WHY CAN'T YOU BE MORE LIKE ELI?!?! /DumbCowboysfan

I am not sure why I have spent the past few hours listening to readings of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” on YouTube. Maybe I like poetry. Perhaps I share a spiritual bond with a fellow former West Pointer who walked the Long Gray Line many years before I did. Maybe the raven speaks to me as well. We, Cowboys fans, have lost our Lenore. The dynasties of old are Nevermore to return to Dallas. We must build new ones or we will be left to be tortured by our thoughts, dreams and memories until we approach the brink of insanity. Nevermore. Nevermore. Maybe Poe was onto something…….…… or maybe he was just talking to birds.

Usually around this time of year, talking heads on the bright box in the den tell us that teams either need to pick the best player available or a very specific need for their team. I have never understood this argument. The best franchises take the best player available that fits a need. It should never go deeper than that. Yet, you will find wars on other Cowboys blogs and comment sections alike IMPLORING Jerry and Stephen Jones to pick seven straights cornerbacks/safeties OR to pick the best player available no matter what happens. Even if that is Tony Romo’s eventual replacement at quarterback. (more…)