Richard Paolinelli
As the fallout continues this month over the chaos at The Star, disgruntled fans are talking boycott. In some cases, they’ve already fired the first shots. Several have indicated they will not be renewing their seats for the 2025 season. Others are forswearing attending even a single game. Calls to stop buying Cowboys merchandise have gone …
If, like I did, you woke up yesterday hoping that Jerry Jones had changed his mind about Brian Schottenheimer, well, he didn’t. Yesterday’s Jerry Jones self-lovefest press conference confirmed Schottenheimer will be the team’s 10th head coach. Personally, I’m not optimistic. I think in four years both Schottenheimer and Dak Prescott will be gone and a …
In just a few hours, Brian Schottenheimer will be officially introduced as the 10th head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. He has been an assistant coach for 28 years. One year, 2015, in college at Georgia with the rest in the NFL. Including that solo year with the Bulldogs, 15 of those years were spent as …
The final four are set. And never before has an entire nation been more united in who they are rooting for to make the Super Bowl than today. The Buffalo Bills and the Washington Commanders. Sorry Chiefs and Eagles fans, it’s not us, it’s you. And we are never, ever, ever, getting back together. (And there …
The Dallas Cowboys brought in Brian Schottenheimer for a second interview yesterday which begs the question: Does Jerry Jones want a head coach or a puppet? Because it sure seems like the latter to many outside of The Star. It also seems like Jones wants to name himself the head coach but can’t figure out how …
Yesterday, Cody Warren wrote that the Dallas Cowboys should not draft a running back in the first round. Don’t get me wrong. I like Cody. He’s a good guy, a great writer, and a welcome addition to the staff here. But on this issue, he’s all hat and no cattle. Don’t worry, he’s still in better …
If you’re a Baltimore Ravens fan, you’re likely still playing the “what-if” game. What if tight end Mark Andrews had caught the pass on that two-point conversion? Would the game have gone into overtime? Would Lamar Jackson and the Ravens be heading west to face the Chiefs in the AFC title game instead of Josh Allen …
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 …