Dallas Cowboys: I'll be your Huckleberry...

Last season, when the media and a complete set of fans thought that Dallas was on their way to their own destiny, I penned the following perspective:

Destiny Weekend!

This is the weekend that the entire alignment of the heavens align to slide the picture of Dallas to one of contender-legitimate.

With a pass defense that is ranked #31 in the NFL, a deeply injured offense with a starter now out, and a recovering quarterback having both Julius Jones as his 'workhorse' and a depleted receiver group...(against Seattle) I think that Dallas will have the game in hand by halftime. This should be that eighth win for the Cowboys. (Dallas did win this game by a score of 34-9)

Philadelphia, who should be motivated by Thanksgiving pride that shouldn't last long, and if you call their residence and receive a steady busy signal, that would be because they have mailed it in already. A loss here and they have been removed from contention for postseason.

Next, is the Giants/Redskins game, and that is what it is. Washington has a ton of injuries on defense, and against a strongly balanced Giant offense, that spells failure. This, although, could well be the start of a two-game blowout that spells finality to their playoff hopes as well...

That leads to the present competitors that are bunched up in a single conference. They will be playing against each other, and two of these will invariably slide down from being above the level of Dallas as well.

Take things in hand today, and Dallas may be heading into Pittsburgh in 10 days, with prospects of some sort of home field advantage in their own hands.


Well, we now have the storyline up to that point, and then, crushed, despite being in all but the very last game of the season against Philadelphia. The Eagles, although not the most talented team in the NFC alone, started their push towards a strong playoff run of it's own.

Dallas lost a closely contested game against Pittsburgh, 13-20. The Cowboys then took a tough contest against a downwardly moving Giant team, 20-8. And, in a crucial game against Baltimore, lost a final quarter explosion in a score of 24-33.

The final game against Philadelphia now became indicative of the functional problems on the Cowboy's team itself.

The destiny of that team had been missed, but as in all failures, they arise due to specific causes, but the storyline had been written for this team in 2008. The 'Fat Lady' could be heard strongly on stage now.

Now, seizing the gauntlet just recently thrown down by other authors—I shall assume the role of Val Kilmer, as Doc Holiday in the movie Tombstone, prior to joining Wyatt Earp in a gun fight.

Yes, I'll be your 'Huckleberry', and grab that tin coffee cup that had just been used for some gin, and twirl it about mimicking a real demonstrated gun displayed by an opposing villain, and flash some similarly demonstrated acumen of definition...but here, in true mimicking style, I shall start with definitions and then arrive at the appropriate word for their respective meanings.

See if you are able to see an underlying theme of relevance for us as fans:

1. A mental disorder characterized by separation and a personal withdrawal from thought and emotions with delusions and bizarre behavior.

2. One who plays fair and can lose without complaint or win without gloating.

3. A person enthusiastic about a specific sport, team, or player.


Now, the flash of comparison with the word originating each defined role:

1. schizophrenic
2. sportsmanship
3. fan


As in the musical "Kismet", the hero reached a climatic point. He uttered towards the villain, here, a simile of reversed comparison. He uttered the tone setting climax of the storyline: 'Once having written, the writing hand moves on'. So be it.

The theatre has closed its doors on last year's production of the Dallas Cowboys. It has instead been replaced with a differing and also intriguing assembly of coaches, players, and opportunity as well.

To say that is to say this team is completely disjoint from the team that was early on declared a major accomplishment in talent, skill, and dominance. This takes a step away from the emotional withdrawal due to frustrations in the experience itself. It requires a rational approach as well as realistic analysis of some of the variables at work last season, as well as how they were addressed prior to Training Camp this year.

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