Next Man Up!

I’d like to start by saying I love Zeke. He is a generational player with all the tools that makes this team better.

That being said, enough is enough with the talks of contract and holdout and he said he said that’s been going on this pre-season. He’s missed, we want him back but the fact remains he isn’t here. I implore the fans, all of them (especially the great majority of foolish ones that beat this conversation up into a bloody pulp of annoyance), to let it go. To move on, sort of speak, for now.

He’s not here. Make your peace with it and move on. Cheer on the guys that are here. Put your faith in the o-line that is one of the best in the league. There just isn’t any sense wasting energy on someone not here right now.

Zeke will be here when he gets here and I don’t see the point of wasting away like some faithful girlfriend staring off into the horizon waiting for her man to come home. Expect the worst (gone all year) and anything short of that will be great.

Now I ask this not for me, though truth be told I’m getting tired of the same conversation, but rather I ask for the team and our chances of getting to the show in February.

I’m throwing out the warning as this has the same vibe/feeling as the Zeke suspension year. The constant roller coaster of “is he playing or not” and “will he be suspended or not” really took it’s toll on this team. Nothing seemed to run smooth that year and I feel this year might go the same way.

Football is a team sport and one player does not guarantee success but he sure can cause failure.

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Football is back…sort of

Cowboy football has returned…HALLELUJAH!

If I may be permitted the slight blasphemy, the Church of football is back in session. Once again we are able to worship at the altar adorned with beer, chips, pizza, queso and chips or any other terribly delicious, life shortening goods.

While you’re elbow deep in your choice of sauce covered meat be sure to remember one thing…..this is a preseason game. Nothing more, nothing less. Take all the enjoyment you can with no expectations. The offense will probably be vanilla, the starters won’t play long and some guys won’t even play but that’s okay because football is back. Point being, don’t get hung up on the win-loss aspect (expect a loss that way if we win you’ll be happier). Instead, focus on the players making plays. Do the defense and offense look cohesive? How much rust are they showing? Those are the things that matter. Look to see if the quarterbacks are letting it fly or being conservative. Look at the younger players because they are the future of this team. I don’t mean that as a cliche, but rather in the fact that paying a lot of players a lot of money the way the Cowboys will be doing soon (Dak, Cooper and Zeke this year and a ridiculous large number next year). You can’t pay them all, and you will have to rely on younger guys (rookies through third years) to replace those we can’t keep.

I don’t care about the final score, I care about seeing left guard Williams, the TEs not wearing #82, the young receivers who’ve been stellar at camp, DEs Armstrong, Jelks, Jackson and Taco and the rookie Trysten Hill. I’m excited about the guys covered by the media. The guys trying to make the roster.

No matter the final, even if we lose by 5 touchdowns or score nothing tonight, remember that the only number that matters tonight in the end is 53.

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