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01/07/2009
Adam Jones – ex-Dallas Cowboy – wasn't worth the trouble
 LOUIS DeLUCA / DMN Adam Jones wasn't worth the trouble, and the Cowboys are better without him, Jean-Jacques Taylor writes. The Dallas Cowboys have made two positive moves since their miserable performance in Philadelphia. They hired special teams coach Joe DeCamillis, and a few hours later Wednesday, the Cowboys fired cornerback Adam Jones. Hallelujah, writes columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor.
 Blogs: Cowboys | Taylor
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01/06/2009
Greatness of Dallas Cowboys' Emmitt Smith was durability
 File 2002 Emmitt Smith set the NFL rushing record against the Seahawks in Texas Stadium in 2002. Watching LaDainian Tomlinson struggle drove home the notion that no one is going to break Emmitt Smith's rushing record any time soon, writes Jean-Jacques Taylor. The reasons vary.
 Analyzing Emmitt
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01/04/2009
Jerry Jones a Dallas Cowboy afraid to pull the trigger
 MICHAEL MULVEY / DMN Dallas Cowboys owner and GM Jerry Jones has seen his team fail to earn a playoff win in 12 straight seasons. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones wants to win so badly. He just doesn't have a clue how to make it happen, writes Jean-Jacques Taylor. If he did, Wade Phillips wouldn't still be the Cowboys' coach.
Blogs: Cowboys | Taylor
 Link: Cowboys shop
12/31/2008
10 plays that shaped that shaped the Dallas Cowboys' season
 AP This sack of Tony Romo by Arizona's Chike Okeafor resulted in a broken pinkie for Romo, who missed the next three games. Usually, a few plays here or there define a team's season, writes Jean-Jacques Taylor. Taylor examines 10 that shaped the Dallas Cowboys' season, including one on a picturesque fall day in Arizona that, more than any other play, led to the team finishing 9-7 and missing the playoffs.
 Photos: Cowboys in 2008
2008 results
Blogs: Cowboys | Taylor
12/30/2008
Jason Garrett's star no longer shines bright
 G.J. MCCARTHY / DMN Jason Garrett's biggest failure, writes Jean-Jacques Taylor, was not figuring out how to maximize receivers Terrell Owens (right) and Roy Williams. We ignored Terrell Owens when he complained about Jason Garrett's offense, but Tony Romo's criticism and Ray Lewis' remarks have added to the deserved scrutiny of the Dallas Cowboys' offensive coordinator, writes columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor.
Roster analysis
Final team stats
Blogs: Cowboys | Taylor
12/29/2008
Dallas Cowboys' Phillips new approach tough to believe
 VERNON BRYANT / DMN Coach Wade Phillips' Dallas Cowboys led the league in penalties and nearly led the league in turnovers. Apparently, the humiliation of a 44-6 defeat for the Dallas Cowboys ran so deep, coach Wade Phillips is willing to concede his approach hasn't worked, writes Jean-Jacques Taylor. Now he wants to be a tough guy who pays attention to detail. It's too late.
 Chat: Brian Davis
 Video: Phillips speaks
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12/28/2008
Quittin' time: Dallas Cowboys flop in finale
 LOUIS DeLUCA / DMN Wade Phillips' two-year record with the Dallas Cowboys is 22-10, but this year's team failed to meet expectations and finished 9-7. Wade Phillips presides over the most gutless team in franchise history, writes DMN columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor. That's his legacy. Forever. And it should be after Philadelphia stomped the Cowboys, 44-6, in a win-and-you're-in-the-playoffs game Sunday.
Video: Postgame report
Game photos
Blogs: Dallas Cowboys | Taylor
12/27/2008
Follow the money for the real story of Dallas Cowboys' season
 DMN file photos Adam Jones (left) and Roy Williams have been two high-priced acquisitions in the past year for the Dallas Cowboys. The Dallas Cowboys players and coaches really seem to want you to believe they're excited about this win-and-they're-in game against Philadelphia this afternoon (3:15 p.m., FOX). Excited? To that I say poppycock, writes DMN columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor.
Info.: Dal. | Phi.
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12/25/2008
A look back, if you're scoring at home
I've been arguing about sports for as long as I can remember with my father and my friends and the know-it-alls at the barber shop.
12/22/2008
Dallas Cowboys must prove how big they are
 MICHAEL MULVEY / DMN Dallas Cowboys defenders show their emotion in the final seconds of last Saturday's loss. Big-time players make big-time plays in big games. It's really as simple as that. Well, it doesn't get any bigger for the Dallas Cowboys than Sunday's win-and-you're-in battle at the hated Philadelphia Eagles, writes DMN columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor.
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Dallas Cowboys' Romo doesn't grasp importance of protecting the football
 LOUIS DeLUCA / DMN Tony Romo scrambles away from a Baltimore defender in Saturday's loss. Tony Romo's cavalier response to an interception he threw before halftime that cost the Dallas Cowboys three points indicates that after 38 starts, he still doesn't understand the importance of protecting the ball, writes DMN columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor.
 Tell Us: Faith in Romo?
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12/20/2008
Dallas Cowboys' Phillips takes another step toward firing line
 TOM FOX / DMN Dallas Cowboys' coaches Wade Phillips (right) and Jason Garrett glare at Terrell Owens after a missed pass. If the Dallas Cowboys don't make the playoffs – it's pretty iffy after a devastating 33-24 loss to Baltimore on Saturday night – then Jerry Jones must fire Wade Phillips, writes DMN columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor.
Video: Postgame report
Tell Us: Faith in Romo?
Blogs: Dallas Cowboys | Taylor
12/19/2008
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Romo evolving, proving himself in big games
The evolution of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo continues tonight against Baltimore. While Romo has yet to win a playoff game, he has shown he can win big regular-season games. And that is the first step for a quarterback on a championship journey, writes DMN columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor.
12/18/2008
Recruits who boycott Auburn send message about racist hirings
 AP Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs (right) made a controversial move when he chose Gene Chizik to be his next head football coach. This issue about the lack of African-Americans coaching Football Bowl Subdivision teams is bigger than the dumb decision-makers at Auburn. There's a problem with only four of 119 FBS coaches being African-Americans, writes Jean-Jacques Taylor.
Blogs: Colleges | JJT
Tell Us: Auburn biased?
12/14/2008
Drama? This win shows Dallas Cowboys may thrive on it
 TOM FOX / DMN Dallas Cowboys Jason Witten, Terrell Owens and quarterback Tony Romo appear on NBC after the game. The Dallas Cowboys quit bickering and searching for locker room snitches and having guys push their own agendas long enough to beat the NFL's best team Sunday night. Impressive, writes DMN columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor.
Video: Postgame report
Game photos
Blogs: Dallas Cowboys | Taylor
12/13/2008
It was an age of innocence at Texas Stadium
Jean-Jacques Taylor: I've covered more than 100 NFL games at Texas Stadium. I've watched Emmitt Smith set the NFL's all-time rushing record and seen Hall of Famers Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin ply their trade.
12/12/2008
Phillips has lost control of Dallas Cowboys
 VERNON BRYANT / DMN Wade Phillips is a terrific defensive play caller, but the Dallas Cowboys' head coach has no control over his team, writes Jean-Jacques Taylor. The owner runs his mouth about the star runner. There are backdoor meetings between petulant receivers and the offensive coordinator. These are systemic problems that accompany a weak head coach like the Dallas Cowboys' Wade Phillips, writes Jean-Jacques Taylor.
Team meeting
Video: Cowboys report (12/12)
Cowboys chat
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12/09/2008
Romo still the man to bring Dallas Cowboys a playoff payoff
 VERNON BRYANT / DMN Tony Romo, who will make just his 37th regular-season start Sunday night against the Giants, is still maturing and learning as a quarterback, writes Jean-Jacques Taylor. Tony Romo played an awful game against Pittsburgh. No one disputes that. But Jean-Jacques Taylor writes that the best chance the Dallas Cowboys have to ever win another playoff game – it's 11 seasons and counting – let alone a Super Bowl, is with Romo at quarterback.
Tony Romo's stats
Matchup: Cowboys vs. Giants
Blogs: Cowboys | Taylor
12/07/2008
Romo, Witten come up short in fourth in Dallas Cowboys' loss
 VERNON BRYANT / DMN Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo (9) makes his way back to the sideline after throwing an interception that was run back for a Pittsburgh touchdown. Tony Romo and Jason Witten each accepts the blame for the Dallas Cowboys' 20-13 loss to Pittsburgh, writes DMN columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor. Frankly, it doesn't matter who's at fault with three games left and Dallas fighting to make the playoffs. To do so, the Cowboys had better plan on winning the rest of their games.
Videos: Postgame report | Motion Pictures
Game photos
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12/04/2008
Team – mostly Aboriginals – learns culture, basketball, life lessons on U.S. journey
 LOUIS DeLUCA / DMN Former OU and Wilmer-Hutchins guard Ricky Grace, the creator of Role Models WA, is giving 10 players a three-week tour of the U.S. for culture and basketball. High school sports can inspire youth and change lives. That, writes Jean-Jacques Taylor, is why former OU basketball star Ricky Grace created Role Models WA, a foundation designed to help at-risk youth in Australia. And it's why he brought 10 players to the U.S. for three weeks of hoops and culture.
Role Models WA Web site | About Ricky Grace
12/02/2008
Winning in Steel City would prove Dallas Cowboys' mettle
 JOHN F. RHODES / DMN The Cowboys' offense made it look easy against Seattle. Points aren't likely to come easy at Pittsburgh. Wins against Washington, San Francisco and Seattle don't place the Dallas Cowboys among the league's elite teams again, writes Jean-Jacques Taylor. Beating Pittsburgh will.
Cowboys chat: Brian Davis
Team pages: Cowboys | Steelers
All-time: Cowboys vs. Steelers
Blogs: Cowboys | Taylor
11/28/2008
Run D is key as Dallas Cowboys tackle tough December stretch
 MICHAEL MULVEY / DMN The Cowboys' defense puts the clamps on San Francisco running back Frank Gore (without helmet). The Dallas Cowboys are playing strong, physical run defense these days. With several of the NFL's most physical teams on the schedule in December, it's the only way Dallas will reach the playoffs, writes Jean-Jacques Taylor.
Cowboys' schedule
NFL leaders: Off. | Def.
Blogs: Cowboys | Taylor
11/27/2008
Confident Dallas Cowboys ready to tackle December stretch
 MICHAEL MULVEY / DMN Tank Johnson's sack of Matt Hasselbeck was one of seven for the Dallas Cowboys defense. These Dallas Cowboys needed to dominate an opponent from start to finish so they could feel good about themselves entering December – the month that will define this team's legacy, writes DMN columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor. Consider it done.
Videos: Postgame report
Game photos
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11/26/2008
Ex-Dallas Cowboy Ike Thomas thankful his daughters are alive
 KYE R. LEE / DMN Ike Thomas, a 1971 Cowboy, is joined by wife Toni and daughters Nikki (center) and Kayla. Nikki and her sister Andi are battling breast cancer. On Thanksgiving Day in 1971, Dallas Cowboys rookie Ike Thomas returned the game's opening kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown. That's been Thomas' most cherished Thanksgiving Day memory. Until now, writes Jean-Jacques Taylor.
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Cowboys and Thanksgiving
11/23/2008
Dallas Cowboys' Owens 'unleashed' by 49ers' inane defense
 JOHN F. RHODES / DMN Terrell Owens (81) celebrates after scoring on a 75-yard touchdown reception. A half hour after one of the finest performances in team history in the Dallas Cowboys' 35-22 win, Terrell Owens' smile stretched from one diamond-glittering ear lobe to the other. "Today," he bellowed, "they unleashed me." Not really, writes DMN columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor.
Videos: Postgame report | Motion Pictures
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11/22/2008
Dallas Cowboys need to give Owens lesser role
Never mind his complaints about the system. Maybe Terrell Owens just isn't as good as he used to be, DMN columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor writes, and it's time for the Cowboys to stop treating him like a No. 1 receiver.
Blogs: Dallas Cowboys | Taylor
11/19/2008
Adam Jones' return sets Dallas Cowboys up for a fall
 LOUIS DeLUCA / DMN Adam Jones wasn't a difference-maker for the Cowboys and won't be, writes Jean-Jacques Taylor. Adam Jones, the NFL's poster child for foolish behavior, is returning to the Dallas Cowboys. These days, Jerry Jones is beyond help. His intense desire to win a championship, an admirable quality, has clouded his judgment, writes Jean-Jacques Taylor.
Video: Cowboys report (11/19) | Facing the 49ers
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11/17/2008
Dallas Cowboys finally showed emotion, passion
 LOUIS DeLUCA / DMN Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Jay Ratliff celebrates a sack of Washington's Jason Campbell on Sunday. For much of this season, the Dallas Cowboys have played with indifference and a misguided sense of entitlement that comes from an off-season of back-slapping and accolades, writes Jean-Jacques Taylor. Thus, they've played with little emotion. That all changed Sunday night.
Chat: Watkins (11/17)
Video: Cowboys report
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11/16/2008
Terence Newman a Dallas Cowboys difference-maker in victory
 LOUIS DeLUCA / DMN Dallas Cowboys cornerback Terence Newman (41) celebrates with teammate Jay Ratliff after his interception. Terence Newman saved the Dallas Cowboys' season Sunday night, writes DMN columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor. The Cowboys simply don't beat Washington, 14-10, without Newman. It's not worth debating.
Newman's stats
Video: Postgame report
Game photos
Blogs: Dallas Cowboys | Taylor
11/15/2008
Only one way for Dallas Cowboys to erase doubts: win
 AP Tony Romo returns to the starting lineup after a three-game absence. We're about to discover whether these Cowboys have any intestinal fortitude. We're about to find out whether they have the courage to make this season something other than a colossal disappointment, writes DMN columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor.
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11/12/2008
Dallas Mavericks needed Dirk to back up his words
 LOUIS DeLUCA / DMN Dirk Nowitzki missed all five of his shots from the floor in the fourth quarter before fouling out. Dirk Nowitzki has earned the right to publicly criticize his teammates. Several Mavericks responded with strong performances Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Lakers. Had Nowitzki turned in his typical outing, Dallas might have won, writes Jean-Jacques Taylor.
Photos: Mavs-Lakers
Blogs: Mavs | Taylor
Kobe's late show sinks Mavericks
11/02/2008
Dallas Cowboys go from title favorites to last in NFC East
 VERNON BRYANT / DMN Dallas Cowboys defender Keith Davis (left) tries to wrap up New York running back Brandon Jacobs, who rushed for 117 yards and a touchdown. Your Dallas Cowboys – favorites to reach the Super Bowl since training camp began – played their way into last place in the NFC East on Sunday with yet another sorry performance, a 35-14 loss at the New York Giants. Unbelievable, writes DMN columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor.
Game photos
Videos: Postgame report
Blogs: Dallas Cowboys | Taylor
11/01/2008
For Dallas Cowboys, it's simple; give Barber the ball
Twenty-five is the magic number for your Dallas Cowboys offense this week, writes DMN columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor. Get Marion Barber 25 carries today, and the Cowboys will take the Giants into the fourth quarter with an opportunity – that's all I can promise you, given the rash of injuries – to beat New York.
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10/29/2008
Howard truly a swingman for Dallas Mavericks
 GUY REYNOLDS / DMN Josh Howard (right), 28, is still in his prime with the talent to significantly improve, Jean-Jacques Taylor writes. Josh Howard will be the difference between the Dallas Mavericks being a top-five team in the Western Conference or irrelevant as one of the bottom three seeds – or worse, writes Jean-Jacques Taylor. He's the only player young enough and good enough to substantially alter the won-loss record for Dallas, which opens the regular season tonight (7 p.m., TNT) against Houston.
Roster analysis
Mavs-Rockets preview
Blog: Dallas Mavericks
10/28/2008
Dallas Cowboys should put QB Johnson on short leash
 TOM FOX / DMN Though he didn't turn the ball over to Tampa Bay, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Brad Johnson (right) threw for only 122 yards. Brad Johnson is fine as long as the Dallas Cowboys stay within 10 points of the Giants, writes Jean-Jacques Taylor. But if the Cowboys fall behind by two touchdowns or more, Wade Phillips and Jason Garrett need to turn the game over to Brooks Bollinger.
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10/26/2008
Coach deserves credit for Dallas Cowboys' 13-9 win
 JOHN F. RHODES / DMN Wade Phillips (right) is 18-7 as Dallas Cowboys head coach. As the crowd cheered, Wade Phillips ripped off his headset and exchanged hugs and high-fives with players and assistants. Give much of the credit for this 13-9 win to the Dallas Cowboys' beleaguered head coach, writes DMN columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor.
Videos: Postgame report | Motion Pictures
Game photos
Blogs: Dallas Cowboys | Taylor
Criticism hits home for Dallas Cowboys coach's son
In the last two weeks, critics like me have scrutinized every decision Wade Phillips has made.
08/03/2008
Jean-Jacques Taylor blog: Cutting Pacman and firing Bruce Read should be the first of many changes
VERNON BRYANT / DMN It's Wade Phillips' first game at Texas Stadium as coach of the Cowboys.
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