Sergeant Horse-Collar Heads To Hawai’i

Cowboys safety Roy Williams has been picked by the NFL to fill Sean Taylor’s spot on the NFC’s Pro Bowl defense roster. (This makes a mind-blowing twelve players from the Cowboys selected for the Afterthought Bowl, and you could make an argument that there should be more. Helluva year.)

That had to be a wonderful conversation in New York among the selection staff:

“Look, we suspended the guy two weeks ago for his fourth ‘horse collar’ tackle in two years.”
“Yeah, I know.”
“And he’s on record saying he doesn’t know any other way to tackle!”
“Yeah, I know.”
“Are you sure we can’t find anyone else to take his spot?”
“Look at it this way: at least we know the AFC will make a few more completions deep up the middle when he’s on the field…”