Fraud Protection

OK, Jerry. Let's get this straight.

When your star running back has a problem in his foot, he's expected to make it back in nine days.

When his replacement goes for over 160 yards... it's the lack of Star RB for not playing in the game that you lost.

When your star quarterback has a problem in his pinkie, he doesn't make it back for four back-breaking weeks, but that's also OK. Just can't be helped.

The organization sets the team up with a broken-down old quarterback who can't, um, throw.

Rather than point out that the star quarterback might have been at fault for any of the multiple turnovers in a loss, it's the fault of the tight end that's been there for much longer than the quarterback. He must have run the wrong route.

And when your star WR has (yet another) public meltdown on the sidelines in the waning moments of a choke-tastic loss, that just means He Cares A Lot. (And Cowboy Fan? I'm fairly sure that you can convert those OWENS jersey to WILLIAMS at a minimal cost. You do have two of the letters already.)

You know, some part of me wants the Cowboys to actually pull out of this latest tailspin to set up a Win Or Go Home game in Philadelphia in Week 17, just so Eagle Nation has the chance to send this collection of crud home for the year for good.

But with a game against an angry Giants team next week, and a ruthlessly effective Ravens team the week after, I'm just not seeing them being in the running by then...