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Dallas Cowboys Questions: Thanksgiving Day Games

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

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.

Stephen McGee Shines Against Miami

Jay Burgess — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:42:23 +0000

Any Cowboys fan who didn’t know who wears the number 7 jersey, knows now! Stephen McGee took advantage of his extended playing time tonight against the Miami Dolphins and led the Cowboys to a 27-25 victory.

David Buehler, the Cowboys kicker, also came up huge in the preseason finale. He kicked field goals of 51, 45 and 41 yards, and then sealed the victory with a 31 yarder as time expired. Thank you Chris Boniol!

McGee probably won’t jump over Jon Kitna for the backup quarterback position with his performance tonight, 27-42 for 304 yards and a TD, but you can be sure the Cowboys will keep him around. So, all you A&M fans, take a break from your usual activities of reading about the team, watching films or playing partypoker and go ahead and buy your number 7 jerseys now!?

In a preseason filled with disappointment the Cowboys finally have something to smile about as they head into their regular season opener at Washington on September 12th.

Right now though, Wade Phillips, Jerry Jones and Stephen Jones have some tough decisions as they cull their roster down to 53 players this Saturday.

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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