The Dallas Cowboys had a good thing going. The club was riding a six-game winning streak into Monday night, their longest since 2007. Suddenly armed with a dominant ground attack behind a strong offensive line, they had people talking like the Cowboys might be legit. Then Jerry Jones got involved. Tony Romo had injured his surgically repaired back, and for some reason this called for the 72-year-old owner of the team to leap out of the cushy throne in his Jerryworld luxury box and head downstairs to stick his nose in everybody’s business from the medical examiner to his head coach, who he emasculated on national television, and more to the point, in front of the squad. Maybe if Jones just stayed in the box and watched the game, he would’ve seen backup quarterback Brandon Weeden lead the Cowboys offense to 10 points in two possessions. The situation was under control. But no. Jones insisted the guy with the broken back could go back into the game. To the surprise of literally no one besides Jerry, Romo played like a guy with a bad back. I suppose a hearty Philadelphia thank you is in order for Jerry Jones, because Dallas dropped an all-important division game to last-place Washington in overtime on Monday, leaving the Eagles some breathing room in the NFC East. I’m not sure the Cowboys could’ve done it without their owner, whose meddling in football affairs continues to be the biggest reason why they’ve won one playoff game in the past 16 seasons.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 20:14:35 +0000
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