I thought back to the Cowboys glory years in the early 90’s and how Sundays were golden when you couldn’t wait for Pat Summerall’s late Sunday afternoon introduction leading into the game of the week, followed by the best commentary and genuine excitement, combined with the simple but meaningful observations of broadcasting legend John Madden.

Today, all we have is the arrogance and biased broadcasting of FOX’s Joe Buck, who in my opinion is the worst broadcaster in NFL history.  Buck makes it impossible to listen to him because he expresses his own biased feelings and boring attitude into each game that makes every Cowboy fan search for their remote control’s mute button faster than Demarcus Ware coming around the corner on a full out blitz.

I have to admit, I actually hate when the Cowboys get the 3pm Fox game because I know I will be watching most of the game in mime style that week.   My solution is an easy one for the executives at FOX, let’s re-united Troy Aikman with the “Moose” Darryl Johnston.   “Moose” Johnson is just the opposite of Joe Buck, he is Intelligent, Insightful and displays his genuine football passion every Sunday.   

FOX needs to assemble its new broadcast team immediately, to gain a full year of experience before its big 2014 New York SuperBowl season.  They should team veteran broadcaster Sam Rosen, Troy Aikman, and Moose Johnson together as its #1 broadcast team.  Rosen has more play-play experience the Buck, he was always great doing play by play for the New York Rangers and teaming Aikman and Johnston together will have the same results in the broadcasting booth as it did on the field.  Fox then can keep Kenny Albert, Brian Billick, and Tony Siragusa as its #2 pairing, and Joe Buck can continue doing baseball, allowing all of us to football fans to once again actually discover that our TV’s have surround sound every Sunday afternoon.   Just a thought by your favorite Landry Hat reporter, a thought,  that I know is shared by millions of NFL fans each and every week.  

Feb 4, 2010; Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA; Dallas Cowboys former players Moose Johnston aka Daryl Johnston (left) and Roger Staubach at press conference to unveil the Super Bowl XLV logo at press conference at the Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-US PRESSWIRE

His comments were particularly odd in that Barber probably would not have made a huge difference in the outcome of the game because rookie running back Tashard Choice played his heart out and gained more yards rushing on the Steelers No. 1 ranked defense than any other back so far. Plus, the rookie had 5 catches for over 70 yards. He basically had Barber numbers.

“We all know how tough Marion Barber is, but when he had his injury I felt, look, you’d have to shoot him to keep him off the football field,” Jones said. “So I was surprised that we didn’t have him. That’s not meant to be critical of his toughness. It did come out that way, but fundamentally it was because he is so tough that you would have thought that he could play.”

I am not sure what led Jones to retract or clarify his statement, but he should have clarified it the day he made it knowing ESPN was foaming at the mouth to promote its next anti-Cowboys piece. Barber said he never heard about Jones’ comments and took the high road.

Meanwhile, John Madden is not feeling sorry for the Dallas Cowboys at all, according to this article.

“I laugh when I hear this, ‘Well, the Cowboys have a tough schedule. It’s going to be tough,’” Madden said Tuesday. “Well, if they can’t beat these teams, they don’t belong in the playoffs.

You can always count on John Madden to add some common sense to an argument. He’s right on. If the Cowboys cannot sweep the final three games, then they do not belong in the playoffs. The Steelers loss was painful, but going 3-0 the rest of the way will erase that and get this team pumped for a guaranteed playoff game.