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February 4, 2008I spoke to Albert "Einstein" Breer on the telephone, and I can assure Calvin "Lucky" Watkins and all the concerned readers that Einstein's doing fine. His voice was a bit hoarse (probably because of all the loud sobbing), but he's ready to return to work tomorrow. Speaking of which, we'll kick off our full-fledged off-season coverage in the morning. We'll start a position-by-position series tomorrow, assessing what the Cowboys have on the roster at each position and what other options are out there. We're also offering a money-back guarantee that you won't find more Cowboys-centric draft coverage anywhere else on the Internets. We'll crank that up beginning with the Combine.  Comments (35) Leave comment
| E-mail entryThe entry "Breathe easy, Einstein's OK" has no entry tags. After thinking about it for a little over a day, I still can't figure out why the Cowboys would be interested in adding Gregg Williams to their coaching staff. Nothing against Williams, who is by all accounts an outstanding defensive mind, but he just doesn't fit here. He's a 4-3 guy, and I don't think Wade Phillips will stop using the Phillips 3-4 anytime soon. Phillips shrugged off Dave Campo's lack of 3-4 experience, explaining that it's not a big deal for a secondary coach because the coverages are pretty much the same in both schemes. Williams, who replaced Phillips as Buffalo's head coach, came up as a linebackers coach. Jerry clearly doesn't care about ruffling coordinator Brian Stewart's feathers, so we won't sweat that here, either. But you'd think he'd want coaches who fit well with Phillips' scheme. Dom Capers, a 3-4 innovator, would be a great hire for the Cowboys. Williams would be a big name out of place. Comments (40) Leave comment
| E-mail entryThe entry "Why would Williams make sense?" has no entry tags. I have a message for anyone still at the Super Bowl. If you've seen Albert Breer tell him to come home. His family still loves him. If Jean-Jacques and Tim are still in Phoenix, maybe you guys can drive around Glendale and look for Albert. Albert come home. The landlord needs his rent money.  Getty Images Look, it gives me no pleasure to proclaim that Eli Manning has matured into a franchise quarterback. It's admitting that I was wrong about the guy, but you can't deny what he did during these playoffs. Spare me the Trent Dilfer comparisons. Yes, they both won Super Bowls with the help of dominant defenses. But Eli did a lot more than avoid mistakes; he made plays. Perhaps you missed his 40-second drill at the end of the first half against the Cowboys. Or the two touchdown drives he engineered in the fourth quarter against a team a lot of experts had crowned as the best in NFL history. You really want to question whether Eli outplayed Romo or Brett Favre or Tom Brady? He beat them in the box score and on the scoreboard. What more do you want? Comments (92) Leave comment
| E-mail entryThe entry "Can't you folks give Eli credit?" has no entry tags. Only the biggest Big Blue homers thought the Giants had a realistic chance to win the Super Bowl entering the playoffs, much less the season. But the Giants' title is no fluke. You need a lot more than luck to win three playoff games on the road and beat an undefeated team in the Super Bowl. The Giants, who jelled at the perfect time this season, earned this championship and are built to be contenders for several years. Comments (56) Leave comment
| E-mail entryThe entry "Giants should be good for a long time" has no entry tags. |