What a Wild Eight Days for the Dallas Cowboys

After Saturday’s demoralizing loss for the Dallas Cowboys in Arizona, did anyone think it was going to get better or worse?

Try both.

Without delving into the particulars and specifics of the dreadful loss the Cowboys suffered in Arizona, all you had to do was look at the injury report.

Quarterback Tony Romo out four weeks with a broken pinkie.

Running back Felix Jones out 2-4 weeks with a hamstring injury.

Punter Mat McBriar out for the season with a broken foot.

Wide Receiver Sam Hurd likely out for the season with an ankle injury.

And their was the end of the Pacman Jones era in Dallas for at least four weeks, hopefully and probably forever, and I’ll admit that I was stupid enough to believe that playing for the Dallas Cowboys would change him, but again I was dead wrong.

But enough of Pacman, because on Tuesday the Cowboys star gotta little shinier with the acquisition of Odessa, Texas native, Texas Longhorn, and now former Detroit Lion, wide receiver Roy Williams.

Rumors of a trade for Williams had been lingering for two years, and Jerry Jones confirmed those rumors once the deal was made. The Cowboys in return for Roy Williams and a 7th round draft pick trade a 1st,3rd and 6th round pick in the 2009 draft along with signing him to five year $45 million dollar deal.

Was the asking price high?

Maybe, just depends on who you ask.

But lets make one thing clear he will take a lot of the double team pressure opposing teams have been using quite successfully to shut down Terrell Owens, which make him crazier than normal and light the fuse of that ticking time bomb.

Then later that day things got even more interesting.

ESPN reported that New York Jets quarterback Brett Favre called Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and told him to think about trying to play anyways.

Well sure enough the next day Romo was out on the practice field trying to give it a go, and again on Thursday he was out there again.

Will he play Sunday against the St. Louis Rams?

I doubt it.

Then there’s Brad Johnson, also known as the “Bull”, who will likely be your starter the nest few weeks. He’s a journeyman quarterback playing in his 17th season for his fourth different team. He has average to good stats, and a Super Bowl ring, but will undoubtedly be asked to manage the games until Romo is healthy enough to start.

Well Tony Romo didn’t start, and it didn’t matter at all as the Dallas Cowboys laid a giant egg at Edward Jones Stadium in St. Louis.

Their effort was pathetic and so were all three sides of the ball.

The offense had four turnovers.

The defense gave up 160 rushing yards along with big passing plays.

Nick Folk missed a field goal and nearly missed an extra point at the end of the game.

Are we seeing the beginning of the end of the 2008 Dallas Cowboys?