Dallas Drama II

As semi-predicted in this blog on Friday, the Dallas Cowboys were upset by the St. Louis Rams on Sunday.

OK, maybe it’s more accurate to say they were crushed like a bug or fed into the shredder, but you get the point.

So now Cowboys fans are wailing and gnashing their teeth. They wonder what went wrong. They wonder how to fix it.

The first part is easy. The second isn’t.

The problem with the Cowboys can be laid squarely on the shoulders of J.J.

And no, those initials don’t stand for Jimmy Johnson. If you’ll recall he won two Super Bowls in a row when he was rewarded by being fired. By the other J.J. Jerry Jones.

That is where the Cowboys’ problems reside.

Jones thinks he knows football, and he doesn’t. He wants to draft players, sign players, cut players and coach a little.

Because he doesn’t know what he is doing, the Cowboys haven’t been an elite team since the players that Jimmy Johnson assembled faded away. Remember, the ’Boys haven’t won a playoff game since forever.

On top of all his faults, Jones like thugs. He signs players who were dumped by other teams because they couldn’t get along, people like Terrell Owens, Tank Johnson and Adam “Pacman” Jones. These players don’t have the character to carry the team to the heights needed to win a Super Bowl.

So what to do? Well, wait, I guess.

As long as Jerry Jones runs the team and interferes with his coaches, it will continue to resemble a soap opera instead of a dynasty.

Maybe when he turns the team over to his son Stephen, the turnaround can begin.

Until then, look for a team that continues to make news for what it does off the field, not on. And teams like that don't win championships.