Just minutes after watching his team fall to 3-5 after another poor effort, Jerry Jones declared his Dallas Cowboys would like be buyers as tomorrow’s trade deadline nears.
As usual, Jones is dead wrong. The Cowboys should be sellers.
The only thing they should be buying is cap space and draft picks.
The 2024 season is done. Toast. Burnt. Insert any other suitable descriptive term of choice.
The bottom line is: This team isn’t making the playoffs in 2024.
The starting quarterback is about $20 million a year overpaid, just pulled his hamstring, and has proclaimed that his team sucks on national TV.
The run game is almost non-existent, although Rico Dowdle did manage to put up some numbers on Sunday. Both the offensive line and the entire defense is in disarray.
The schedule ahead?
The Cowboys will probably beat the Giants on Thanksgiving Day and the Panthers two weeks later. They might be able to escape with a win over the Bengals in between those games.
The other six games of the nine remaining on the schedule?
Two each against the Eagles and the Commanders, and home games against the Texans and the Bucs.
Do you see this team winning even one of those games?
At the beginning of the year, I picked Dallas to finish 8-9 and would be 3-5 at this point of the season. I’m starting to think 6-11 might be the final record at this point.
It’s time to move some players elsewhere, pick up a few draft picks, and try to rebuild.
The problem is, the deadest of the deadweight has a no-trade clause in his bloated contract. The next problem is trying to find anyone on this roster that has enough trade value.
At least for more than a sixth-round pick.
We Are All Ambar
Speaking of Jones’ post-game presser, as he was talking about being buyers at the trade deadline, check out the face of Ambar Garcia, a Spanish Producer for the Dallas Cowboys.
We feel your pain, Ambar, boy, do we ever feel your pain.
Scoragami, Falcons History Update
Sunday’s 27-21 final score was the sixth time the Cowboys have ended the game with that score. They are 2-4 in those games.
The ninth week of the season continues to be a nemesis for this team.
Sunday’s loss – their first three-game losing streak since 2020 — dropped Dallas’ all-time record in Week 9 games to 30-23, and 20-19 when those games are played on the road.
It also snapped the Cowboys’ three-game win streak over the Falcons, dropping Dallas’ record against Atlanta to 19-12 overall, 8-8 in games played in Georgia.
The Final Five
The ranks of the unbeaten teams in college football is down to just five schools.
No. 1 Oregon and No. 8 Indiana in the Big Ten, No. 4 Miami in the ACC, No. 9 BYU in the Big 12, and No. 18 Army in the AAC.
The massive shake-up in college football before this season was sure to have its impact. But a former Pac 12 team dominating the Big 10?
I didn’t have that one on my bingo card.
Same for BYU in the Big 12.
The Big 10 title game on Dec. 7th will be played at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. It could see an unbeaten Indiana battling unbeaten Oregon.
No matter who wins that game, the maximum number of unbeaten teams at the end of the regular season can only be four.
Hold That Thought, And Ball
I’ve never understood the mindset of dropping the football the instant you cross the goal line. We’ve seen it happen far too often, especially recently.
We saw it again on Thursday in the Jets’ 21-13 win over the Texans.
New York’s rookie receiver Malachi Corley was about to score his first career NFL touchdown and raced into the endzone to start his celebration routine.
Only one problem: He let go of the football before breaking the plane. The ball rolled through the endzone for a touchback and Texans’ ball.
The only saving grace is that the Jets managed to come back and win the game.
A suggestion for young players? Spend less time with the celebration moves and focus on carrying the ball to the back of the endzone and then finding the nearest official to hand the ball to instead.