They've all won championships recently except for SF and they dumped McDonald. NE and Baltimore parted ways with Hernandez and Rice but the Cowboys decided to sign a bad character player and risk a #2 pick on one who just tested positive for drugs. The Cowboys are signing players other teams wouldn't touch.
As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving ***** or Hitler approaches 1 -- (see Godwin's Law: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law)
They don't get credit for cutting someone arrested for murder. He will never step outside of prison again , let alone on a football field. Real tough choice cutting that guy.
They signed him twice, knowing he had serious character questions. That is why he fell so far in the draft to begin with. His teammates knew he was a scumbag but they looked the other way.
You might as well test them for alcohol then also, because MJ will soon be universally legal.
I was reading some articles about Ray McDonald and in the comments all the jokers were saying "Jerry is on the phone" after he was released and that he would fit right in on the Cowboys. I know the Hardy signing would bring some criticism(I didn't expect it from Staubach and Moose) but are we really THAT team now. The Raiders of old or the Ravens of the last decade.
Besides Hardy, who else would be considered bad character guys? Gregory just failed a drug test. Collins didn't do a thing wrong. McClain was cleared in the fire. Randle was cleared from the hotel incident. Brent and Spillman are gone. I don't mind having a couple loose cannon, Charles Haley types, but Garrett has worked hard to bring in his RKGs and the difference showed last year. They aren't Boy Scouts but they are guys they eat, breathe and sleep football, take coaching advice and will sacrifice for the team.
Are the Boys getting a bad rap or is it deserved and if it is, is it worth it if we keep winning?
I was and still am bothered by the Hardy signing. Never wanted a woman beater on my team, but I root for the team, not the player, and we as people are suppose to give second chances to people, so...
We don't have any more trouble makers than any other team, its just that we are under the microscope all the time.......
The Cowboys are to sports discussions what the *****/Hitler are to Internet discussions in general (bear with me... this isn't a political post lol).
Likewise, as a sports discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving the Cowboys or Romo approaches 1.
Sad, but that's the way it is.
When it comes right down to it, I think lotsa teams are jealous of us for getting players "on the cheap," so to speak. It was tough enough on them when we got Hardy, then it was followed by Gregory. When La'el Collins was added to the lineup, that REALLY put the cherry atop the cake!
Obviously, not every team is equipped to handle the so-called "problem" players nearly as well as our C'boys. It's got risks involved but so far at least, the good is outweighing the risks by a lopsided margin. I say if our good fortune entails getting a "bad rap," then so be it!