he won't be suiting up this season."
2) Why did Charley Casserly EVER draft this loser?
3) Why did Jerry Jones ever bail out Charley Casserly by trading a high draft pick for this loser?
(Answers: Because Casserly and Jones are Casserly and Jones, of course)
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 08/23/06 21:22 | Dallas Cowboys | Technorati | Comments (2)
18 August 2006
Cowboys radio returns to Houston
Michaels brothers get prime time on NBC (David Barron, Houston Chronicle)
KNFC (97.5 FM) has picked up the Dallas Cowboys radio network, signaling the Cowboys' return to local airwaves after a three-year absence. Pat Fant, who manages Cumulus Radio's Houston properties, said, "Just like there are Republicans and Democrats, there are Cowboys fans and Texans fans (in Houston), and we're here to take care of everybody."
Ken Charles had made some noise about getting the Cowboys back in town on Clear Channel, but it looks like Cumulus gets the team instead.
I don't know how strong the 97.5 signal is, but I've been able to listen to Cowboys radio on a Beaumont AM station the last few years. It gets kind of iffy during bad weather, so another option will be nice.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 08/18/06 08:31 | Dallas Cowboys | Technorati | Comments (0)
20 March 2006
T.O.
I guess I should say something about the Cowboys' signing of T.O.
There's really not much to say. The Cowboys needed playmakers, and it became apparent this signing was going to take place when Parcells gave it his blessing with leaks to his East Coast media buddies months ago.
T.O. will probably perform next season, and the offense will be potent if the offensive line is healthy.
After next season, things will probably go to hell.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 03/20/06 21:11 | Dallas Cowboys | Technorati | Comments (5)
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