With such a fast start the Dallas Cowboys and their fans are looking toward that rematch with the New England Patriots. Before that happens, some things are really going have to change or the same result is going to happen. The Cowboys offensively don’t have to take a back seat to anyone and with Tony Romo leading an offense that averages more than 20 points a game this will not be a problem no matter whom they play in the playoffs. Not all is good though for Cowboy fans and if you ask the really die-hard fans they will tell you what they worry about the most and that is the defense.

Last week against the Detroit Lions the defense got shredded for 390 yards which included 238 in the air and more than 150 yards on the ground. In fact Dallas struggled against a Detroit offense that has done nothing right the last few weeks. Take Aaron Rodgers who has played very little since being drafted and he was able to also shred the Dallas defense when he came in for an injured Brett Favre. When you get to the playoffs your weaknesses are exploited even more. Unless the Cowboys come up with some quick fixes on the defense side of the ball trouble could be looming very quickly.

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The Atlanta Falcons are a very interesting football team indeed. Bobby Petrino has resigned to take the head coaching job at Arkansas and now Emmitt Smith is the interim coach of the Falcons. This franchise has fallen a long way down and I guess that blame can be passed around to many different people. If you listen to people it's Arthur Blank the owners fault, toss in Michael Vick and maybe even poor draft choices can be to blame. After looking over the situation though this franchise lacks direction and that starts at the top.

The Falcons hired Rich McKay away from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers thinking he was the General Manager to turn around this franchise and get them to greater heights. The truth now as people in Atlanta are finding out it wasn't Rich Mckay who built Tampa Bay it was Tony Dungy. Thus the Falcons are stuck with him and right now no direction. The coaching carousel hasn't helped either and hiring Bobby Petrino was a big mistake that the Falcon fans are paying for right now. Is their a way out? Of course, but many Falcon fans may not like it though.

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Over the last few years of watching Nascar racing I'm beginning to wonder if they are headed in the right directon. It seems that Nascaris always changing and trying to reinvent themselves and in the process has done nothing but drive fans, sponsors, and even drivers away from the sport. Let's address some of these issues first starting with the drivers who are the backbone of the sport.

Over the past few years some drivers have retired from the sport and many have cited the direction Nascar is headed for their early departure. Nascar has decided to promote their younger drivers which is fine, but you can't forget the people that paved the way for these younger drivers. People like Bill Elliott, Ricky Rudd, Dale Jarrett, Harry Gant, Dave Marcis have all been basically not applauded or recognized for the contribution they have made to the sport. This doesn't sit very well with the fans and believe me they do take notice.

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Brian Billick isn't going anywhere if the reports coming from the owner of the Baltimore Ravens Steve Bisciotti are true. According to various sources he will have Billick back at the helm of the Baltimore Ravens who have lost seven straight games and look like a team in meltdown mode. Billicks job security has been a bone of contention all season long, but now it looks like he's safe and it makes me wonder why.

I will give Billick credit he did win a Super Bowl and did guide the Ravens to a 13-3 season last year and a playoff appearance, but that was last year and were on a new season. I will give him the fact that injuries and losing Steve McNair has hurt, but other NFL teams have injuries too as it's part of the game. The Ravens have lost games because of offensive and defensive breakdowns. Against the New England Patriots their really was no excuse to lose that game. People can blame this person or that person, but in reality it comes down to the head coach injuries or not. Billick has just not performed and should not be coming back.

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Tony Romo is his own person let's stop trying to make him something he isn't. The media has been good through the years of turning a player into something he isn't by making comparisons. I'm sure you have heard people comparing Romo to Roger Staubach and Brett Favre or even Troy Aikman. Don't you think we are getting way ahead of ourselves. Yes, Tony Romo has played extremely well and his play has been one of the reasons that the Dallas Cowboys are 12-1 this season, but not the only reason.

Staubach, Aikman, and Favre did it over a stretch of time not just one season. People are putting a lot of pressure on this young man's shoulders. Being in the limelight in Dallas is tough and throwing more praise such as best every Cowboy quarterback sometimes does more harm than good. Romo to his credit though has taken it all in-stride. This comes from his parents who help keep Tony level headed. This year Romo has seen a big fat contract handed to him and dated Jessica Simpson according to different sources so all this press of the greatest ever just doesn't help.

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I guess it really shouldn't surprise me very much that Eric Gagne was on the list of players who have used steroids or the fact that the Brewers were dumb enough to give him 10 million dollars. I'm trying to figure out which one is dumber. Now it makes you wonder how many of those saves were steroid induced or even if he should get them at all. Did he struggled last year because he wasn't on them? All questions I guess brewer fans will get to see first hand when he takes the mound for them this year.

Hmm also makes me wonder how many other players actually have taken steroids, but were a little smarter than the ones who got caught. I'm betting the number is pretty high if you ask me. This could explain why some players numbers are up in a contract year and after they get that bonus money and sign it they just tail off and fade away. Seems like a vicious cycle to me. I wonder if Gagne is looking for a punishment from Bud like having to give back some of his money yeah right!

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After the Dallas Cowboys got beat by the Philadelphia Eagles 10-6 and Tony Romo look nothing like an NFL quarterback I for one will not toss onto the leave Jessica Simpson at home party. Sure it does seem odd that Romo has played poorly when both jessica Simpson and Carrie Underwood were sitting in the crowd and being shown by the televison camera's non-stop. I think though I will take the high road on that.

I'd rather discuss how poorly the Cowboys played or maybe how well the Eagles played. No one is really crediting the great game plan that the Eagles came in with. They could have rolled over as they aren't making the playoffs but they didn't. Defensively they got to Romo and put heat on him and eventually he hurt his thumb.

Sure Romo had a bad game and some of his receivers dropped balls, but the bottom line is the Eagles played better and some of the credit should be thrown their way. Instead of putting Jessica Simpson in the limelight let's remember one thing. The Eagles played better that is why they won the game and that's the bottom line. You can spin it any way you want, but as long as you turn the ball over your going to lose no matter who is watching the game.

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Withh all the things going on in Major League baseball maybe they should rename it the Hall of Shame. Baseball's Hall of Fame could be without some great players depending on how the voters vote after the Mitchell report came out and talk about steroid use as the main problem in the last ten years in baseball. Some of the game's biggest stars were implicated in the drug scandal. Names like Bonds, Petitte, Clemens were just a few of the names that surfaced. I wonder how many people have used it but never caught. Bet that would be a very intersting number.

The real big question is what do we do with all these players that have set records and are wanting to be their only to find out they are a user. Should they be in the Hall of Fame or the Hall of Shame? I vote to open a Hall of Shame to properly honor these people who cheated the game and the fans who paid their hard earned money to watch them. Now it makes me sit back and laugh because Pete Rose isn't allowed in because he bet on baseball and lied, but Mark McGwire and others are on the ballot who cheated the game. Hmm  very interesting indeed.

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It seems Roger Clemens used steroids if you believe what you read in the Mitchell report. According to Clemens though he has a totally different take on it. He has come out and denied that report. he has never used steroids and he is waiting for the right time to discuss it. Hmm now I wonder when that will happen.

Many people have already judges him so whateve he does or say now might really not make a difference anyway's. I guess people will have to wait and see what proof he may have to back up his claim. I know their is a lot of evidence in the report that really makes him look bad., The only other player that looks worse is the steroid poster boy Barry Bonds.

Clemens has many records and even awards so he has a lot to lose if he can refute his claims. Will he lose his Cy Young Awards? I don't know what will happen. I do know one thing though baseball has a bigger image problem then they already had. This report hans't helped it any that's for sure.

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It seems during the season as the New England Patriots were rolling over some opponents many in the press were saying this team is unbeatable. I will admit at times they do look that way, but at other times they look like a normal football team. Three times this season they could have got beat by teams that really played them well. The New England Patriots too their credit held on and completed a perfect 16-0 season. Perfection as we like to call it. Does perfection though has it's pitfalls?

One of the things that the regular season and the playoffs differ is the level of talent and play. Gone our the teams like the Buffalo Bills, N.Y. Jets, and the Miami Dolphins. No more soft teams anymore. To complete a perfect season you will have to earn it. Can the Patriots do that? Personally I don't think they will. In the last few weeks many weaknesses were exploited and for them in the playoffs it's all about matchups and this could prove their downfall. I think a loss during the season would be better as it would take the pressure off. As they go through the playoffs teams want to beat them just to say I was the team that stopped them.

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