Dear Dallas Cowboys Fans,
As a die hard Philadelphia Eagles fan, I have been in countless arguments with you so-called die hard fans. I have heard from every Cowboys fan who has ever lived that you guys are the greatest team in the history of professional sports.
You have won five Super Bowl rings and that makes you the best team in NFL history.
Never mind the fact that two other teams have won five Super Bowl rings, San Francisco and Pittsburgh were never dubbed “America's Team.” Therefore, Dallas's Super Bowl wins are slightly better than those of the Steelers or the 49ers. And the fact that you have also lost three Super Bowls? You're just so much greater because you appeared in eight Super Bowls.
San Francisco never appeared in eight Super Bowls. They're only five-for-five in the big game. Pittsburgh never appeared in eight Super Bowls, they only made it six times and their one loss was to big bad Dallas.
Who cares that Dallas lost to Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl twice in four seasons? That just adds to the fact that Dallas has 'been there' more times than any team ever.
But what you Cowboys fans have failed to realize over and over and over again is that football is NOT ABOUT THE PAST.
Baseball is about the past. Baseball is a sport where history is cherished and revered and relived over and over again. New York Yankees fans always will have bragging rights because they won 26 world championships. It doesn't matter if the Yankees miss the playoff for the next 50 years. No team will be able to hold anything over the Yankees.
But football is not a sport about the past.
Football is a sport about the present day. Nobody cares who the 1976 NFL MVP was. Nobody cares who the best offensive tackle from the 1980s was. Nobody knows who players like Len Dawson are. Because people just don't care. They don't want to talk about football history. Why do you think authors can't sell books on football history? It doesn't interest anyone. People care about what is happening in the game RIGHT NOW!
And guess what? In the present time period, you have done ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
No Cowboys fan under the age of 18 can vividly recall a Dallas playoff victory in his or her lifetime. Not one. You guys haven't won a playoff game since 1996. I repeat, you have not won a single playoff game since 1996. You have lost SIX STRAIGHT PLAYOFF GAMES. Six straight playoff games.
Your record-tying sixth consecutive postseason loss came at the hands of your so-called brilliant quarterback, Tony Romo.
Last year, Dallas became the first team in the history of the NFC to lose a divisional playoff game at home. Against the New York Giants, a team that you beat twice in the regular season. A team that was an average 10-6 team at best. A team lucky to be in the playoffs.
The Giants, led by Eli Manning, walked into your turf and pushed you around for 59 minutes, until your quarterback threw the most costly interception of his career, ultimately ending your season.
I don't care if Eli Manning has a Super Bowl ring or not, he is not a good quarterback, and I'll say it, he is no Tony Romo. But on January 13, 2008, Eli completely outplayed him.
Backtrack a year. It gets better.
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