Tony Romo Injury: Why Cowboys QB Will Laugh off DeAngelo Hall's Threat

DeAngelo Hall has decided that Monday Night Football could use a little pregame buildup—something for all of us to talk about. So, now the aging Washington Redskins corner has come up with a really novel idea.

Trash-talking.

Wow, what a nifty plan. Say something evil, tell everyone that you're going to huff and puff and blow the house down. Where have we heard that one?

That clever, innovative DeAngelo Hall. Where do guys come up with such exciting new stuff?

"Absolutely, I want to get a chance to put my helmet on whatever's hurt. Romo's ribs—I'm going to ask for more corner blitzes," says Hall.

Oh, DeAngelo, you crafty cat. Where did you ever come up with such a devious and daring plan? Bet you stayed up all night thinking about that one.

While daring DeAngelo is on a roll, please, let the Dallas offense know the game plan ahead of time. Yeah, DeAngelo, that will surely fool the hell out of them.

Let's take DeAngelo back in time. Let's jump inside the DeLorean and go back 30-plus years.

The year was 1978 and a creative guy in Houston, named Byron Donzis, called the Houston Oilers and told them that he had something that could help protect quarterback Dan Pastorini.

Donzis showed up at Oilers headquarters with a thing he called a "flak jacket," that a quarterback could wear.

Donzis put it on and let Oilers staffers smack his ribs with baseball bats. Not even a wince. Turns out Pastorini wore it and, voila, the flak jacket made its way into NFL lore.

Of course, that took place four years before Hall was born. So, good ole DeAngelo just didn't know, did he?

Geez, DeAngelo—corners, linebackers, D-linemen have actually beaten you to this. This has been going on since Pastorini first donned that protective gear.

After 30 years of improvements, R&D (that's Research and Development for DeAngelo's edification and education) and the flak jackets of today are even better, which totally puts the kabosh on DeAngelo's dreams and plans to actually try and hurt another football player.

DeAngelo might also want to keep in mind that he's pushing 30 and has lost a step. Rather than focusing on Tony Romo's ribs, he might want to spend some time figuring out how to cover receivers.

If he still can't get over his rib fetish, perhaps he should simply go after Tony Roma's Ribs. There's a place he could do some damage. Would suggest he try the baby backs.

Roma's Ribs are at least as famous at Romo's.

Those would be the only ribs DeAngelo Hall has a chance of damaging.