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What ever happened to talking about football? Recently I have been reading a lot of Cowboys’ blogs in an attempt to find out information about Mike Jenkins’ transition into a more zone coverage type of scheme and how well Danny Amendola can perform against non-rookie corners. Instead all I find is a bunch of crap that the Cowboys’ elite players find themselves being a part of. I am tired of it. These guys are professionals and they need to become more focused. This team needs discipline and these things never happened when Parcells was in charge. I like Wade Phillips coaching style, but come on, crack the whip every now and again.

The first slap on the wrist goes out to Jerry Jones. I know he likes the spotlight and I know he loves players that like the spotlight. However, providing the Cowboys’ training camp for the HBO Hard Knocks show is a horrible more. With all this spygate crap going on, it is an awful idea to provide every team in the NFL a look inside training camp. This isn’t a total disappointment, because I think it will keep the players from doing stupid shit when people are taping them all the time. Although the majority of players have said that this program is more distracting then anything. I don’t think the Cowboys’ locker room needs any more distractions.

Now, I have to talk about Tony Romo. For crying out loud, please stay out of the public eye! I know for a fact that he works very hard and he is very focused on football, but he keeps giving people reasons to talk about other things besides football. Apparently he has broken up with Jessica Simpson and the press keeps hounding him about it. My question is how would people know this if he weren’t in Chicago butchering “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” and partying with a bunch of guys in a popular place. I am criticizing Tony because he seems to be getting frustrated with all this attention, yet he doesn’t put himself in a position to avoid it. However, what is even more appalling to me is when Cowboy beat writers ask him about this crap. These are guys who are supposed to fans of the team; shame on you for distracting the quarterback of “your” team. How about asking him if he has been working with the rookie receivers or if there are any new schemes that we can look for? This is a shame and it is even more disturbing that people that are supposed to be inside the organization are enabling it. On another note, I have no problem with his avid golf playing. He deserves to have a hobby, like everyone else, and I like hearing about how well he did in the US Open qualifier. Shame on anyone that says golfing is distracting to his football playing.

Next up is everyone’s favorite Terrell Owens. I actually don’t have a problem with his appearance on Flava Flave’s reality show. It really was benign and was actually funny. On the other hand he has been a major culprit in enabling the Tony Romo situation. In a recent interview he called Tony his boy, but poked fun at his expense. I believe he said something along the lines of leaving the singing to Jessica. While this is appropriate for the locker room it should not have been said publicly. This gives a perfect lead in to the next disturbing situation.

Greg Ellis recently went on air saying the Roy Williams told him that he is not playing in Wade Phillips scheme and he doesn’t think he will be able to fit in. This was a comment Roy made last year in training camp. Shame on you Greg for telling everyone this statement. He claims that Roy is his friend. Well friends don’t put their friends on the hot seat with the media. This is a different system and Roy needs time to adjust and having Dave Campo back this year should do wonders for his ability to adjust. Criticizing Roy for being under prepared for games is something that I want to hear about. I don’t want to hear about what Ellis has to say about what Williams said. I also don’t want to hear about how Roy’s breakup with Kelly Rowland and his recent “finding of God.”

Stop talking about this junk and let me know about what’s going on football wise. I am tired of these distractions. Let’s play football and stop being children gossiping in high school. Elite teams go out of their way to push the media away and stand up for each other. I am not seeing this here and something needs to be done right away limit the non-football related media exposure the Cowboys are getting.

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