Found December 16, 2011 on The Penalty Flag: Yardbarker Blogger Network
The Dallas Cowboys made a number of interesting cuts before the season started.  On the surface, it seemed like they were doing all of this to save money and get under the salary cap.  After the past couple weeks, it looks more like Jerry Jones may have had a psychic vision.  Or maybe he had a self-destruct switch surgically implanted in them.  Or maybe he’s sticking needles in voodoo dolls that he made out of their hair.  Either way, Jerry had a Plan, and it’s working. The Bears are one of the teams in the wild-card race, and a few weeks ago seemed like a playoff lock.  As the Cowboys are in a fight for their playoff lives, Jerry Jones has seemingly flipped the self-destruct switch on the three members of last year’s Cowboys team that the Bears claimed to start the season. Two weeks ago, Roy Williams cost the Bears a chance to win the game against the Chiefs when he juggled a pass and watched it get intercepted in the end zone late in the game.  Last week against Denver, Jerry Jone...
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