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I, like a lot of you, was outraged by Carolina Panther’s quarterback Cam Newton getting the Pro Bowl nod over the Dallas Cowboys’ Tony Romo. But only initially. It is a travesty when you compare the numbers. Romo finished with 4,184 passing yards to Newton’s 4,051. That doesn’t seem like a huge difference until you take into the account Romo had far fewer interceptions (10 to Newton’s 17), and he threw 10 more touchdowns than Newton. All of this comes out to a 102.1 quarterback rating for Tony while Cam only produced an 84.5 rating. These numbers, when analyzed, show who the superior quarterback is between the two. So why did Newton get the nod over Romo? Continue reading this post »

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With Senior Bowl scouting in full swing this week, mock drafts have been have been struggling to keep up all the college prospects raising and falling down most expert’s big boards.  Big names like Courtney Upshaw of Alabama, Quinton Coples of North Carolina, and Janoris Jenkins of North Alabama seem to be on an uptake. While early favorites like Dre Kirkpatrick and Lamar Miller seemed to be dropping closer to the second round. In an effort to stay current, here is our updated draft a.k.a. TLH’s Mock Draft 2.0.

Each Landry Hat mock draft is featured in the DC Pro Sports Report, WalterFootball.com, Sports Jabber, hailredskins.com and fftoolbox.com mock draft databases. Each site keeps track of a huge number mock drafts all over the web. Visit them often for new mock drafts daily and also be sure to check out our sister sites, NFL Mocks and With the First Pick,  for great NFL draft coverage all year long. To see our new mock draft 2.0, click the following link: Continue reading this post »

Okay.  Let me start by saying that history is without a doubt repeating itself.  2007 is happening all over again.  The New York Giants, on the brink of elimination, again rose from the dead and have made a run all the way to the big dance.  While this has largely been labeled a chance at redemption for the Patriots, I now fully expect the Giants to pull it out in the last few seconds with Eli miraculously escaping a pass rush, lobbing the ball downfield, and having Victor Cruz actually catch it in the earhole of his helmet using no hands as he “cha chas” into the end zone.  Cue the vomit noises…  It is as inevitable now as a giant asteroid rocketing toward earth – you can see it coming from a long way away, you know its going to be bad when it hits, but there’s not much you can do about it.  Just have to accept it and move on…

So, in that vein, instead of detailing the lastest mock draft for the 100th time, let’s have some fun and predict who will be the Cowboys 2012 MVP!  My candidates are:

• Tony Romo – Tony is a polarizing figure among NFL fans these days – people seem to either love him like a cult figure or blame him for every Cowboys shortcoming.  The fact is – despite the 8-8 record, no playoff berth, and some agonizing losses directly attributable to his mistakes - Tony is coming off arguably his best year in the NFL statistically.  He achieved a 102.5 QBR, 36 TDs, and only 10 interceptions while racking up 4,184 passing yards.  He played in all 16 games – at times seriously hurt (punctured lung and fractured ribs) - coming off a year in 2010 where he only played in 6 games before breaking his collarbone.  Tony is far from perfect but if statistics mean anything, he could be coming into his prime and just needs a better team around him.  If the team can solidify the offensive line and keep him on his feet (something less than the 36 sacks surrendered this year), I think 2012 could be a year where Romo gets the “can’t win the big game” monkey off his back. Continue reading this post »

In the discussion of whether which came first, the chicken or the egg or in a similar discussion of whether poor pass rush lead to poor secondary play or poor secondary play led to a poor pass rush… I’ve decided that our secondary laid a giant egg.

But.. I’ve already discussed addressing the secondary. Here’s how we can fix the pass rush:

Our 2nd best pass rusher on the team is posted up in the middle and taking double teams that do not benefit our pass rush. Jay Ratliff is a monster that not even Chuck Norris would want to meet in a dark alley. And NT has brought him much notoriety, but the shift to DE will emblazon his legacy in the hall of fame.

More on the future pass rush of the Dallas Cowboys after the break… Continue reading this post »

Jay shares the same frustrations as the rest of Cowboys Nation

Dallas Cowboys-related Tweet of the Week: @kupdeville816 “Just to think the Giants were in ICU and we couldn’t finish them and they were as inconsistent as the Cowboys and now NY in the bowl makes me sick”

Football is, without a doubt, my favorite sport to watch. I could spend every Sunday in the regular season watching football for the full 10+ hours (unfortunately, the fact that I have a life prevents such lazy behavior). Obviously, I prefer to watch Cowboys games, but there really isn’t a scenario where I won’t watch an NFL game. Unless it happened to be a game in this postseason. Of the playoff games that I watched this year (my busy schedule prevented me from watching all of them), most of the teams I was rooting for, ending up losing. But that wasn’t the only reason this postseason was horrible. Far from it, in fact. Continue reading this post »

Sometimes, it isn’t enough just to read about the Dallas Cowboys. Sometimes it’s just better seeing and hearing directly from the fans themselves. That’s why The Landry Hat has enlisted some of the internets’ most creative, outspoken and avid Cowboys fans to become regular contributors to our site. Enjoy! The following video commentary is the expressed opinion of its author only. It is not necessarily the opinion or views of The Landry Hat, its staff, its sponsors or Fansided LLC. Due to the strong language used in this video, viewer discretion is advised.

Click the picture above or the following link to see the video!   Continue reading this post »

I ntroduction: Yeah, you heard me. Jerry Jones needs to take the reins. For real! Obviously, he has flaws as a general manager. It’s true that he has hired scouts who are able to find talented players. That’s good, Jerry. Very good. But he has sorely neglected depth and has, in the past, passed up needs in order to attain more glamorous picks for jersey sales.

Still, he hasn’t done a horrible job an general manager. I mean, how long has he been managing this team? 8,000 years? During that span, there will surely be bad times. And, obviously, we as human focus on the bad times, especially since we haven’t even seen a Super Bowl appearance in what seems like forever. But my point isn’t “Jerry needs to step down as general manager.” My point is “Jerry needs to step UP and lead his precious team to glory!” Continue reading this post »

Predicting what the Dallas Cowboys will do in the NFL Draft is always difficult when you throw in the “wheelin’ and dealin’” of owner Jerry Jones. The only thing that is predictable is that Jones will probably be unpredictable. But the calming influence of new Head Coach Jason Garrett had more predictable effect on last year’s draft. With only one exception: DeMarco Murray. The drafting of a running back in the third round raised some eyebrows in Cowboy Nation. Could the duo of Jones and Garrett be looking to make a similar splash this year? And at that very same position perhaps?

It appears that an abundant crop of talented and underrated running backs will be available in the 2012 draft. With names like Alabama’s Trent Richardson, Miami’s Lamar Miller, Washington’s Chris Polk, Virgina Tech’s David Wilson, and Oregon’s LaMichael James all topping the list. Continue reading this post »