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Ugh. Without even touching a Tomo/Cutler debate... Cutler has weapons. Jeffery, Marshall, Bennett...plus Forte running and we'll see how Holmes works out as a 3rd WR. Romo has...Dez Bryant? Am I missing anyone? Even if I weren't a Bears/Cutler fan, I'd still be betting on Cutler having a better year...

and Jay Cutlers

Lol... But this is Tony Romo's YEAR! I just know it!

And so it starts

BUMP

Wilkes county's favorite sports topic is when and if Danica and Dale Jr. will make baby 3.

No one wants a HUGE amount of cap space. That is indicative of having mismanaged your situation in the past. What you want is enough room to address areas of need. Being $31 million under usually leads to over indulging on the flavor(s) of the week. Being $31 million over means you are about to be significantly less deep.

And the eagles recover the fumble.

I'm always happy to discuss Wilkes County's favorite sports topic.

A couple of points about depth: Dallas has recently addressed deficiencies along the offensive line through the draft and rookie free agency, and now have a solid young core of Smith, Frederick (sp?) and Leary to build around. So I'm not sure that they've neglected offensive line recently, and they have an improved (though by no means stellar) unit to show for it.

As far as the defensive line is concerned, I'm inclined to agree, though to be fair the injuries that have plagued the DL this season are amazing.

Not to say anything about a linebacking group that was down to numbers 5,6, and 7 on the depth chart against Green Bay. I know other teams get hit hard by injury, but the ones that come to mind (Atlanta) aren't still at least alive for the playoffs. I can't remember a .500 team that has taken the hits Dallas has this season in the front seven...though to be fair I'm not going to research the subject.

Still, yes, Dallas is definitely still hurting from 2006 and 2009...2006 being a Bill Parcells draft. '09 is hurting especially this season.

Last point for now: Have you seen the teams celebrating all the open cap space they have next season? If I remember correctly, it's teams like Oakland and Jacksonville. Teams without a quarterback or a chance. Make of that what you will, I suppose.

Oh, they will be back in force when the Cowboys beat the Raiders next pre-season.

How much money do you think Kirk Cousins is going to make for himself this weekend?

WHERE ARE THOSE CRYBOY FANS? Shortintheshorts? Peashooter?Scanky?

The great Tony Romo makes cover of sports illustrated, talk of how great he is and comes up with yet another dismal performance. Wonderful QB if you want to come up short in big games.

Good teams inevetibally run into "cap ****" seasons. The trick is to draft well enough to withstand those looming losses.

The Cowboys have continually pushed off capmageddon, but have not drafted well at all, especially on defense and along the lines. That article talks of cuts to get under the cap. That's a great theory, except you have to have drafted well with less expensive, quality replacements for that to work.

Bad drafts, constant restructuring and inept football management add up to equal the essence of mediocrity since 1996; .500 record, one playoff win, and irrelevance on the field and the standings.

Dallas has problems, but it's hard to believe the salary cap is really one of them. I'll let Mike Fisher take it from here.

Heehee... Dez Bryant.

Cowobys fans are the bottom of the sports barrel. Take a Yankees fan, a Braves fan, two Dale, Jr. fans, three Duke fans, two UNC fans, stir them in a pot, and then multiply the sheer ignorance of most of those local fanbases into one big heaping pile of non intelligent goop and you STILL are not halfway to the idiocy of the typical Cowboys fan.

As I noted many years ago, there are three types of Cowboys fans:

1) Uninformed rednecks who couldn't tell you Roger Staubach from Aaron Rodgers

2) Very loud, vocal African American fans who are boisterous, almost as ignorant as the yokels, and think the Dez Bryant is the best football player who has ever lived

3) Learned Cowboys fans, who are logical, rational, and genuinely good people. There are 5 of those in existence.

If the Cowboys franchise had played exactly as it has over the last 17 years (which is to say, exactly ONE GAME OVER .500) and had been known as the "Arizona Cardinals", no one would talk about them. They would be what they are. totally inconsequential. As it stands, the first two of the aforementioned fanbase types keep this totally irrelevant franchise at the forefront of stories. Sorry, Cowboys fans, but it is about to get worse; the team is $31 million over next year's cap. What is a paper thin roster is about to look a lot like a Kleenex at a snot party.

I LOVE YOU JERRAH! Keep up the good work. Buahahahahaha.

Wow, what an impressive display of football talent, where are those superbowl rings

Go Bears!

,''COWBOYS ALL THE WAY THIS TEAR. <<<<< ROTFLMAO, you got that part right, All those TEARS again ,,,, what a Maroooooon

The only breeze is between your ears.

Go Seahawks