Dear 9: Thank you and. I'm Sorry

[ROUSH8692]

Dear #9,

I’d like to say two things to you: thank you and I’m sorry. Thank you for being more than any reasonable fan, teammate, coach, or owner could have expected when you fell in our lap back in 2003. And I’m sorry for the way a large segment of the Cowboys fan base has treated you in the past and continues to treat you today.

A lot of Cowboys fans remember the team’s futile attempts to fill the vacancy at quarterback when Aikman retired. Quincy Carter, Anthony Wright, Ryan Leaf, Clint Stoerner, Chad Hutchinson, Vinny Testaverde, Drew Henson, and Drew Bledsoe. Two has-beens and a whole bunch of never-was. For a fanbase spoiled by almost uninterrupted excellence at the position (Meredith, Staubach, White, and Aikman covered 35 of the team’s first 41 seasons), five seasons of no answer at QB – and no sign of hope on the horizon – was like an eternity. Bledsoe, bless his heart, just couldn’t move, anymore, and he needed to with the sorry excuse of an offensive line he had protecting him. You stepped in and did things Drew could no longer do. You made that same line look better, because you could escape the pressure and extend plays. You brought excitement and hope to a mediocre team.
Read more at:


http://www.cowboyspodcast.com/2016/11/19/dear-9-thank-im-sorry/

 

[Ranching]

Dear #9,

I’d like to say two things to you: thank you and I’m sorry. Thank you for being more than any reasonable fan, teammate, coach, or owner could have expected when you fell in our lap back in 2003. And I’m sorry for the way a large segment of the Cowboys fan base has treated you in the past and continues to treat you today.

A lot of Cowboys fans remember the team’s futile attempts to fill the vacancy at quarterback when Aikman retired. Quincy Carter, Anthony Wright, Ryan Leaf, Clint Stoerner, Chad Hutchinson, Vinny Testaverde, Drew Henson, and Drew Bledsoe. Two has-beens and a whole bunch of never-was. For a fanbase spoiled by almost uninterrupted excellence at the position (Meredith, Staubach, White, and Aikman covered 35 of the team’s first 41 seasons), five seasons of no answer at QB – and no sign of hope on the horizon – was like an eternity. Bledsoe, bless his heart, just couldn’t move, anymore, and he needed to with the sorry excuse of an offensive line he had protecting him. You stepped in and did things Drew could no longer do. You made that same line look better, because you could escape the pressure and extend plays. You brought excitement and hope to a mediocre team.
Read more at:


http://www.cowboyspodcast.com/2016/11/19/dear-9-thank-im-sorry/

A little corny, but I can appreciate the sentiment.

 

[zrinkill]

Tony Romo signed a 6 year, $108,000,000 contract with the Dallas Cowboys, including a $25,000,000 signing bonus, $55,000,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $18,000,000.


I love Tony Romo and he has been given everything he has earned from this team.

His replacement has arrived and that is hardly unfair.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Through it all, you had your supporters, no doubt. But, I am sorry that you also had to endure endless criticism and blame from some fans. And I’m sorry that some of us were more than eager to throw you on the trash heap at the first sign that Prescott wasn’t Matt Cassel. “He never won a Super Bowl!” “We’ll never win with Tony!” “His time is over, it’s Dak’s time now!” Everything you’d done for this lowly franchise the last ten years, all the physical pain, the heartbreak, the daily grind to get better, all of it tossed aside as if it was nothing. “I don’t care about stats! How many Super Bowls did he win?” As if you compiling those stats on an otherwise inferior team wasn’t at least note-worthy, if not absolutely amazing. These people expected you to deliver championships by yourself in a sport that dresses 46 people for a game, of which 30-plus will contribute to the outcome.

Right on the money. Big time.