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Dallas Cowboys Questions: Thanksgiving Day Games

Jay Burgess — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 23:03:08 +0000

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Q: Why are the Cowboys always one of the teams that are playing on Thanksgiving?

A: The Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers played each other on Thanksgiving day for many years. In the mid 1960′s, as the NFL grew bigger and gained more national media attention, they wanted to add a second game to their Thanksgiving day schedule.

No other NFL teams had interest in playing a mid-week game near the end of the season. However, Tex Schram the Cowboys’ GM at the time, saw it as a chance to put his 5 year old team in the national spotlight. So, on November 24, 1966 the Cowboys played the Cleveland Browns and came away with their first Thanksgiving Day victory.

It worked out so well that the Dallas Cowboys have become a big part of many football fans holiday celebration and it certainly hasn’t hurt the Cowboys desire to become America’s Team.

Poor Choice Dooms Cowboys

Jay Burgess — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 03:28:20 +0000

Tashard Choice fumbled on the last play of the first half to give the Redskins a 10-0 lead, just enough to defeat the Cowboys in Game 1 of the 2010 season.

In a decision by Wade Philips that will be second guessed for the rest of this year, Choice became the goat of the game. In reality, with only 4 seconds left and the ball on their own 35 yard line, Dallas should have kneeled on the ball and gone to the locker room trailing only 3-0. The head coach thought otherwise and it cost them a touchdown and probably the game.

The Cowboys were able to keep the game close in the second half however, and almost won on the last play of the game. A holding call against Alex Barron nullified the game winning touchdown pass from Tony Romo to Roy Williams, leaving the Cowboys shocked.

It was a game where they had plenty of chances to take the game over, but mistakes were the downfall for the offense. In order to beat the Bears next week, Dallas will need to be more consistent and find a way to get the ball in the end zone. Maybe easier said than done.

Jerry Jones Selling The Cowboys?

Jay Burgess — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:50:22 +0000

Q: first of im a big dallas fan my questions are why dose the owner get all these old choaches from? second more of a comment the people he should of kept he lets go i think some one new should buy the team and get reiad of himits not the coaches or players messing up it the owner buying the wrong players heck i can do better actually any one can thank you howard f mochrie

Asked by howard if mochrie

A: Thanks for the question Howard.

There are many people who agree with you in thinking that Jerry Jones should keep his hands out of the player personnel issues. But guess what? That is NEVER going to happen.

Jerry and his sons live for making those type of decisions and, believe it or not, they are very smart businessmen. The team is worth more than almost any other sports franchise in the world and the value grows every year.

To answer your question, he gets some of the old coaches from the recycling heap, but I assure you that the Cowboys have many coaches that are respected throughout the league. They do seem to have trouble getting the right mix of players and coaches but with the moves this offseason, maybe they are taking on more of Wade Phillips' personality…for better or worse!

We'll see.

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