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I missed the pro bowl. well, I can't really say "missed" cause my apathy was raging in its general direction. regular NFL games have gone soft enough as it is without having to show off said softness by the "best of the best". so ok, I didn't miss the pro bowl. at all.
superbowl? honestly, is that "this" weekend or next? I've lost tracked of when they play it, how long they choose to milk it, and how much commercial time they can sell for something that no freaking commercial can even say what it's spending millions of dollars on.
"the big game".
now that I think about it, the arrogance of the NFL to coin "super bowl" and make it illegal for the rest of the world to use - even if only in reference to "the big game". every commercial out there will spend a million dollars (I almost had that much once....once) and can't even say "super bowl".
but how long has it been since the cowboys played? I hate to say I've already begun my offseason and losing interest is just taking over. I don't "mean" to do it. I just don't care. new England vs. seattle is the old vs. the new and next up are rumors of the NFL setting it up. did they? doubt it but if they did, I just don't care.
that should have been us. maybe. perhaps. who knows anymore.
to me, I suppose, this is the 2nd time a Dez "non-catch" broke my heart. Neither his fault, both just as heart wrenching. the TD against the giants I believe as seconds wound down to seal the victory, until it was reviewed and found his back heel stepped on the line, out of bounds.
it was plain as day, unfortunately. couldn't be argued but that didn't stop the 180* emotional roller coaster of going from one of our best moments in history to a huge loss. ditto "the catch" that never was. one minute you let it all fly and you're on top of the world.
the next you're packing up stale popcorn, giving dirty looks to the last of the mini sausages in some watery bbq sauce, and mad you're out of beer. I did care. maybe too much.
I say I don't care but I also have a very bad memory, unlike many in here. I can't recall a given play on game 4 of 2012 that turned the game around. it could be all the drinking done in those years, or that I just don't remember those things like other people do. I say I don't care but maybe I just don't remember. or I only remember the ones I love the most, or that hurt the most and the rest is grayspace.
to be honest, I've long since grown tired of the posturing and whining and law suits that followed. the week before a call fell our way, this week, it didn't. those who cry foul when it didn't seem to have some really short memories, or just selective. this doesn't mean I hate it when a call goes against us. I hate it just as much as anyone else but apparently for just not as long. nothing will change it and nothing can make it right.
it's over. I moved on. i'll remember the play, i'll remember the destroyed feeling, and i'll smile as just another cowboys memory and move on. and no I'm not going to explain to any hater why I smiled about it so don't ask.
that moves us on to murray. those who feel he can be replaced with a draft pick or are already off and playing madden with his future, there are times I wish a MUTE button would work online. he was the leader in rushing this year. for the 5+ years before that just about everyone in here was crying out in agony to run more and utilize murray. we do. we do well in doing so.
fire the money grubbing bum. he can be replaced. rb's are a dime a dozen in the nfl.
for some fans, it would seem, once you succeed, anyone could have done it. nevermind we've never made it this far in 20 years, anyone could have set the NFL record in any given year we've been around since then cause hey, it's that easy. *some fans* quickly forget what it took to get to the success we have now and seem to enjoy using the players as bubble gum trading cards and not viable pieces to a successful team.
all that said, i *do* want murray back, but the simple fact of the matter is he has to make the money he can. i hope jones can work out a deal he's happy with and i hope it's one the cowboys won't regret also. very new ground i walk on here, huh? i don't want to break up the band but sometimes the band members have different things in mind and i respect that. if we can work it out I'd love for him to stay. if he is able to get more money playing for another team *and* that's what he chooses to do, take care, demarco. thank you for being a cowboy and a huge part of one hell of a season we've not seen in a long time.
but much of this does seem long ago by now. the catch. the non-catch. all the fighting and debating over the next few years that will continue on long past I'm tossed out in the wind. there was a time i loved being a part of all those debates. the "what if's" and "should we" scenarios. i ate that up like a fat kid eating fried foods at the state fair.
that too, seems so long ago.
I'm not really looking forward to the off season, mostly because of some of the outlandish things people do during football hibernation season. you play madden enough you come up with wild ideas and share them with us to go "what the hell was he drinking just before bed?" i suppose i'll go into my usual hiatus and show up every now and then to chime in and likely upset someone.
we've got a fantastic base of an OL. we've got a 2-3 year window, perhaps, of romo. we've got 40% of the fans/media/bored a-holes out there saying "ROMO'S BACK PROBLEMS!!!" ad nauseam as if they're on to something no one else in the NFL knew about. i can't recall how many times we heard that romo would NEVER make it through the year and every wince he had, every off pass, every sack he took, i'll be watching you.
had to do that, but every sign of weakness romo may have showed there are some that tied it directly to his back for no other reason than to say I'M RIGHT I'M RIGHT ROMO'S BACK SUCKS!!! great. you're right. now have a helping back of shut up cause he made it through, he doesn't need surgery and a running game complimented him to where he had his best season as well as demarco.
one never should have had that year, the other, ditto and now he's easy to replace. do those who feel that way really not remember back to long ago how we suffered through the lack of success because of the line, the rb, and a host of other things that come into play we don't have to worry about today. people forget those times and at times, let success get too easy.
it's been a long long time since we've been in this position and to me it's kinda like standing on the of greatness or failure and it won't take too much to push us either way. it's been awhile since we as fans knew how to handle success and we seem to be falling over ourselves with the same suggestions and promises of "the fan" knowing more than a million dollar scouting team. it's so hard to believe we've not been "successful" in around 20 years and i simply don't want to wait that long again.
if we can find a way to keep this team together I'm all for that. I'm not into "how will we manage cap hell???" chicken littles cause if it wasn't that causing their panties to crawl around, it would be something else. some people just live in a panic and invent things to panic about. the one thing jones has always been good at is finding a way to keep the players that matter.
those players are always up for question.
but it does seem like it's been awhile already since the season ended. it's going to be a long long while before the next one begins. should be one of the more interesting off seasons in quite some time and yea, been awhile since we could say that.
superbowl? honestly, is that "this" weekend or next? I've lost tracked of when they play it, how long they choose to milk it, and how much commercial time they can sell for something that no freaking commercial can even say what it's spending millions of dollars on.
"the big game".
now that I think about it, the arrogance of the NFL to coin "super bowl" and make it illegal for the rest of the world to use - even if only in reference to "the big game". every commercial out there will spend a million dollars (I almost had that much once....once) and can't even say "super bowl".
but how long has it been since the cowboys played? I hate to say I've already begun my offseason and losing interest is just taking over. I don't "mean" to do it. I just don't care. new England vs. seattle is the old vs. the new and next up are rumors of the NFL setting it up. did they? doubt it but if they did, I just don't care.
that should have been us. maybe. perhaps. who knows anymore.
to me, I suppose, this is the 2nd time a Dez "non-catch" broke my heart. Neither his fault, both just as heart wrenching. the TD against the giants I believe as seconds wound down to seal the victory, until it was reviewed and found his back heel stepped on the line, out of bounds.
it was plain as day, unfortunately. couldn't be argued but that didn't stop the 180* emotional roller coaster of going from one of our best moments in history to a huge loss. ditto "the catch" that never was. one minute you let it all fly and you're on top of the world.
the next you're packing up stale popcorn, giving dirty looks to the last of the mini sausages in some watery bbq sauce, and mad you're out of beer. I did care. maybe too much.
I say I don't care but I also have a very bad memory, unlike many in here. I can't recall a given play on game 4 of 2012 that turned the game around. it could be all the drinking done in those years, or that I just don't remember those things like other people do. I say I don't care but maybe I just don't remember. or I only remember the ones I love the most, or that hurt the most and the rest is grayspace.
to be honest, I've long since grown tired of the posturing and whining and law suits that followed. the week before a call fell our way, this week, it didn't. those who cry foul when it didn't seem to have some really short memories, or just selective. this doesn't mean I hate it when a call goes against us. I hate it just as much as anyone else but apparently for just not as long. nothing will change it and nothing can make it right.
it's over. I moved on. i'll remember the play, i'll remember the destroyed feeling, and i'll smile as just another cowboys memory and move on. and no I'm not going to explain to any hater why I smiled about it so don't ask.
that moves us on to murray. those who feel he can be replaced with a draft pick or are already off and playing madden with his future, there are times I wish a MUTE button would work online. he was the leader in rushing this year. for the 5+ years before that just about everyone in here was crying out in agony to run more and utilize murray. we do. we do well in doing so.
fire the money grubbing bum. he can be replaced. rb's are a dime a dozen in the nfl.
for some fans, it would seem, once you succeed, anyone could have done it. nevermind we've never made it this far in 20 years, anyone could have set the NFL record in any given year we've been around since then cause hey, it's that easy. *some fans* quickly forget what it took to get to the success we have now and seem to enjoy using the players as bubble gum trading cards and not viable pieces to a successful team.
all that said, i *do* want murray back, but the simple fact of the matter is he has to make the money he can. i hope jones can work out a deal he's happy with and i hope it's one the cowboys won't regret also. very new ground i walk on here, huh? i don't want to break up the band but sometimes the band members have different things in mind and i respect that. if we can work it out I'd love for him to stay. if he is able to get more money playing for another team *and* that's what he chooses to do, take care, demarco. thank you for being a cowboy and a huge part of one hell of a season we've not seen in a long time.
but much of this does seem long ago by now. the catch. the non-catch. all the fighting and debating over the next few years that will continue on long past I'm tossed out in the wind. there was a time i loved being a part of all those debates. the "what if's" and "should we" scenarios. i ate that up like a fat kid eating fried foods at the state fair.
that too, seems so long ago.
I'm not really looking forward to the off season, mostly because of some of the outlandish things people do during football hibernation season. you play madden enough you come up with wild ideas and share them with us to go "what the hell was he drinking just before bed?" i suppose i'll go into my usual hiatus and show up every now and then to chime in and likely upset someone.
we've got a fantastic base of an OL. we've got a 2-3 year window, perhaps, of romo. we've got 40% of the fans/media/bored a-holes out there saying "ROMO'S BACK PROBLEMS!!!" ad nauseam as if they're on to something no one else in the NFL knew about. i can't recall how many times we heard that romo would NEVER make it through the year and every wince he had, every off pass, every sack he took, i'll be watching you.
had to do that, but every sign of weakness romo may have showed there are some that tied it directly to his back for no other reason than to say I'M RIGHT I'M RIGHT ROMO'S BACK SUCKS!!! great. you're right. now have a helping back of shut up cause he made it through, he doesn't need surgery and a running game complimented him to where he had his best season as well as demarco.
one never should have had that year, the other, ditto and now he's easy to replace. do those who feel that way really not remember back to long ago how we suffered through the lack of success because of the line, the rb, and a host of other things that come into play we don't have to worry about today. people forget those times and at times, let success get too easy.
it's been a long long time since we've been in this position and to me it's kinda like standing on the of greatness or failure and it won't take too much to push us either way. it's been awhile since we as fans knew how to handle success and we seem to be falling over ourselves with the same suggestions and promises of "the fan" knowing more than a million dollar scouting team. it's so hard to believe we've not been "successful" in around 20 years and i simply don't want to wait that long again.
if we can find a way to keep this team together I'm all for that. I'm not into "how will we manage cap hell???" chicken littles cause if it wasn't that causing their panties to crawl around, it would be something else. some people just live in a panic and invent things to panic about. the one thing jones has always been good at is finding a way to keep the players that matter.
those players are always up for question.
but it does seem like it's been awhile already since the season ended. it's going to be a long long while before the next one begins. should be one of the more interesting off seasons in quite some time and yea, been awhile since we could say that.
