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Greg McElroy doesn’t even know who will start

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Remembering 9/11

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Rangers And Rays Battle Tonight

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Lance Armstrong: Still A Champion

Certainly by now you’ve heard the news about Lance Armstrong, that he’s ended his battle with the US Anti-Doping Agency. The USADA is revoking Lance’s record 7 consecutive Tour de France Titles which I find particularly interesting since the Tour de order propecia online France is waiting to see what the International Cycling Union (the [...]

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Steven Jackson: "Rams not backing down"

December 4th, 2012 Mike Dyce

Another NFL Spin Zone piece!

The St. Louis Rams have managed to go 4-0-1 within their division. Including beating and tying the San Francisco 49ers, who pla

yed in last season’s NFC Championship game. Despite a dominate record against their divisional foes this season the St. Louis Rams have only won one game outside of their division.

Rams running back Steven Jackson went on ESPN Radio in St. Louis and talked about the victory and the statement the Rams are making this season.

“It really [helps] us in our division and our conference as well. Teams are going to respect the St. Louis Rams now when they see us on the schedule,” Jackson said. “They

know we’re a tough-nosed team that’s never going to back down, regardless of the situation, regardless of what the past may have been. This team has taken on a new identity.”

Despite only winning 1 game outside of their division, the Rams are pleased with their performance within the division.

“It feels good, that we’ve established ourselves in this division,” Jackson said. “Tough defenses, good running offenses and quarterbacks that are going to get it done. We have some young, talented quarterbacks in this division that

are going to be around for a while.”

The Rams are 5-6-1 and have a slim chance of making the playoffs. But the Rams aren’t trying get too excited and maintaining their focus on the next game against Buffalo.

“We dare to dream, but we know we’ve got to do it one game at a time,” Jackson said. “It means a lot. We have a tremendous team, a lot of talent in this locker room, and guys that are willing to stick around, study film together, put in the time so we can all trust and go together. It’s starting to happen. You can see it on the football field, that we’re willing to play, we say, through the echo of the whistle. Guys are playing hard for each other.”

Jackson isn’t the only one who is playing down their playoff chances and claiming to solely be focused on next weeks game against Buffalo. Rams head coach Jeff Fisher addressed their slim playoff chances at a media gathering at Rams Park on Monday.

“This team is focused on Buffalo. It’s our next opponent,” Fisher said. “There’s too much that could happen right now. I don’t even know what the record is of some teams in the division. So, we just go play.”

Sam Bradford echoed Fisher and Jackson’s sentimaents and is also focused on Buffalo, and not leap frogging 4 teams to make it into the playoffs.

“Regardless of whether we’ve won or lost the week before, our focus has gone on to the next week and that’s exactly what we’re going to continue to do,” said Bradford. “Our focus now is going to Buffalo and getting another win.”

But after years of struggles, the Rams feel good to be headed in the right direction.

“It feels pretty good,” running back Steven Jackson said. “We have a lot of room to grow, but the one thing about this team that we learned about the personality of it that guys are going to continue to fight. Guys are going to continue to bring their ‘A’ game despite what it looks like, despite what people may think. This group of men believe that we can compete at a high level.”

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Jerry Jones Rooted for Redskins Last Night

December 4th, 2012 Mike Dyce

A piece I wrote for NFL Spin Zone.

Jerry Jones, arguably the face and ambassador of the Dallas Cowboys organization for 20 years is supposed to be sworn

enemy of all things Philadelphia, New York and Washington. But last night as two NFC East foes faced off, the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins, he found himself rooting for the Washington Redskins.

The New York Giants entered the game at 7-4 and Washington, who beat the Cowboys on Thanksgiving, were 5-6 and the Cowboys sat at 6-6 after defeating Philadelphia on Sunday night. A Giants loss would keep the Cowboys within one game of the divisional lead and a coveted playoff spot.

“We couldn’t believe Redskins was coming out of (our) mouths,” Jones said during a KRLD interview.

But the Redskins delivered keeping Cowboys’ playoff hopes alive. Unfortunately, that win by Washington also brought the Redskins level with the Cowboys in the standings as both teams have 6-6 records. And the Redskins own the tie breaker after beating the Cowboys in their annual Thanksgiving game.

“That was a big win for them and us,” Jones said, according to Fort Worth Star-Telegram reporter Clarence Hill.

The Cowboys and the Giants have a much more difficult schedule left to close out the season. The Giants play New Orleans (5-7) at the Meadowlands, and then travel to Baltimore (9-3) and Atlanta (11-1) before finishing at home against the lowly Eagles (3-9). The Cowboys travel to Cincinnati (7-5) before returning home to host a Pittsburgh Steelers (7-5) squad down to their 3rd string quarterback and a surging New Orleans Saints (5-7).

If tied with the Redskins entering the final game of the season, the Cowboys will face another essential NFC East Championship game. Dallas will travel to Washington in the season finale for what could be a game to determine the divisional crown if the Cowboys can stay level with the Redskins and the Giants falter in their difficult end

of season stretch.

Unfortunately for the Cowboys they almost have to win out. The Redskins have a much easier remaining schedule. They host the Ravens (9-3) next week before facing the Cleveland Browns (4-8) and Eagles (3-9) on the road. Then the Dallas Cowboys come to town in the season finale.

The NFC East

could be a tight race these last 4 games.

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Dez Bryant Proving Doubters, like Pearson, Wrong

December 3rd, 2012 Mike Dyce

A piece I wrote for NFL Spin Zone. Check it out!

This past summer Dez Bryant managed to get himself in trouble again. And this time it w

as nothing harmless like immature mall rat behavior, but an alleged domestic assault on his mother. While nothing has come about from those charges yet it didn’t stop the legions of Cowboys fans from calling for Dez Bryant’s departure.

Fans said Dez Bryant was not living up to the hype when the Cowboys traded up to get him in the draft and he was given the famous double eights. The man who initially made Dez’s hallowed #88 famous in the first place claimed he wasn’t worthy of the honor of wearing it.

“He’s not living up to the expectations that were placed on him by wearing that number,” Pearson said. “Drew Pearson took it to the Ring of Honor level and Michael Irvin took it way beyond that to the Hall of Fame level. When Michael and I had a chance to talk to Dez when he came in his rookie year we told him, ‘Don’t do what Drew Pearson did in it. Don’t do what Michael did in it. Do more than that.’ I know that’s a lot to live up to, but what else is there? You live up to those expectations and people will cherish you for the rest of your life.”

But Dez has had a break out month, in what is his break out year, that might ultimately land him a trip to Hawaii.

In the past 4 games his team has been fighting to hold onto a little bit of hope for a chance at the post season. And in those 4 games Dez has put this team on his back. He has caught 29 passes for 475 yards and six touchdowns. That’s given him career highs in receptions in a seasons and yards in a season and has him positioned to go over 1,000 yards receiving for the first time in his career.

Yet Dez Bryant is arguably outperforming buy viagra no prescription the other famous 88’s in his third year in the NFL. Those 6 touchdown receptions in the past 4 games are more than Drew Pearson’s touchdown totals for 7 of his 11 seasons. If you add the 2 seasons Pearson caught 6 touchdown passes, Dez tied or surpassed Drew’s touchdown totals of 9 different seasons in a 4 game stretch.

And it’s not just Pearson and the “Ring of Honor level” it’s Michael Irvin and the “Hall of Fame level” he is passing too. The 8 touchdown passes Dez has caught this year is more than Irvin’s season totals in 9 of his NFL seasons, though it is worth noting that includes two injury shortened seasons. Only twice in Irvin’s career did he catch more touchdowns than Dez has through the 2012 season so far and Dez has 4 more games left.

In fact, Dez Bryant in his first 3 seasons has almost caught more touchdown passes than Drew Pearson and Michael Irvin caught in each of their first 3 seasons combined. Drew and Michael each had 12 touchdowns their first 3 seasons for a combined total of 24 trips to the end zone. As of today Dez Bryant has caught 23 touchdowns through his first 3 seasons. That’s right, Dez has almost as many touchdowns in less than 3 seasons then Irvin and Pearson had in 6 seasons.

Drew Pearson had 2,297 yards receiving in his first season over 42 games. Dez has 2,467 yards receiving over his first 3 seasons through 39 games.

Dez Bryant has 179 receptions for 2,467 yards and 23 touchdowns through his first 39 NFL games. Michael Irvin had 151 receptions for 2,606 yards and 18 touchdowns through his first 39 games. Drew Pearson had 132 receptions for 2,383 yards and 13 touchdowns in his first 39 games.

Dez Bryant is emerging and living up to the famous #88 Jerry Jones bestowed upon him 3 years ago.

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Petition to Remove Jerry Jones

November 27th, 2012 Mike Dyce

Dallas Cowboys fans have had it with Jerry Jones and his control issues. Many fans have long called for him to relinquish his duties as general manager but Jerry Jones has never even considered it. Jerry Jones famously cites the Cowboys’ 3 Superbowl

victories in the early 90′s as his managerial resume. But one fan, from Benning, Georgia, known as “Steve M.” has started a petition to get Jerry Jones removed as GM and owner of the Dallas Cowboys.

Here is the petition:

“We, the Citizens of the Great State of Texas, and Dallas Cowboys fans worldwide, have been oppressed by an over controlling, delusional, oppressive dictator for way too long. Request the Executive Branch’s immediate assistance in removal of owner and GM, Jerry Jones. His incompetence and ego

have not only been an extreme disappointment for way too long, but moreover, it has caused extreme mental and emotional duress.”

At the time of this post the petition had received 2,068 signatures. The White House will address all petitions that reach 25,000 signatures by December 23rd at 9:30 am CT so it is well short of the goal. But it also is unlikely that any President would step in between an owner and his football team or any privately owned business for that matter.

“We are not structured that way,” Jones told Dallas’ KRLD-FM. “We didn’t structure it that way with my ownership. There’s no way that I would be involved here and not be the final decision-maker

on something as important as players, and that is a key area. That’s never been anybody’s misunderstanding. It’s been a debated thing, but it’s just not going to happen.”

This contradicts former coaches Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer who claim that they acted as general managers in their tenure as head coaches. Jerry Jones also famously told NBC’s Bob Costa that Jerry Jones would have fired Jerry Jones the GM.

“Well, I think so, because he was there to dismiss,” Jones said. “I have always worked for myself and you can’t do that. You basically have to straighten that guy out in the mirror when you work for yourself. But certainly, if I’d had the discretion, I’ve done it with coaches and certainly I would have changed a general manager.”

But he hasn’t yet.

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DeMarcus Ware gets credit for sack

November 15th, 2012 Mike Dyce

DeMarcus Ware was looking to get credit for half a fumble buy cialis online causing sack. DeMarcus Ware’s wishes had been answered and he was credited with the half a sack, which extended his streak to 7 games with a sack. It also moves

him from 4th to 3rd in the lea

gue sack race with 9.5 sacks.

“The streak is alive, but the thing is we’ve got to keep the streak of winning games,” Ware said.

DeMarcus Ware is keeping his eye on the prize, and that will be important on a team that is continuously dealing with injuries, especially on defense.

Anthony Spencer, who loses half a sack to DeMarcus Ware had a different take on the sack.

“Why wouldn’t he?” Spencer said. “He was there. There’s no doubt about that. I told him there have been plenty of times that I was around and I didn’t get half.”

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