On Terrell

With the rumor mill swirling and ESPN falling over itself trying to invent a story, I thought I'd talk a little about the media's favorite go to story, TO.

First of all, I seriously doubt the credibility of the two lead reporters on this story, Ed Werder and Matt Mosley. Both of these guys have been covering the 'Boys since the mid 90's, and in my opinion, always present the news out of Valley Ranch with a jaundiced eye. The criticism that comes from these two guys is never constructive and more often than not portrays the organization as dysfunctional.

Now, I understand that Dallas' place as America's Team places them in the spotlight more than other franchises- they are the Yankees of the NFL. No matter what Dallas accomplishes, the success of the past will always be used as the measuring tool. And I'm OK with that. In fact, I invite it. America loves to build players and teams up so they can watch them fall and complain about it along the way. Virtually since its inception, Dallas has enjoyed unprecedented success- 8 Super Bowl appearances, 5 Super Bowl titles, 20 straight 10-win seasons. The Star is one of the most recognizable logos in popular culture.

That said, I tire of media types looking for reasons to declare the Cowboys locker room a disaster area. Most of these talking heads were the same one slurping the 'Boys in preseason. Now, the flavor of the week is Dallas' doomsday (pun intended).

The facts are these: Romo is in this 3rd year as a starter (Peyton Manning didn't win a meaningful game until his 6th year), and has a bit of Favre-ishness in him. You take the good (scrambling around for 10 seconds, then finding TO in the back of the end zone) with the bad (pass to Deshea Townsend). He and TO have combined for more TD passes than any other duo since 2006. Romo looks for the open receiver and gets them the ball. If it's Witten, TO, Crayton, Barber, Bennett, whoever. That is how you want your QB to play.

Does Romo have a level of confidence in Witten that he doesn't with TO, Crayton and Roy11? Of course- Roy11 has played 3 games with him, Crayton dropped a very catchable ball in last years playoff loss vs the G-men and broke off a route that would've won the game, and TO drops balls like his name is Braylon. I can remember only one game that Witten dropped a ball- Week 6 vs Arizona. Witten and Romo room together on the road, went to Cabo together during the bye week last year, and are great friends. Aikman had a similar relationship with Jay Novacek. None of these things are bad.

This whole thing is blown out of proportion- and it will all go away when the 'Boys beat the Giants on Sunday.