ESPN: Simmons: NFL Power Poll (Cowboys #5)

[dolphinphin128]

5. Dallas
Last five games for the 8-3 Cowboys: at Giants, San Diego, at New Orleans, at Washington, Philly. Brutal. They have the biggest ceiling/basement of any 2009 team right now except for the Vikings. Too early to say where this goes.

By the way, the fact that no punter has nailed the new Dallas scoreboard yet ranks among my most subtly disappointing moments of 2009. The rest of the list: January Jones' SNL hosting job; only one person flashing me at a book signing (and it was a guy); the Oscars expanding from five nominees to 10 in the best-film category; not being able to get my son to stop watching "Max and Ruby"; not getting a Federer-Nadal rematch at Wimbledon; not being there when Tom Cruise settled the Jeff Ross-Cousin Sal feud; the fact that I write about sports for a living and didn't know the Winter Olympics were in February until two days ago; LeBron's supporting cast not showing up for the 2009 Eastern finals; the hottest mom in TV history (Mrs. Keaton on "Family Ties") supplanting Mike Brady as the most shocking out-of-the-closet sitcom parent; me being dumb enough to tweet "Pats showed as much respect for NO's defense as Mrs. Tiger showed for Tiger's Escalade. That was old-school, we-have-a-plan Pats. I like it!" after the Pats went up 7-3 on Monday night; Phoenix immediately selling "1901" to a car company; and when I see "Invictus" next week. (I just know I'm going to be disappointed.)

The stuff about the Video Board is annoying but we do have the potential to be one of the best teams in the NFC if we can get on a little bit of a roll.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmonsnflpicks/091204

 

[DallasEast]

By the way, the fact that no punter has nailed the new Dallas scoreboard yet ranks among my most subtly disappointing moments of 2009.

Translation:

I had shelved a few gut-busting paragraphs when Jeff Fisher thought up this nonsense in the first place, but no one's given me the opportunity to publish them.

 

[Doomsday101]

Does this mean we are BCS bowl bound? :laugh2:

 

[jobberone]

I liked the comment about the ceiling and basement. I think he's right. We could fall on our *** or hit the lottery.

 

[AMERICAS_FAN]

I liked the comment about the ceiling and basement. I think he's right. We could fall on our *** or hit the lottery.

So can any team.

 

[jobberone]

So can any team.

That's so.......deep.

 

[big dog cowboy]

the hottest mom in TV history (Mrs. Keaton on "Family Ties") supplanting Mike Brady as the most shocking out-of-the-closet sitcom parent

Mr. Brady was more shocking for me.

 

[2much2soon]

Does this mean we are BCS bowl bound? :laugh2:

So long as Texas beats Nebraska...

 

[RealCowboyfan]

Great Post.

 

[Arch Stanton]

How can we be #5 when Jason Garrett sucks so much?

 

[SaltwaterServr]

Simmons has always been my favorite ESPN columnist, which is a lot like saying chlamydia is my favorite STD I ever got from an overzealous lap dance.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Simmons has always been my favorite ESPN columnist, which is a lot like saying chlamydia is my favorite STD I ever got from an overzealous lap dance.

BWAHAHAHAHA.

I woudn't even go that far. I probably like KC Joyner the best although I haven't read him in awhile.

I guess I just don't get any of the hooplah around it. All I had to do was a tiny bit of research and easily concluded that probably the only guy who could hit it was Scifres and it would likely be a poor punt. That and Jerry Jones could always raise the videoboard.

The entire story reeked of desperate, hack journalism by BSPN who were starving for any story of controversy they could find in the NFL because apparently the rest of the league bores them.



YAKUZA