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That's a pretty good deal. 4 games to see if he can continue to play football or retire and accept his insurance claim. I'm not mad at either side. We need more deals like this one that's on the up and up in the NFL...

Sounds like a win win either way....

The boys need to concentrate on their defense in the offseason...I hope neither party regrets their decision...

I think Dallas' D is starting to settle down and show it has potential. The totals pts. given up each week have gone from 35 to 20 to 10 to 7 and possibly 0 at Buffalo next week. If all are healthy, it will be a top ten NFL defense which will be more than good enough with that potent offense.

Bring on the PATS!!!!!!!!!! We are going to be 5-0 and so will the Pats! Lets show everyone the NFC and Cowboys are for real!

Pimpy,

The Defense is just now getting their swagger back.....LOLB Greg Ellis and CB T-Newman getting healthier, you haven't even seen our Defense this year.

You need to watch the game. The Bengals Have no defense. They are horrible. They can't pressure the QB, Stop the Run, or play in Coverage.

If you have ever read any of my posts......I don't just talk about the Cowboys. I am Very realistic fan and I understand the Game. We will play at Home against the Pats. I like our odds. We will tire out that Defense and Marion will take care of them.

I still have the Pats winning the Superbowl......but I really think that we can beat them.

Ellis off the edge.

PImps- Give him credit for being excited. I would get excited for Pat-Colts playoff matches, but the excitement was tempered with some nervousness, which made wins like the 20-3 handling in 2004 that much better. Big wins are bigger when won without excessive overconfidence, one reason I can't stand teams that talk about sure wins in big games, like the Steelers in 2001, or 2004, and the Colts in 2004.

Dallas and NE should be a good game, and I hope it ends up as the late doubleheader on either network, CBS or Murdoch's. This is a great season for nationally televised Patriots games, about half the season. Relocated fans such as myself aren't always forced to sit in front of the computer listening to WBCN on Fieldpass.

On the insurance note, didn't Curtis Martin have an insurance policy on his body, which the carrier reneged on? Is Ellis guaranteed a payout if his career is over as a result of injury, or would a claim simply begin an arbitration process?

Saw that Martin could become an NFL owner. That would be great; a smart guy, class act, and the owners clique needs not just some modern player blood infused, but I would be glad to see a black owner too. Such a thing may help take a little away from of the _40 Million Dollar Slaves_ premise, which I agree with to an extent. Have at....

Dallas and NE should be a good game, and I hope it ends up as the late doubleheader on either network

The new york market sucks at blacking out games....they better not mess this up, this game I HAVE to see....

Pimps- I'll definitely not hold it against you. I am a big NE fan too, a hometown supporter, er, uh, regional supporter (from NH). Its more the playoff wins thing that gets me.

America's Legend...Easy big guy...lol..I would not judge a defense on how it performed against the Bears or the Rams. Those are two offensively challenged teams. You could be right about the Pats, but remember they have something the Cowboys do not, They have experience playing in big games and Winning them..And, whether anyone likes it or not, they have the best coaching staff in the NFL. And they have the record to prove it. Just who is going to cover the wide outs they have? If you cannot put a serious consistent rush on Brady, then he will take the DBs of Dallas to school. Moss will do what Burress did to the secondary. Newman or not.

I agree....But we finally have a Good team. With our Offensive line we can wear down opponents.

I miss the good 'old days when AFC teams got beat down every year in the Super Bowl. New England Patsies! Best team?? You gotta be kidding me!
It's high time the NFC bounces back and starts smacking the AFC around again!
Let me refresh your memory -
SB XX Bears 46-10 over Patsies
SB XXII Redskins 42-10 over Broncos
SB XXIV 49ers 55-10 over Broncos
SB XXVII Cowboys 52-17 over Bills

Go NFC ! Go Cowboys !

DieHard II (the reckoning), are you saying that the Pats aren't one of the 2 best teams in the NFL right now? If so, then that's just plane silly.


Devil's advocate speaking....all this talk about how the boys have not played anyone of "calibur" thus far this season should also be informed that the patriots have beaten the jets, bills and chargers....all are 1-3....

let's not get too hasty here....

Not a Cowboy fan, but the Jury is In on Romo, he has got it. What more is he suppose to do? He can throw, move in the pocket, throw on the run, manage the clock . throw deep, out patterns and the short swing passes, acrossing patterns and timing passes. AND, he has a winning record as a starter. What else is he suppose to do, sell tickets too?

"I miss the good 'old days when AFC teams got beat down every year in the Super Bowl. New England Patsies! Best team?? You gotta be kidding me!"

DieHardFan is exhibiting here what BLUESILVER has, quite properly, I think, referred to as "fetishistic 70s nostalgia," wherein the only "good" teams are the teams whose reputations for dominance were established in the 1970s, which we might refer to as modern footballs "golden age": a past that in some ways defines the present, but that can never be revisited. Fans such as this resist inevitable changes in the league, which could be argued are the result of the salary cap era, and its attendant consequence, the much ballyhooed concept of parity.

Within this system, any team on any Sunday can win, and from year to year different teams may emerge as dominant. Thus, those who depend on dominance from teams such as the Cowboys, Steelers, Dolphins, and Raiders are frustrated by what seems an undependable football world. This dependable world was not only defined by its dominant teams, but also by its perennial doormats, which, through years of mismanagement, the Patriots were. However, things change; it is, of course, inevitable. The Patriots of today are no longer the Patsies of old. Arena rock and moustaches are no longer en vougue. The Cold War does not define geopolitical realities, and Tampa Bay did win a Super Bowl.

This same sentiment also resists the classification of the most successful team of this decade as a dynasty along with the teams that defines footballs golden age, as well as the 80s and early nineties. Sorry old-timers, but the NFC will not dominate every year, and expansion teams can be successful. Carolina, for example, went to a Super Bowl. The world changes, and should you depend on the structural realities and football fan paradigms of times long past, I can, at best, only feel sorry for you, and your insistence on dwelling within perceptual nostalgia, which can and will only frustrate apprehensions of reality.

"I miss the good 'old days when AFC teams got beat down every year in the Super Bowl. New England Patsies! Best team?? You gotta be kidding me!"

DieHardFan is exhibiting here what BLUESILVER has, quite properly, I think, referred to as "fetishistic 70s nostalgia," wherein the only "good" teams are the teams whose reputations for dominance were established in the 1970s, which we might refer to as modern footballs "golden age": a past that in some ways defines the present, but that can never be revisited. Fans such as this resist inevitable changes in the league, which could be argued are the result of the salary cap era, and its attendant consequence, the much ballyhooed concept of parity.

Within this system, any team on any Sunday can win, and from year to year different teams may emerge as dominant. Thus, those who depend on dominance from teams such as the Cowboys, Steelers, Dolphins, and Raiders are frustrated by what seems an undependable football world. This dependable world was not only defined by its dominant teams, but also by its perennial doormats, which, through years of mismanagement, the Patriots were. However, things change; it is, of course, inevitable. The Patriots of today are no longer the Patsies of old. Arena rock and moustaches are no longer en vougue. The Cold War does not define geopolitical realities, and Tampa Bay did win a Super Bowl.

This same sentiment also resists the classification of the most successful team of this decade as a dynasty along with the teams that defines footballs golden age, as well as the 80s and early nineties. Sorry old-timers, but the NFC will not dominate every year, and expansion teams can be successful. Carolina, for example, went to a Super Bowl. The world changes, and should you depend on the structural realities and football fan paradigms of times long past, I can, at best, only feel sorry for you, and your insistence on dwelling within perceptual nostalgia, which can and will only frustrate apprehensions of reality.

Urnze | 10/01/07


Who are you? Bob Costas? Peter King? Hunter S Thompson?

I agree Agent...and stated just that earlier in this post:

"Still, Dallas hasn't beaten anyone of note yet and so I suggest that they are not battle tested yet. The same could be said about the Patriots, given the records of the 3 teams they've faced this year, however the Pats, with the current roster and significant additions, have proved themselves over the past 6 years. There are very few unknowns about the Pats and I would suggest that the Jury is still out on Romo and the Cowboys in general."

You've got to be able to look at both sides...

PimpyLooka | 10/01/07


I hear ya, I guess the point is, you never can tell. Look at this week for example...chiefs over chargers, giants over philly, the browns over ravens, cards over steelers, lions over bears....

Something tells me this was not a good week for gamblers....but some of the diehard fans, who never bet against their team made out like bandits...

Look for the game tonight to be highly contested....I'm going with the bengals because it's been that kinda week....

Cowboys have played, and beaten, one of the top 3 defenses in football, Chicago. The Boys/Pats game will be the most watched game of the season. However, the winner of this game is not going to the Super Bowl the next week, so keep this game where it is, a regular season game.

glad that everything worked out. I was shocked when i saw Ellis on the field Sunday but was glad to see him out there.

PimpyLooka ........All you said is factual, but could have been said about peyton manning, tom brady and many other successful quaterbacks after starting twelve games in the NFL. The question really comes down to this, if he were the QB on your team, right now, would you want your team to sign him to a long term contract or not? You can put the franchise tag on him for one year, he would get paid the average of the top five ( I think) QBs in the league for one year, then you lose him, or, you take a chance and sign him long term. Your call. Remember, you do not have a proven vet on your team behind him.