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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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. … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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, … Read more
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 … Read more
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. … Read more
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. … Read more
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. … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more