Like anything in life, you have to earn it. Don’t expect for respect to be given just because you have gone now 8-0 for the first time in your franchise history.
Top 5 Possible Teams to Net Jeff Fisher in 2012
January 28, 2011 By 2 Comments
With the Titans jettisoning Jeff Fisher, where might the former Super Bowl loser end up?
NFL Is Selling Standing Room Tickets for the Super Bowl
January 14, 2011 By 2 Comments
For the first time in the history of the NFL and Super Bowl, there will be standing room only tickets sold.
Ranking The Fake Nike NFL Uniforms
November 20, 2010 By 24 Comments
Many of you who have subscribed to helmetandpadsrequired.com or are avid readers of Yardbarker.com most likely came across my article yesterday that broke the news that the pictures of the Nike NFL uniform sketches were fakes. Per Gregg Rosenthal of Pro Football Talk, Darren Rovell of CNBC, the NFL and Nike, the pictures are fakes. [...]
Seven Possible Coaching Candidates for the Dallas Cowboys
November 8, 2010 By 8 Comments
With Wade Phillips out as head coach in Dallas the off-season has already began and people have started to throw coaching names around like rice at a wedding.
The Essence of a True Fan
October 27, 2010 By 1 Comment
Somewhere between the last out Neftali Feliz threw against A-Rod in the ALDS and the clavicle shattering hit put on Tony Romo on Monday Night Football, it dawned on me the significance of being a fan.
The Most Disappointing Season in Cowboys History?
October 26, 2010 By 1 Comment
As the old saying goes, “Everything is bigger in Texas.” And it seems like the disappointments are bigger too.
Aaron Rodgers: An Elite QB?
October 22, 2010 By 12 Comments
In sports these days, we are always looking for the next great player to come along and captivate us with their greatness. In doing so we end up anointing players as “one of the best” or “elite” way to early when they may not actually be what we think they are.
What If Jimmy Johnson Had Never Left Dallas?
October 18, 2010 By 4 Comments
As the final few seconds ticked off the clock in the Dallas Cowboys 24-21 loss to the Minnesota Vikings yesterday, I sat on my couch amazed at how a very talented team with the number two offense and the number four defense in the NFL could be 1-4 and look so bad at times. I [...]
A Tarnished Legacy
October 14, 2010 By 2 Comments
Brett Favre. The ‘Ol Gunslinger, The Silver Fox, NFL’s Iron Man, statistically the greatest QB of all time. John Madden’s man crush, ESPN’s top 5 favorite athletes. Wrangler Man. Media Whore. Drama Queen, Liar, Cheater, Fraud. Brett Favre is many things. Many great, many not so great. He is the definition of longevity, lasting an [...]
The Dallas Debacle
First off let me say that firing Wade Phillips needed to be done. This should have been done long before this season was unsalvageable. The Cowboys are at 1-7 with absolutely no hope for the playoffs or even an immediate future having nothing left.