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Tabloid Tuesday — Pam Anderson, Jessica Simpson and DeSean Jackson

Never thought you would see those names together, did you?

– DeSean Jackson is upsetting some Eagles fans with his effusive praise of ’90s Cowboys greats. Nothing against the kid, but if he is in fact that second coming of Freddie Mitchell that’s okay with me.

– If you’re going to play the Tony and Jessica star-gazing game, link to the pros — the Brits.

Pam Anderson has aimed both guns at Jessica Simpson, calling her names and making accusations this family site can’t repeat.

What will Tony do? What will he say? Can we get all three of them in that Australian Big Brother house? And if we could, who do you bet on — Daisy Duke or Borat’s girl?

Bring the popcorn, T.O.

The Blue Album

This is Spinal Tap viewers will recall the band’s opus “Smell the Glove” was delayed because the original cover, showing a woman having a gloved hand shoved in her face, was deemed sexist. It was reworked as the famous — or infamous — “Black Album.”

Press in the Metroplex are composing what I’ll term The Blue Album, with the working title “Smell the Jock.”

Tony Romo, Tough ‘08 Matchups and Who Needs a 2nd Receiver? K.C. Joyner Returns, Part II

Today, K.C. turns his attention to the offensive side of the ball.

BSR: Last year your write up of Tony Romo said he was probably NFL QB at intermediate range throws. How would you rate his ‘07 game. Did he improve, regress or stay about the same?

Joyner: I think he regressed a little bit. His bad decisions increased. I think teams forced him to be more patient, to be willing to go down the field in 10 to 12 yard throws. He wasn’t always willing to do this, as you saw in the Buffalo game.

BSR: I’m amazed at the amount of abuse he gets because the Cowboys lost to the Giants. He’s only played one full season in the league and he’s sometimes portrayed as a failure, as if he’s got this long habit of choking that he needs to overcome.

Joyner: I know what you’re saying. I remember when he dropped the field goal snap in Seattle in ‘06 and people were telling me his career was over, and I remember saying, “no, that’s a good NFL quarterback.”

He’s not the guy who’s going to be the benefit of the doubt. When Peyton Manning started in Indy, he was the cornerstone. They had a ton invested him and he had a reputation for being the hardest working guy on the team, so even though he had trouble in his early playoffs he was given a lot of slack.

The press sees Romo with starlets and they see Joe Namath. He’s not given a lot of slack.

Roger Staubach was an excellent quarterback but he lost Super Bowl 10 to the Steelers, he lost to them in ‘77 when Dallas won the title, he lost Super Bowl 13 the following year and lost Super Bowl 13 and a half in ‘79. He was 0-4 against Terry Bradshaw and the Steelers but you never hear, “oh, Roger could never beat the Steelers.”

BSR: Adam Schefter of the NFL Network reported that Dallas was supposedly interested in Joe Horn. Does he have anything left?

Joyner: Joe Horn did not have enough attempts to qualify for my ratings but his numbers were between five and six, which are not good.

I have to wonder why they feel they need another complementary receiver. I have a new rating this year, where I look at how a receiver did against three different classes of corners. I classify any CB with a YPA below 7 yards as a red corner, a CB with a YPA between 7 and 9 as a yellow corner and any corner with a YPA above 9 as a green corners. Reds are matchups you tend to avoid, yellows you attack with caution and greens are great matchups for a quarterback.

Last year, Patrick Crayton had a 5.4 YPA against red corners, which is not very good. But his YPA against yellow CBs and against green CBs was above nine. Now a YPA around ten will usually rate a receiver at the top of the league.

This means that when he was not matched up against elite corners, Patrick Crayton was a very effective receiver.

Look, Terrell Owens will probably have 150 passes thrown his way. Jason Witten will get another 100 to 120. Crayton will probably get 90 to 100 balls. The running backs and backup tight ends will get maybe 60 or so. That’s just over 400 attempts. How much will Dallas need another receiver?

Here’s another reason why I wonder if Dallas needs another receiver. I used the red/yellow/green system to rate the matchups each QB will face in ‘08, giving a zero every time a QB faces a red CB, one point for a yellow CB and two for a green one.

Tony Romo has the lowest matchup total for any QB entering 2008, meaning he faces the hardest schedule passing wise. When the Cowboys coaches look at their opponents I think they’ll rely on their running game more this season. Now, every other NFC East QB will also have a tough road, but Romo has the most difficult schedule, period.

BSR: How do you rate Dallas’ chances, given Romo’s matchup problems? 2007 came to a disappointing end but I never wavered from my belief that the ‘07 Cowboys were not going all the way. Their defense was not finished. I think they’re close enough to being complete this time. They didn’t match up against New England and could not match the Giants in producing a rush with four men.

Joyner: I think the Cowboys have an excellent chance. They have arguably the most talented team in the NFC, with San Diego being arguably the most talented team in the AFC.

BSR: Careful, K.C., you’re stealing my thunder. Dallas and San Diego meet in their first pre-season games and I see them squaring off again in the Super Bowl. Thanks again for joining us.

– K.C. Joyner will be featured in a BSR podcast later this week to answer more questions, promote “Scientific Football 2008,” his new cornerback tracking service and “Blindsided,” a new book which aims to puncture several football myths.  If you have a question for K.C., post it in the thread.

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Going for Two

We have one more day for the fund drive, which will wrap up at midnight Monday. 

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Adam Jones, CB Rankings and Ken Hamlin’s Best Position: K.C. Joyner Returns, Part I

The football scientist K.C. Joyner gave BSR an interview Friday, taking time from finishing Scientific Football 2008 to discuss Adam Jones, the Cowboys incumbent corners, whether Ken Hamlin should be moved to strong safety and other topics. Today, we focus on the defense.

BSR: Adam Jones has finally landed in the Cowboys’ secondary. There’s a lot of discussion on the site about his ability to recover from a year off. I don’t think it’s an issue. He was suspended for being a knucklead. He didn’t miss time for a major injury or behavior that damaged his body, like drug or alcohol abuse. Paul Hornung and Alex Karras missed a full year in ‘63 for gambling. Both played well after they returned and they were both 28 the year they sat. Jones was 24. I think his performance curve can actually improve.

Joyner: I agree. Physiologists and baseball analysts like Bill James say that your physical peak comes around age 27 or 28. Don’t forget that John Riggins also sat out a year and helped win a Super Bowl after he returned.

BSR: I saw a comment from an AFC pro personnel guy who said Jones has talent but was inconsistent while at Tennessee. How much can we expect him to add to the secondary this year?

Joyner: Remember, he’s replacing Jacques Reeves. Reeves had a 7.9 yards per attempt in ‘07. Now, a 7.0 YPA is about league average. Adam Jones had a 5.4 YPA in 2006 (which ranked 8th overall). Jones doesn’t have to equal that to be an improvement. Even if he’s a notch below his ‘06 play he’ll raise the secondary’s play.

As for being inconsistent, you don’t post a 5.4 YPA giving up a lot of big plays. He may have given up a decent throw here and there, but you can’t give up many and post a number like that.

BSR: How did the Cowboys’ regular corners rate?

Joyner: Anthony Henry had a 6.6 YPA. That’s in the top third. Terence Newman had a 6.2 YPA. That’s in the top 20. The Cowboys had a top ten secondary with Reeves starting 13 games. They should be as good or better with Jones.

[Note: Joyner didn't have his rankings handy, but he's on the mark. A 6.2 YPA ranked 15th in both the '05 and '06 CB ratings. A 6.6 YPA ranked 21st and 20th in those years. ]

BSR: There’s been a lot of speculation that the Cowboys will move to Anthony Henry to free safety and Ken Hamlin to strong safety, putting Roy Williams on the bench. Henry hinted at this when Jones got some reps at starting right corner in last week’s mini-camp. But Hamlin was very good at free safety last year. Would Dallas be messing with success to move him?

Joyner: Before Ken Hamlin the Cowboys were awful at free safety. [Note: Keith Davis and Pat Watkins had the worst pass coverage numbers for starting FSs in '05 and '06.]

I think Dallas might be creating one problem by trying to solve another one. I don’t have his stats but Hamlin was very, very good last year. If the Cowboys want to replace Roy Williams at strong safety, they should get another strong safety. Look, I don’t have any problems saying this on the record. I think Roy Williams is just one of those guys, like Randy Moss, who’s going to play his game, the game that he wants to play, no matter what.

BSR: Let’s look at the Dallas secondary in comparison to another top divisional unit. I’ve written a couple of pieces on the NFC and I have the Eagles as my bubble team; I’m putting them outside the playoffs but can see them in if they keep Lito Sheppard. How good can Philly’s secondary be if they keep him?

Joyner: Lito dropped off. He takes chances and has high YPAs but the Eagles put up with it because he made plays and got picks. He’s stopped doing that.

BSR: What did Asante Samuel post last year?

Joyner: He was 7.2. Good, but not great.

I think the Eagles suffered letting nickel back Rod Hood go. He posted a 6.6 YPA for Arizona, which is very respectable. They replaced him with William James, who had a YPA over 11.0 last year, which is one of the worst marks in the league.

– Come back Monday for Part II, where K.C. will discuss Tony Romo’s ‘07, the difficult matchups he faces in ‘08, Patrick Crayton’s value as a number two and whether rumored WR target Joe Horn has anything left.

Coming Attactions, Rock-Hard Performance Boosters and a Final Camp Pitch

– The NFL year is heading farther into the dead zone, with the coaches due to take their vacations before the camp grind begins. The team did release its camp schedule so we have a target. Workouts begin on July 25th, just four weeks from today.

We’re not slowing down here at BSR. I’m interviewing K.C. Joyner tonight and will publish his comments over the weekend. We’ll be talking about Adam Jones, the Cowboys secondary in general, T.O., possible second wideouts, Tony Romo and a host of other topics.

K.C. will also discuss Scientific Football 2008, which is about to be released, and a new cornerback tracking feature that his web site will feature this year. Check in for that.

We’re also going to talk about Cowboys fandom with the folks at Barry Switzer Ate My Hamster Too, better known as The Hamster, a U.K.-based Cowboys fanzine that’s been around since the mid ’90s. The lads will tell us what it’s like to root for the good team from almost half way around the globe. I wonder if they have any Page 3 girls for their fanzine? Hmmmm, I wonder if we can get some Page 3 girls for BSR!? (Page 3 Girls are a “feature” of The Sun, the biggest daily “red top” in England. Warning — may not be work safe.)

– They’re not just corking their bats any more — A few years ago, when Viagra was first introduced, an NBA official joked that “the league should test for a lot of drugs but if it really wants to scare the players, it should announce its testing for Viagra.”

Seems there might be something to that line. Sports officials now think the little blue pill might enhance on-field performance. The major sports leagues might just have to test for it after all — or put medicine jars full of them in every trainers room!

Viva Viagra indeed.

Finally — we’re in the home stretch of our fund drive. We’re at $1,835 now and are closing in on $2,000, which is the amount which would make it comfortable for me to cover all two initial weeks of camp. I’m closing the drive on Monday, so pitch in if you can and help us reach our goal.

A big thanks to the generous people who have already donated. We won’t let you down.

So Sue Me! BSR Roundup, June 26th

– A federal judge has given a New York Jets season-ticket holder more time to amend a lawsuit that seeks millions from the New England Patriots and coach Bill Belichick for “deceiving customers” by videotaping opponents’ signals.

– Failed comedian and social commentator Don Imus’ recent comments about Adam Jones may have killed whatever chance he had of regaining advertisers lost after he was fired by CBS. Proof that sometimes stupidity doesn’t pay.

Tony Romo — Clothes Horse?

Years ago, in a past life, I used to teach video production at a major Midwestern university. This was in the mid ’90s, when Starter ran an ad promoting their sports hats which featured several young men mugging for the camera and mouthing an irritating ditty that began, “first you twist the hat, then you turn the hat…”

You then did a hundred other things with the hat. The ad so saturated the target markets’ collective consciousness that nearly every backwards-baseball cap-wearing frat boy in the class used this commercial as their model for the first assignment — a short, ten-shot video clip. The “parodies” were so numerous and so brain dead that all the instructors banned them, before we were driven to strike our eyes out.

I bring this up because the Sports Business Journal announced Monday that Starter is nearing a deal with Romo that would make him the highest paid shoe and apparel endorser in the league. The match is ideal; Romo is the Peter Pan of the frat-boy set, the 28 year old QB who still wears his cap backwards and probably will when he’s in a rocking chair.

On a more abstract level, the Romo deal reminds us, yet again, of a painful truth: the NFL and fashion don’t mix.

Now, hold your cards and letters. I’m not talking about actual game items like jerseys, which can be stylish in the right context. I’m talking about the league’s regrettable forays into daily apparel.

Let’s begin with those abstract abominations that all coaches have to wear on the sidelines. The NFL apparel folks have calmed down in recent years, giving us more simpler shirts and sweaters, but in the Jimmy/Barry days of the ’90s, the geometry got out of hand:

Barry’s league-mandated attire is a far cry from the simple, understated team color- matching outfits Tom Landry wore on the sidelines. Imagine if Tom had continued coaching into the ’90s. He too would have been outfitted in shirts like this.

It just doesn’t fit, does it? When Mike Nolan offered the league a chance to revive the suits and ties Landry and Hank Stram wore in the ’60s and ’70s, he was initially turned down.

The No-Fun-League label apparently extends to coaches garb too.

Of course, coaching attire looks classic next to that all time football-related mistake — zubaz pants.

The zebra warmup look was also big in the mid-’90s. Nobody should have worn them and the league would have done society a favor by banning them from stadiums or at least from being worn by anybody with a waist larger than 34 inches.

They became so ubiquitous that a major men’s magazine put them atop a list of items for men to avoid.

And don’t think for a second that we’re free of the zubaz scourge. They’re part of the official clothing line for this summer’s Republican National Convention. Take a pot shot at the GOP on this one if that’s your inclination. I’ll blame the NFL.

So you see, Romo’s past fashion sense and the league’s fashion faux-pas have me concerned that parts of the upcoming line could be stone-cold cringeworthy. The last Romo-related attempt at NFL fashion has been sent so deep down the memory hole it could suck the universe in behind it. How could you forget:

That’s official league issue folks. Note the NFL shield, the team name and the star mark on the sleeve. These pink beauties were sold on the team’s site last year. Now, I understand, they’re almost impossible to find.

I don’t know if the team snapped up the remaining stock after the vicious public reaction following the Cowboys’ loss to Philly or the Simpson clan bought up every last one to keep them off the market. Whatever the case, I hope, for Tony Romo’s sake and for those who will buy his sponsored apparel, that the Romo line proves more lucky and more lasting than Jessica’s pink jersey.

And I hope for my sake that the Starter people don’t try to re-invent casual male fashion with Romo-Wear. I taught college boys once. Seeing men my age sporting the Tony Romo forever-frat boy look might drive me insane.

In Other News:

– The Rams are rumored to be considering a move back to Los Angeles after the 2014 season, given an escape clause in their St. Louis lease that will kick in if the team’s stadium revenue is not in the top quarter.

Bradshaw Admits to Steroids Use in ’70s; BSR Roundup - June 23rd

– Steelers legend Terry Bradshaw told radio host Dan Patrick that he and his teammates took steroids to speed their rehab from injuries.

– The Giants have signed guard Chris Snee to a six year contract extension.

– Lions rookie LB Jordan Dizon was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving six days before the Lions drafted him in the 2nd round.

– New Titans’ TE Alge Crumpler feels his partnership with QB Vince Young has “been a match made in heaven thus far.”

– Las Vegas police have arrested a suspect in the Javon Walker assault case.

Wade Phillips Year Two

Last month I wrote a piece on the “Wade Phillips Effect” showing how Phillips had improved his new teams in his first year running their defenses. With Phillips entering year two at Dallas there were lots of calls for a follow up assessing his second year at each stop. Here it is.

Stop One — Philadelphia, ‘86 through ‘88

Jeff Fisher and Gregg Williams come to mind when you think Buddy Ryan disciples, but Phillips was Ryan’s first DC when Buddy took over the Eagles.

Team	Record	Pts. Allowed	Rank	Rush Rank	Pass Rank
‘85 Eagles	7-9	310	10th	5th	21st
‘86 Eagles	5-10-1	312	12th	15th	19th
‘87 Eagles	7-8	380	25th	9th	28th

It’s hard to get a full reading on the ‘87 team, since ‘87 was the strike year and the Eagles made no attempt to field a competitive strike team, going 0-3 in those games. This defense had a poor secondary and a very good run defense, with rookie DT Jerome Brown stepping in to join ends Reggie White and Clyde Simmons. The Eagles ranked 9th in rush defense that year but probably would have finished in the top five in a regular season — they allowed 90.3 yards with the regulars but the replacements gave up over 156 per game.

Stop Two — Denver, 1989 through 1994

Phillips gets control of a 3-4, taking over for long time 34 guru Joe Collier under Dan Reeves.

Team	Record	Pts. Allowed	Rank	Rush Rank	Pass Rank
‘88 Broncos	8-8	352	20th	27th	7th
‘89 Broncos	11-5	226	1st	7th	3rd
‘90 Broncos	5-11	374	23th	17th	21th

Phillips performed a miracle in ‘89, taking a unit that ranked ‘20th overall in ‘88 and pushing it to #1 in points allowed. Karl Mecklenberg was back that year after missing 7 games in ‘88 but the revelation was rookie Steve Atwater, who anchored the secondary.

The team never recovered from giving up 55 points to San Francisco in the Super Bowl and collapsed in ‘90, dropping across the board, though the defense returned almost intact. Was this a hangover, or just a temperamental bunch? The Broncos were an up-and-down group, finishing 3rd, 19th, 10th and 23rd in points allowed the last four years of Phillips’ stay in Denver.

Stop Three — Buffalo, 1995 through 2000

Team	Record	Pts. Allowed	Rank	Rush Rank	Pass Rank
‘94 Bills	7-9	356	22nd	8th	21st
‘95 Bills	10-6	335	12th	11th	20th
‘96 Bills	10-6	266	6th	14th	8th

The ‘06 Bills were old and past their Super Bowl days, but Phillips’ defense carried Marv Levy’s squad to their last playoff tourney, posting defensive number as good as the Super Bowl teams of ‘91 and ‘93.

Stop Four — Atlanta, 2002-2003

Team	Record	Pts. Allowed	Rank	Rush Rank	Pass Rank
‘01 Falcons	7-9	377	24st	21st	13th
‘02 Falcons	9-6-1	314	8th	23rd	16th
‘03 Falcons	5-11	422	30th	29th	32nd

Phillips squeezed the last juice out of an aging Falcons’ D in ‘02 but in ‘03, the greybeards collapsed together. This was almost to a man the same defense that took the field in the Super Bowl five years earlier against the Broncos. Only two starters, Patrick Kerney and Keith Brookings, were under 30 and they were 27 and 28 respectively.

Stop Five, San Diego 2004 - 2006

Phillips joins Marty Schottenheimer and contributes to an 8 win turnaround. Players like Drew Brees say he made the biggest difference in the transformation.

Team	Record	Pts. Allowed	Rank	Rush Rank	Pass Rank
‘03 Chargers	4-12	441	31st	26th	23rd
‘04 Chargers	12-4	313	11th	1st	32nd
‘05 Chargers	9-7	312	13th	1st	28th

Phillips used NT Jamal Williams as the anchor in his league-best run defense in ‘04, contributing to a 128 drop in points allowed. In ‘05, he treaded water, keeping his top rush ranking and improving just slightly in pass defense.

The Chargers’ secondary was pedestrian and the Chargers attacked the problem by drafting more rushers — Shawne Merriman and Shaun Phillips were on the ‘05 roster but only got 10 and 3 starts respectively. The next year they opened at the OLB spots and combined for 28.5 sacks after notching 17 together in ‘05. Their big sack totals helped the pass defense jump from 28th in ‘04 to 13th in ‘06.

Stop Six, Dallas 2007 to present

Team	Record	Pts. Allowed	Rank	Rush Rank	Pass Rank
‘06 Cowboys	9-7	350	20th	10th	24th
‘07 Cowboys	13-3	325	13th	6th	13th
‘08 Cowboys	?	?	?	?	?

The results are a mixed bag. Where Phillips has veterans with some tread left, as in Buffalo, he got performance. On the other hand, he had decent defenses fall apart on him in Denver and in Atlanta, though the Falcons unit didn’t boast the talent that his Bill, Chargers and Broncos Ds did.

His Eagles defense was very young and incomplete. Blue-chip CB Eric Allen and S Izell Reese were still in college Phillips’ last year there. His Chargers units were maturing up front but the secondary had yet to jell, something that did not occur until last year, when Antonio Cromartie blossomed.

Phillips has as much overall talent as he did anywhere else. He’s got top pass rushers, as he did in Philly, Denver and San Diego.

What he lacked at all other stops and what he has in Dallas, is depth in his secondary. If you’re looking for a parallel with past Phillips defenses, based on talent and age, I’d point to his San Diego squads. That’s reason for optimism, in my opinion.

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Cranky Old Man Yells “Get Off My Lawn!” and Other NFL News

An over-the-hill, cowboy-hat-wearing radio coot in desperate need of attention attempted and failed today to make a edgy joke about CB Adam Jones.

In other news, Brett Favre is still retired!

This has been your Blue and Silver Report footbaaaall minute!

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NFC Crystal Ball

The preseason magazines have started to appear. We used to rate them here, but gave up because they have this nasty habit of taking last year’s playoff field, adding maybe one “surprise team,” though they often have none.

As we’ve pointed out time and again here, there are on average four teams that go from losing records to the playoffs each year. Most of them have been in the NFC this decade.

Let’s ignore the magazines this time around and make our own picks.

I’ve nominated the Vikings as my new standout team. But let’s take it farther.

1. Pick the six playoff teams.

2. Who will be new to the playoff dance?

3. Any bounce-back teams?

4. Who are ’08’s big droppers?

I’ll take first crack.

1. The playoff six:

1. Cowboys
2. Vikings
3. Saints
4. Cardinals
5. Giants
6. Panthers

2. I have four new playoff teams — the Vikings, Cards, Saints and Panthers. There has been roughly 50% turnover from year to year league wide and I’m seeing more churn in the NFC, which has been the more volatile conference.

My final slot came down to the Eagles and Panthers. I’m giving Carolina the nod today, though I’d like to see Jake Delhomme’s health before I lock this one in.

3. My two NFC loser-to-playoff teams are the Saints and Panthers, with the Vikings and Cardinals moving from 8-8 to the post-season. I also see San Francisco yo-yoing back into contention but just missing the playoffs.

4. Big droppers?

a. The Redskins are trying too much change. They’ve lost their head coach and their DC, which means they’re putting in new offensive and defensive systems. They’re also relying a lot on their first-day receiver and tight end draftees;

b. The Packers should be good but what do we really know about Aaron Rogers. Their division will get tougher, with the Vikings and Bears improving. I don’t see them falling to 6-10 but 9-7 could happen;

c. The Seahawks have lived off their division’s weakness; they’re the only Western team to finish above .500 since 2003. They won 9 games in ‘06 and 10 in ‘07. I see them dropping out of the divisional penthouse with the Cards and 49ers improving. I’ve been burned before picking the Cards but they’ve been building their talent base and can win that division at 10-6 or 9-7.

d. The Bucs jumped back into the race last year by riding their defense. That offense doesn’t scare me. They’ve have 83 quarterbacks, which means they don’t have one. How much longer can Joey Galloway carry that offense?

Your turn.

Canty Expecting New Deal and Other News

– The Ft. Worth Star-Telegram reports that DE Chris Canty hopes to have a new, long-term deal in the near future.

– The Browns are one of several teams interested in trading for Chargers WR Eric Parker.

– Free agents Mike Anderson and Shane Olivea each been suspended for a year for violating the league’s substance abue policy.

– The Chargers have signed former Bucs and Giants KR Mark Jones, which has San Diego shopping Eric Parker.

– Bills RB Marshawn Lynch will plead guilty to an unspecified charge this coming week for a hit and run incident.

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Countdown to Camp

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