If you haven’t ever heard the Cupid Shuffle, it’s a doggone good song. Cupid is an excellent singer, and he’s got his own shuffle. I think Jerry Jones has his own shuffle too. So, I’m going to call everything he does from now on the Jerry Shuffle. In the Jerry Shuffle this week, he wants to change some coaches, but I bet there could have been some success here anyways.
Dallas Cowboys
I’m sorry. I think I might be slightly confused about how an NFL front office works. Now, I couldn’t plan the best NFL front office in history, but, from where I’m standing, I think there is a little bit of delusion coming from the Cowboys’ front office.
The way that most people judge an NFL team is like so.
Owner
GM
Head Coach
QB
Do you really blame this guy again?
At this point, it stings to be a Dallas Cowboy. You had your chance to win the division. Heck, you essentially played in an NFC East Championship game and got your behind handed to you. Of course, it doesn’t sting any worse than it does for Tony Romo. He’s been a whirlwind of bad plays, poor decisions, blunders, and losses in or before the playoffs.
This Cowboys team has plenty of talent, but the question remains: What is Tony’s deal?
One thing was clear in last nights defeat in New York and that is that Doug Free is not a premier left tackle, even though he gets paid like one.
This season he allowed 9.5 sacks and committed six holding penalties and five false starts. The 11 penalties were the most by any Cowboy this season, and makes it back-to-back seasons that Free has had that dubious honor.
“I don’t know how to really answer that at the moment,” Free said after Sunday night’s season-ending loss. “It’s not something that’s running through my mind right now, with the loss and all. It’s not something I’m really concerned about.”
The Cowboys’ season ended Sunday where it began in September at MetLife Stadium. This time it was with a 31-14 loss to the New York Giants, who ripped the NFC East title away with two wins against the Cowboys in the final five weeks.
For the second straight year the Cowboys finished third in the NFC East, but this season was a much greater disappointment because it was another late-season fade. The Cowboys lost four of their last five games to finish 8-8.
Although he expected a win at MetLife Stadium, Jerry Jones emphasized this week that Jason Garrett would continue to be the Cowboys’ head coach regardless of the regular-season finale’s score.
Jones didn’t change his mind after a 31-14 loss to the New York Giants with the NFC East title on the line, ending the Cowboys’ season with an 8-8 record.
There will be no playoffs for the Dallas Cowboys again this season as they lost 31-14 to the New York Giants, 31-14 in a win-or-go-home game.
What it means?
The Cowboys’ season is over. For the first time since 2004 and 2005 they will miss the playoffs in consecutive seasons. You can blame the five fourth-quarter leads lost during the season, the season-ending injury to running back DeMarco Murray or not taking advantage of a weak schedule.
Draft position:
The Cowboys will have the 14th pick of the NFL draft in April. They are tied with seven other teams at 8-8 but their strength of schedule is .473, which places them at 14.
ith tape still wrapped around his bruised throwing hand after practice, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo insists that he will be ready to play in what is essentially a playoff game against the New York Giants.
“Everything’s coming together like we thought, just each day it’s getting a little bit better,” Romo said Thursday. “We’ll be good to go this weekend.”
Romo wore the protective wrap on his swollen right hand, the one he banged on a defender’s helmet on the opening series Saturday against Philadelphia before coming out of the game. The wrap leaves his fingers and thumb free. He wasn’t wearing anything on the hand Wednesday.
In a reflection of how disappointing this Cowboys team has been, only two Cowboys; DeMarcus Ware and Jay Ratliff have being named to the NFC all-star team.
Since 2003 the Cowboys have had at least four players named or added to the Pro Bowl, including a record 13 in 2007.
“It’s a great honor to be selected to play in the Pro Bowl,” Ware said in a release. “It shows that all the work through the offseason and season pays off. It’s special because you are selected by the fans, your peers and coaches around the league. I am excited to represent the Dallas Cowboys and the entire NFL in the game. Since my rookie season, I always strived on working hard, being consistent and playing at a high level, and it really means something on a personal level to be rewarded.”
The Cowboys have placed guard Montrae Holland on season-ending injured reserve Monday, a move that could hurt their chances of making the playoffs.
Holland, who has a a partially torn left biceps, signed with the club October 18 and has started the Cowboys’ last 10 games. But he will not be in the lineup Sunday when Dallas plays the New York Giants with the NFC East title on the line.
The Cowboys re-signed guard Daniel Loper to fill the roster spot, but the candidates to replace Holland against the Giants are Derrick Dockery, who started at San Francisco on Sept. 18 but suffered a knee injury, and rookie Kevin Kowalski, who replaced Holland in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s loss to Philadelphia.
