Richard Paolinelli
Saturday’s playoff game officially crowned the NFC’s worst franchise. Say hello to your Dallas Cowboys. In a cruel twist of fate, the Washington Commanders are the reason why this is so. Enjoy sprinkling that on your Wheaties this morning everyone. The Commanders advanced to the NFC Championship game with a shocking upset win over Detroit. It’s …
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, may the Lord bless him and keep him — far from us — just can’t leave well enough alone. He’s been itching to expand the NFL to include teams overseas for years. Now he’s looking to tweak the regular season schedule once again. The league expanded the schedule to 17 games, beginning …
Now it’s time for serious football as the Divisional round of the NFL playoffs gets underway this weekend. Last week’s wild card round saw only one “road” team win. Technically, both the Rams and Vikings had to hit the road and play in Arizona. Only Tampa Bay failed to defend its home turf. Although the Eagles …
He did it. The son of a…. an Arkansas businessman did it. Jerry Jones let the ninth head coach of the Dallas Cowboys walk out the door. Jones is the only general manager in the entire history of the NFL to have fired/let go every head coach in a franchise’s history. The first three – Tom …
It was a tale of two conferences in the wild card round this past weekend. Especially when it came to my picks. In the AFC the three division-winning home teams cruised to relatively easy wins. The NFC was a touch different. Two favored teams fell short of advancing to the divisional round in the NFC playoffs. …
As of this writing we are roughly a day away from Mike McCarthy being free to coach an NFL team other than the Dallas Cowboys in 2025. Even if Jerry Jones brings McCarthy back for 2025 and beyond, eventually McCarthy will move on. Eventually, Dallas will hire its 10th head coach. There will be many candidates …
Another year is in the books. It’s time to look back at the seven draftees and four undrafted free agents that made up the 2024 rookie class. Coming off an overall disappointing 2023 class, this year’s group had a low bar to clear. They managed to clear it, but just barely. Once again, the picks of …
Well, since the Dallas Cowboys aren’t around in the postseason this year, let’s take a crack at picking this weekend’s wild card round winners, shall we? While the Cowboys will be watching at home on the couch, like the rest of us, there are some related interests in play. First, there are a few former Dallas …
In the ultimate case of universal irony, on the same day the Dallas Cowboys season ended, we finally saw what Jerry Jones has really been doing. He’s been acting. Oh, we all know he’s been “acting” as an NFL general manager for 29 years now. But on Sunday he made his debut as a TV show …
The NFC East closed the books on the 2024 season with two surprisingly close games. For half of the division, Sunday was the last time the teams will take the field until this fall. The other half still has work to do. Unsurprisingly, the teams with games yet to play emerged on top Sunday afternoon. But …
Despite how Sunday’s season finale 23-19 loss played out, there was plenty of good news for the Dallas Cowboys. First and foremost, the nightmare season is over. Very little went Dallas’ way this season and now they can hit the reset button. Second, the Cowboys finally started Trey Lance and officially found out they wasted a …
When the schedule makers put together the 2024 schedule, they no doubt hoped the Cowboys-Commanders game would have meaning. For Dallas today’s game means absolutely nothing. At best, they are playing to avoid the franchise’s 13th double-digit losing season in 65 years. Nine of the previous 12 have come during Jerry Jones’ 36-year ownership of the …
During Monday night’s Lions-49ers game, former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman set off a firestorm. The three-time Super Bowl champion and Hall of Famer weighed in on this year’s NFL MVP chase. Conventional wisdom has it between Buffalo’s Josh Allen and Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson. Aikman chose a different option. Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow. His remarks …
As we begin 2025, with hopes of a better ending for the Dallas Cowboys than 2024 provided, here’s some New Year’s resolutions we’d all like to see the Cowboys embrace. Hopefully, some of them will be read by the people mentioned and actually be put into practice. Because after this season, hope is about all we …
As the 2024 season prepared to get underway, most pundits had the Philadelphia Eagles winning the NFC East. Including one or two charged with covering the Dallas Cowboys. The Eagles were missing their starting quarterback. They would be forced to bring in their third-string quarterback for an injured Kenny Pickett before the game was over. And …
Considering that the Dallas Cowboys are playing in Year 65 of the franchise’s existence, it’s very hard to find franchise firsts these days. Yet, in Sunday’s brutal 41-7 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, the Cowboys did something for the first time since the 1960 season. Did you catch it? It’s right there in black and white. …
The playoffs are no longer in play. For the 29th straight season, the Dallas Cowboys will not make it to an NFC Championship or a Super Bowl contest. However, that doesn’t mean that the Cowboys don’t have something to play for at noon today in Philadelphia. And no, we’re not just talking about the tired old …
Lost among the rave reviews of the Dallas Cowboys’ win on Sunday was a possible vote of no confidence in Dak Prescott. Now, before you warm up the pitchforks and torches, let me explain. When was the last time you saw the Cowboys play with that kind of fire on both sides of the ball? The …
It’s absolutely time to do it and there are no more excuses left as to why it shouldn’t be done. It’s time for the Dallas Cowboys to start Trey Lance at quarterback. With two games remaining in the season, the Cowboys have absolutely nothing to play for. They cannot make the playoffs. They can’t finish anywhere …
Only in the NFC East can a team’s defense get five takeaways and still lose the game. Hey Philadelphia, do you want to talk about it? The Washington Commanders kept their hopes for an NFC East title alive with a crazy comeback win over the Eagles on Sunday. Philadelphia not only had their 10-game win streak …
It was over, officially, long before the Dallas Cowboys even took the field on Sunday night. But it was nice to see this team, with nothing to play for, come out and play like it meant something in a 26-24 win over Tampa Bay on Sunday night. Despite the win, however, there’s one hard, cold fact. …