Dallas Cowboys Must Defeat the Philadelphia Eagles

Yes, the Dallas Cowboys are in the playoffs, but this game against the Philadelphia Eagles has huge ramifications.

If Dallas wins, they’ll go from second place in the NFC East to the winner of the NFC East. The Cowboys and Chickens would have identical 4-2 and 9-3 divisional and conference records, with a Cowboys win. While Dallas defeated Philly earlier this year, a win would give the Cowboys the trump card with a 2-0 mark against the Eagles.

With a win against Philly and if the Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals both lose, Dallas would have the second seed in the NFC playoffs and a bye next week. Feel free to ask the specifics once I complete my Probability and Statistics Analysis distance learning degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Of course if Philadelphia wins, all bets are off. I have to think Philly wants this win also especially if it comes with a first-round bye to give Donovan McNabb a chance to heal from the beating he has taken this season.

So, let’s examine further.

Five Reasons Why the Dallas Cowboys will defeat the Philadelphia Eagles

1. Tony Romo is hungry and ready to prove to Pokes fans that he can win late in the year and what better opportunity than against the hated Liberty Chickens?

2. Dallas’ defense will again give Donovan McNabb nobody to throw to and will give him so many headaches he’ll regret downgrading from a four-point to a two-point chinstrap.

3. Because Wade Phillips knows that if Dallas loses and embarks on a quick playoff exit, it could very possible be Mike Shanahan, Bill Cowher, or Brian Billick on Dallas’ sidelines next season.

4. Miles Austin will have a career day against the Eagles.

5. Dallas wants to make sure the Eagles’ first visit to Cowboys Stadium, i.e., The House That Jerry Built, is a very forgettable one for the visitors.

Why the Philadelphia Eagles will defeat the Dallas Cowboys

1. McNabb has a very disturbing knack for playing huge games against Dallas when Cowboys fans think he’s on the ropes, especially when there’s whispers that he doesn’t have “it” anymore.

2. Andy Reid, the Eagles’ coach, has been successful against Dallas in the past and there’s no reason to believe he be won’t now.

3. Romo will revert to gunslinger mode and throw too many passes that are foolish beyond explanation.

4. McNabb will show the NFL that Dallas’ secondary still has many problems.

5. Shaun Suisham will choke and will prove to Cowboys fans he’s not a sufficient replacement for Nick Folk.

(Yes, I call the Eagles the Chickens and sometimes call McNabb “McCrybaby”. In reality, while I hate the Eagles as a team, I have a ton of respect for them. Even when they’re having an off year, Dallas can’t take them lightly).

I see a very close game. Dallas 27, Philadelphia 24.

Richard Zowie’s a blogger for Bleacher Report. Post comments below or e-mail Richard directly at richardzowie@gmail.com .

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Shaun Suisham to Be Band-Aid For Dallas Cowboys Kicking

Somewhere, perhaps in Dallas, Irving, Fort Worth, Arlington, or in my hometown of Beeville, Texas (90 miles southeast of San Antonio on Highway 181 for non-Texans), there are probably diehard Dallas Cowboy fans lining up in eager anticipation to purchase No. 4 jerseys.

No, Brett Favre’s not joining the ‘Boys. Instead, the number four is the new jersey number of the Cowboys’ newest player, Shaun Suisham.

Yes, that same Shaun Suisham who was with the Cowboys from 2005-2006 and has also been with the Pittsburgh Steelers and San Francisco 49ers (or the Stealers and the 40-Whiners, as I like to jokingly call them, being a longtime Dallas fan).

Suisham replaced Nick Folk, who went to the 2007 Pro Bowl in his rookie season. Folk seemed like the savior for Dallas, but after hip surgery and missing 10 field goals this season, the Nick-meister proved one thing: NFL teams tend to change place kickers as often as Paris Hilton changes boyfriends.

<Stops to check his e-mail to see if any Hilton fans have sent any hate mail yet.>

Folk, this season, had a field goal percentage of 64.3 percent, a sharp decline from hitting 83.9 in 2007 and 90.9 in 2008. Was his off-season hip surgery the cause?

Not necessarily.

According to Tom Orsborn, who covers the Dallas Cowboys for the San Antonio Express-News , both Folk and head coach Wade Phillips have insisted all season that Folk’s hip wasn’t an issue. Because of this, the team would’ve been unable to place Folk on injured reserve (apparently, the NFL doesn’t allow teams to do this for fear a team is trying to protect a player for future use rather than allow other teams a chance to use him).

Orsborn added this as the reason the team cut Folk: “Every kick with him was an adventure, including the chip shots.”

While Folk may have healed from the surgery, is it possible there was a psychological effect? Yes. Some athletes get an operation on their livelihood and it creates mind games that they can never seem to win.

Be that as it may, don’t look at Suisham to be the next Rafael Septien, as in a kicker who stays with Dallas for a very long time. Suisham’s career percentage is 79.6, which, while far better than what I could do, hasn’t been good enough to make Suisham more than a journeyman kicker. What is interesting though is that Mr. Clutch himself, Adam Vinatieri, has a career percentage of 82 percent.

Unless Suisham (whose surname I don’t have a clue how to pronounce) goes on an amazing streak and starts making Vinatieri look like Garo Yapremian trying to throw the ball after a blocked field goal, Dallas will no doubt upgrade at placekicker this offseason.

Among the possibilities:

Dallas re-signs Folk in the off-season . Orsborn tells me he wouldn’t be surprised if Dallas does this. I see it as a long shot. Chances are some team will look at the success Folk had and may sign him and invite him to training camp. Perhaps Dallas could quell this and say that like Terrell Owens, Folk is a locker room cancer. Or that Folk steals lollipops from children and makes babies cry.

If that doesn’t work, they could say that Folk has an annoying habit of taking wet towels in the shower, making rat tails, and giving teammates welts on their derrieres.

 

Dallas hands the kicking duties to David Buehler . This is a long shot. For one, Buehler may have a powerful leg, but accuracy has never been his strong suit. If it were, Dallas would’ve simply made him the kicker instead of bringing in Suisham.

Buehler sounds to me like the Andre Ware of kickers—someone with a great leg (arm) but with terrible accuracy. One sports colleague up here swears that Ware once threw a pass 100 yards at a Detroit Lions practice. I understand that when Dallas gave Buehler a chance to earn the job recently, he gave them nothing to show he could do it.

 

Dallas looks for another kicker in free agency . Very possible.

 

Dallas drafts another place kicker . Again, possible.

 

Hire Doug Blevins to come in as a consultant . Blevins , who helped to turn Vinatieri into one of the game’s great clutch kickers, perhaps could help Dallas to solve their woes. And heck, Blevins grew up as a Cowboys fan, so that’s an advantage the team would have in trying to hire him.

 

Finally, two words: time machine . Fire up the flux capacitor and travel back in time to kidnap Morton Andersen in his prime and bring him here.

 

 

Richard Zowie is a lifelong Dallas Cowboys fan and believes Dallas will defeat the Philadelphia Chickens this Sunday. Post comments below or e-mail Richard directly at richardzowie@gmail.com .

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Dallas Cowboys Take Janet Jackson Approach with Nick Folk

You know EXACTLY what I’m talking about.

Years and years ago, back in the decade of Big Hair and Parachute Pants, Janet Jackson had a huge hit with “What Have You Done For Me Lately?”

That’s the reason why the Dallas Cowboys are no longer the employer for placekicker Nick Folk.

Yes, that same Folk who earned his spot in Cowboys lore in recent years when he kicked back-to-back 50-plus yard field goals against the Buffalo Bills when the Bills had called timeout right before his first attempt. That same Folk who seemed so trustworthy and so accurate. That same Folk who could practically kick field goals blindfolded and with one leg tied behind his back.

And now, Folk is now longer with the Dallas Cowboys. As you can see from the photo, Folk has unfastened his chinstrap for the final time.

Just as Ms. Jackson sang in her song, NFL owners and coaches tend to have extremely short memories when it comes to place kickers. Spend five years developing a rep as a great player, and all it takes are a handful of games where you develop the placekicker’s equivalent of the Steve Blass Disease*, and they’re auditioning other kickers to come in.

It got to where Folk looked pretty bad in pre-game warmups against the New Orleans Saints and then clanked a chip-shot field goal.

Granted, Folk’s performance might be hindered by the lingering effects of offseason hip surgery, but his sudden inability to be consistent on field goals is indeed a mystery.

Now, after Dallas saw that kickoff specialist David Buehler lacks the accuracy to become the team’s placekicker, it has turned to Shaun Suisham to kick its field goals. Suisham had been with the team from 2005-2006 and has a 79.4 percent career percentage.

What does Folk teach other placekickers? A few lessons:

1. No matter how promising things look and how successful they are, a placekicker should never buy a home in the city they work in. Inevitably, they’ll have to call a Realtor and put the home up for sale if and when the time comes when they are cut. “Rent, rent, rent” replaces “Location, location, location.”

2. When renting an apartment or home, make sure your landlord gives you a clause allowing you to vacate early if you have to.

3. It doesn’t matter if you nail a game-winning field goal in the Super Bowl or if you set the NFL all-time record for longest field goal. All it takes are a few misses and they’ll send you packing.

4. Play every game like it’s preseason and you’re battling against another place kicker for the job.

I keep thinking Suisham’s that Cowboys placekicker who used to point at the goalposts before kicking. Maybe I’m confusing him with someone else. I also wonder if maybe Dallas will surprise us and re-acquire Mike Vanderjagt or Martin Grammatica.

Best of luck, Nick.

*Steve Blass was that star Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher in the 1960s who went from an 18-game winner and a 2.12 ERA in 1968 and a 1971 World Series success with two complete games and two runs allowed in 18 innings to a pitcher who couldn’t find the plate. Following an explosion in walks allowed and an ERA, he never regained his form.

Richard Zowie is a Bleacher Report blogger and a longtime Dallas Cowboys fan. Send comments below or, for a personal response, e-mail richardzowie@gmail.com .

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Should the Dallas Cowboys Sign Michael Vick?

[Richard spends five minutes laughing, regains composure, sighs and returns to the keyboard]

 

Uh, no.

 

Absolutely, 100 percent not.

 

To paraphrase a popular 1960s song (whose title I forget, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t the Rolling Stones), “No no no no no no no no no no no!”

 

If I were speaking Mandarin Chinese, I’d say: Bù!

 

If I were speaking Russian: Нет!

 

And if I were speaking Hebrew: !לא

 

Yes, I know Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is into trying to take decrepit players and remodel and redesign them in his own image and turn them into perennial Pro Bowlers and Mr. Big D in hopes of someday inducting them into the Ring of Honor, but I hope he passes on Michael Vick.

 

Somewhere there’s an NFL team that will take a gamble and sign Vick to the veterans’ minimum and give him a chance to recreate his left-chinstrap-buckle-dangling, throw-the-ball-100-yards while dancing around defenders. New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, who acquired troubled receiver Randy Moss a few years ago, has praised Vick’s athleticism.

 

I just hope the team Vick ends up with isn’t the Cowboys.

 

And I’m pretty certain it won’t be the Cleveland Browns.* Would the famed Dawg Pound really accept Vick and forgive him?

 

A friend who works as a reporter in Texas says Jerry Jones isn’t interested in Vick. I hope that’s the case; perhaps after getting burned on Adam “Please Don’t Call Me Pac-Man” Jones, Jerry Jones is employing the “once bitten, twice shy” approach.

 

Not to say Vick will try to fight bodyguards or get into more trouble with police, but Dallas’ locker room chemistry was one of the reasons for its problems last year. I don’t see how Vick will help things out.

 

I could be wrong. That does happen, occasionally.

 

We recall the last time Jones brought a disgraced quarterback to the Cowboys was Ryan Leaf. Granted, Leaf didn’t pull any “Don’t [EXPLETIVE]-ing talk to me! Knock it off! All right?!” embarrassments while with the Cowboys, but he wasn’t able to take up the mantle that had been cast on the ground since the release and retirement of Troy Aikman. Granted, part of that was an injured wrist that never seemed to heal.

 

Still, considering Tony Romo, Jon Kitna, Stephen McGee (who’s supposed to be really good) and another free agent are in training camp, why would Dallas need another quarterback?

 

I know, I know: Kitna’s there for veteran insurance and is in the twilight of his not-great-but-not-bad career while McGee no doubt is learning the game in case Romo ends up becoming one of those not-quite stellar quarterbacks.

 

So far, the Cowboys seem pretty impressed with McGee, a quarterback largely overlooked by other teams because he went to Texas A&M, a school that traditionally runs the ball.**

 

IF the Cowboys should choose to risk their nose being wide open (as they say in casinos to describe a sucker who gambles away a fortune) by signing Vick, it would make more sense for the Cowboys to sign Vick as a Kordell “Slash” Stewart” wide receiver…you know, someone who’s fast, can catch passes, and who’s a threat to also throw.

 

Here’s why: Vick has always come across to me as someone whose NFL success stems more from being a great runner with a rocket arm than a great pure quarterback. He’s also six feet tall, short for a quarterback. I can think of four stature-challenged men who’ve had successful NFL careers: Doug Flutie (5’9”), Fran Tarkenton (5’10”), and both Joe Theismann and Drew Brees (6’0”).

 

But as I’ve watched Vick, I’ve never been very impressed with his ability to read defenses; I seem to remember in the NFC championship game [YEAR] against the Philadelphia Eagles, the Eagles thwarted Vick by laying off blitzes and making him throw the ball instead of trying to make something happen on the go.

 

My understanding is Vick could be playing in the NFL by October. As long as he keeps a low profile and doesn’t shoot himself in the proverbial foot, and as long as he can still run and throw and make things happen, someone will take a chance on him.

 

* Truth be told, I have lots of admiration for the Cleveland Browns. Their fans will show up and cheer for the team regardless of the weather and how good or poorly the team’s playing. If there’s one team I’d love to see win a Super Bowl, it’s Cleveland.

 

** I’ll never forget watching the ESPN movie The Junction Boys, about when legendary Alabama head coach Paul “Bear” Bryant took over the reins at Texas A&M early in his career.A quarterback tried to get out of practice with a sore arm, only to be told that since the Aggies would throw the ball maybe “twice in a decade”, having a sore arm wasn’t a sufficient excuse. Granted, according to Junction Boy and future Alabama head coach Gene Stallings, the movie had some fiction in it, but I found the line to be funny all the same.

NFL Will Owe Michael Vick an Apology If It Re-Admits Donte Stallworth First

Dog fighting is morally reprehensible, and those who take part in such events are sick and need help. Anyone who trains a dog to fight other dogs and kills such a dog if it’s not doing a good enough job of killing other jobs is truly a sick person.

But, so is anyone who would drink, drive, and kill someone.

I know that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (which I prefer to call People Eager for Tons of Attention) would love nothing more than to see disgraced NFL quarterback Michael Vick, drawn and quartered and banned from playing professional football ever again.

And while PETA’s an attention hog that focuses on ambulance chasing (evidenced by their ads that eating meat causes impotence), their outrage against Vick is justified.

But I wonder if the NFL will incorporate a double standard.

You remember, right? Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth got liquored up, drove, and killed a pedestrian. He settled with the family and then received a whopping 30 days in jail. Vick served 17 months in prison (and will reportedly avoid more time with good behavior).

What a country!

Only in America can you get 30 days in jail for killing another human being through the irresponsible act of drinking and driving and yet spend more than a year in prison for gross animal cruelty.

Animals have rights (such as the right not to be treated cruelly), but what about drunk driving victims?

Mr. Roger Goodell, if you’re reading this, you will demonstrate something is horribly wrong with the NFL if you allow Stallworth to play football again before Vick.

For more information on drunk driving and the victims it leaves behind, check out this site.

Tony Romo, Jessica Simpson Go Their Separate Ways

I get this strange feeling Jessica Simpson will be seen wearing Washington Redskin, New York Giant, and Philadelphia Eagle jerseys.

You know what they say: “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.”

That’s because she and Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo have apparently called it quits. Romo is now living a dream: quarterback of America’s Team and now an eligible bachelor.

Honestly, I feel bad for Simpson. They say she’s pretty shaken up by it.

I know some Cowboys fans dumped on her because she showed up wearing a pink-numeraled Cowboys jersey while Romo played a horrible game a season or two ago. Some probably think that getting rid of Simpson will turn Romo into Joe Montana.

Even if Romo’s successful this year, I’m not so much worried about whom he’s dating/sleeping with/married to as I am how he does on the field. For some fans, though, as long as Romo’s winning, they wouldn’t care if he started dating Joan Rivers.

Dallas Cowboys: Next Coach Could Have the Initials JJ

If I were Wade Phillips, I’d be watching my back this season.

 

I suspect Bum Phillips’ son could have a short-lived career as the head coach of America’s Team if they don’t make the playoffs or if they get snuffed out quickly.

 

Or if he cracks a joke about owner Jerry Jones’ unsuccessful prodigal son projects like Adam “Pacman” Jones or Tank “Sorry, but I forgot his real first name” Johnson. Or when he jokes about Jones’ alleged plastic surgery.

 

If Wade is shown the door, it makes you wonder who will be the next head coach at Big D.

 

Mike Shanahan? Sounds great. I’d love to see him there.

 

Jason Garrett? Perhaps.

 

Jessica Simpson? For once, Tony Romo would listen to his coach!

 

Or perhaps the next one could have the initials JJ.

 

Does this mean Jones will swallow his pride, get on his hands and knees, and ask Jimmy “Hair” Johnson back?

 

I was wrong, Jimmy. 500 other guys can’t coach this team. Please come back! I’ll do anything! If you want a lifetime supply of Aquanet, it’s yours! I’ll even have Jimmy Buffet sing at your next birthday party!

 

My father-in-law, a Green Bay Packers fan who’s not a Cowboys fan, told me once that if the Cowboys had kept Johnson as head coach, they probably could’ve won two more Super Bowls.

 

Yes, Barry Switzer won a Super Bowl, but the team he won it with was largely one assembled by Hair.

 

I suspect Johnson is too smart and way too content fishing near his place in Key West and giving analysis on Fox to consider returning to his former employer.

 

Besides, who wants to go from a relaxed lifestyle to returning to 16-hour days as a head coach?

 

Is it possible Dallas’ next coach might be Jerry Jones?

 

If it can be done legally*, I wouldn’t be surprised.

 

Jones loves to micromanage while being involved with everything from the “jocks to the socks”, so it’s possible.

 

If it does happen, maybe it’ll be a blessing in disguise, Cowboys fans. Maybe Jones will see how tough football really is and let people who know the sport make the decisions.

 

*Some might remember that back in 1977, Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner hired himself to manage the team for a game. Turner apparently had enough fun to try it again the next day, but MLB authorities pointed out to Turner a rule that managers can’t own any interest in the team. Turner was ordered to return back to his owner’s box.

The Curious Case of Former Dallas Cowboys QB Quincy Carter

I’ll never forget that draft back in 2001 when the Dallas Cowboys made Quincy Carter their first pick (second round, 53rd overall).

I immediately asked my lovely wife, Jennifer, “Who on earth is Quincy Carter?!”

Jennifer responded: “Don’t look at me! You know I don’t like football!”

(It could be worse: Jenn could be a Detroit Lions or Philadelphia Eagles fan—or even worse—a Washington Redskins fan.)

That being said, I wondered why Jerry Jones would take a risk on a quarterback that, people told me, would’ve still been available in the later rounds.

Carter’s first few games in the NFL looked very rough. I’ll never forget his first regular-season NFL pass. It was a wobbler.

But as shaky as Carter seemed with some of his throws, he showed signs of brilliance: he was a great scrambler who had a decent arm. And I remember seeing him from about 20 feet away while covering Air Force Day at the 2002 Dallas Cowboys training camp at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Carter looked very muscular with no detectable body fat. He looked like one of those athletes who could act as their own body guard.

And as the games wore on, Carter looked like he would do two things to establish himself in Cowboys history: become the team’s first African-American starting quarterback and pick up the torch left behind by Troy Aikman.

Then came his release in 2004, later revealed to be the result of his drug issues.

And now, Carter’s sliding further down the abyss.

More recently, he was released by the Abilene Ruff Riders of the Indoor Football League. Carter called coach Gerald Dockery and told him he wouldn’t be playing in that game.

Sigh.

And to think that in 2003, Carter led the Cowboys to a 10-6 season and playoff berth.

Besides the Cowboys, Carter has played for the New York Jets, Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League, and in minor football leagues with the Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings, Kansas City Brigade, and Ruff Riders.

What’s gone wrong with Quincy Carter? Nobody’s ever doubted his athleticism. He also played minor league baseball.

My understanding is part of Carter’s problem is he deals with a bi-polar disorder. How much that has to do with his drug addiction is anyone’s guess. It’s sad, really, since I have known some people who are bi-polar: one, a former co-worker, was one of the nicest people I’ve ever known.

Whatever it is, I hope Carter’s able to get the help he needs before it’s too late. He’s younger than I am by more than four years, and I don’t want to have to read his obituary.

Memo to Jerry Jones: Do Whatever It Takes To Sign Marvin Harrison

Attention, Jerry Jones, owner/general manager/president/promoter/aspiring head coach of the Dallas Cowboys:

Look into my eyes.

Deeper and deeper and deeper.

Repeat after me:

“I, Jerry Jones, will do whatever it takes to sign veteran wide receiver Marvin Harrison.”

Harrison worked with Peyton Manning all those years, so you know he has to be good. Other teams are pursuing him, so you know he still has game.

Unlike Terrell Owens, Harrison doesn’t whine all the time about getting the ball. In all the games I’ve seen him play, it’s rare to see him drop a ball.

Such a strong, silent veteran would be great for mentoring Roy Williams and even Tony Romo.

Please sign Harrison before the Vikings beat you to it.

That is all.

Oakland Raiders, St. Louis Rams to Re-Relocate to Los Angeles (Satire)

Two NFL teams are returning “home.”

 

Leaked reports indicate both the Oakland Raiders and St. Louis Rams will move back to Los Angeles for the 2010-2011 NFL season.

 

The Raiders’ attempts to get public financing for a new stadium in Oakland, along with sharing a stadium with Bay Area rival San Francisco 49ers, have failed. The St. Louis Rams also have been trying unsuccessfully to get public financing on a new football stadium.

 

For the Raiders, it’ll mean leaving their original Northern California home for a return to Southern California, where they played from 1982-1994. And for the Rams, it’ll mean returning to Los Angeles—where they left in 1994.

 

The move has been endorsed by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

 

“Los Angeles is the nation’s second-largest TV and radio market, and we’re thrilled to once again have two NFL teams there,” Goodell said. “We may try to generate more publicity and revenue by encouraging celebrities to attend games.”

 

This would most likely include actors Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, along with singer Barbra Streisand and even musician Eddie Van Halen (who was born in the Netherlands but grew up in Pasadena, Calif. and still lives near Los Angeles in Studio City).

 

Goodell said they even have been trying to get Jennifer Love Hewitt to attend some games, but so far the Texas-born star of Ghost Whisperer has declined. “Ms. Hewitt’s a die-hard Dallas Cowboys fan,” Goodell explained.

 

In a move mirroring what the New York Jets and Giants do, both L.A. teams will share a $729 million stadium being built in Anaheim, near where the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim currently play. Until the stadium is completed in 2013, the Raiders will play in the L.A. Coliseum, while the Rams will play in the Rose Bowl.

 

“These temporary homes are fitting,” Raiders owner Al Davis said in an exclusive interview with Bleacher Report. “The USC Trojans play in the Coliseum while the UCLA Bruins play in the Rose Bowl, and since the Raiders and Rams will once again be crosstown rivals, these temporary places will generate excitement.”

 

Davis added, “Maybe even some of our Oakland-based fans will travel down to the games.”

 

Chip Rosenbloom, majority owner of the Rams and son of the late owner Georgia Frontiere, said Los Angeles fans are certain to appreciate an NFL game available every Sunday. Whenever one team’s playing a road game, the other team will have a home game.

 

Fans in Oakland and St. Louis are sure to be upset about losing NFL teams again, but Davis says if he knew then what he knows now about McAfee Coliseum, where the Raiders currently play their home games, he never would’ve moved in the first place.

 

“Those stupid Berkeley hippies lied to me and never delivered on any of their promises,” said the brash owner. “They’ve probably been listening to too much Green Day music and not enough to reason.”

 

Rosenbloom, meanwhile, was apologetic to St. Louis fans.

 

“I’m sorry it didn’t work out long-term here in St. Louis, but that’s the way it goes,” Rosenbloom said. “Maybe they can use Edward Jones Dome as a future home should the NFL ever choose to expand. Or maybe they can use it for one of those many worldwide memorials Al Sharpton wants to have for Michael Jackson.”

 

Both teams will retain their team nicknames and colors. The Rams, though, plan to abandon the millennium blue and new century gold they adopted for the 2000 season and will return to the royal blue and yellow look.

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