Things to do during the lockout, part 3

Well, I figured I'd catch up with my favorite NFL team, the Dallas Cowboys, and watch as they went to Washington to try to win the NFC East title.  Their play reminded me of an old Living Colour song, "Cult of Personality."  In my version, I change the title to "Cult of Mediocrity."  Here are a few things I think the Cowboys need to do to try to bring back the glory days:

1.  Give up the GM job Jerry.  I know this won't happen, but I can dream.  Jerry Jones' ego won't allow him to give up the reins of control and bring someone in that actually knows something about football.  Jerry, look around football.  The teams that are really successful year in and year out have GMs and people that know football; you don't.  You didn't help the Cowboys win 3 Super Bowls in the 90s, Jimmy Johnson did (you can throw out the year Switzer won the SB, they were still Johnson's players).    Bring in a GM that knows football.  You said it yourself, you would fire yourself as GM for the sorry job you've done.  Look at the Yankees as an example.  The Steinbrenners have egos bigger than yours but they have Brian Cashman running the club.  They've won repeat World Series over the years.  You haven't.  Give it up, sign the checks, and watch the games from your luxury box.

2.  Bench or trade Tony Romo.  I don't care how often he throws for 4000+ yards and 25-30 touchdowns.  He flat out can't win the big game.  He often chokes in the clutch.  Anyone who witnessed his last interception against the Redskins can testify to that.  He felt pressure, he threw the ball away carelessly.  As is the norm, he was completely and thoroughly outplayed by his opponent, RGIII.  Just look at the stats for RGIII; no fumbles, no interceptions.  Romo, 3 interceptions.  That's Romo's career in a nutshell.  It's easy to look great against the Cleveland's and Tampa Bay's of the league.  He can't win the high stakes games that really count for something.

3.  Sorry, fire Jason Garrett and Rob Ryan.  Clock management for the Cowboys is abysmal.  They got the ball back against the Redskins down 28-18 with 1:02 on the clock.  They ran 3 plays in that time.  There was no sense of urgency, no apparent effort to try to win the game.  You can't win if you throw the ball to receivers who CLEARLY will not be able to stop the clock.  They didn't even look as if they had plays called ahead of time.  I don't care how many injuries you have, you must stop the running game.  200 yards for Alfred Morris is unacceptable.  Goodbye Jason, goodbye Rob.

Into another offseason of hoping for the best.  Since 1996, the Cowboys have exactly 2 playoff victories.  The New York Giants have 10, including 2 Super Bowls.  The Jacksonville Jaguars have 3.  The Carolina Panthers have 5.

For the Dallas Cowboys, mediocrity should be the exception, not the rule.  Since 2000, the Cowboys are 104-103 in the regular season.  If that isn't mediocrity, what is?