Perhaps Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Needs an Intervention
It has nothing to do with alcohol or other substance abuses, believe it or not.
Mr. Jones: you’re a great marketer who will probably be in the NFL Hall of Fame someday. But please, please swallow your pride and hire a general manager for the Cowboys, someone who has football savvy.
In the 16 years you’ve been doing it your way since Jimmy Johnson was, well, fired, the Cowboys have been quieter than Marcel Marceau in the post-season. Sure, they won the Super Bowl in 1995, but that was with Barry Switzer letting the players Johnson mostly assembled do their thing. Paris Hilton will probably win an Academy Award before a team you assemble wins a Super Bowl.
Nothing personal, Mr. Jones. You just need to leave the football decisions to those who know football.
Case in point: taking the infamous Quincy Carter in the second round of the 2001 NFL draft when he still would’ve been available in the late rounds. (Of all the QBs taken in that draft, ...
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