T.O. and Jessica Bring Hollywood to the Dallas Cowboys

First it was Jessica Simpson on Good Morning America, spouting off about the Eagles-Cowboys match up-- embarrassing folks. I was ready for her to throw on Tony Romo's high school letter jacket and walk off the stage. Suddenly, I had flashbacks to my own high school homecoming pep rally watching the head cheerleader lead one of those corny chants and do a flip. Is this really happening? I can't get enough of this. But, as we always know with T.O., it gets better. Check out this story from the Dallas Morning News. During T.O.'s weekly press conference (in front of his locker) he politely said, "I think I got too big for Philly, too big for him (McNabb). But here, Tony and I have a great relationship." Sure you did guy. This is great stuff folks, great stuff. You and I can't come up with this kind of commentary alone, we need T.O. to get us to Sunday. But, let's be honest here. Call it trash talking if you want, but this is all about self-promotion, which is exactly what this league is about. There is no such thing as "bulletin board material" in the NFL anymore. Everyone knows each other. Free agency has allowed guys to play on multiple teams, and if you play long enough you can say hello to every opposing player on the other sidelines (minus the rookies, but vets don't talk to them anyway). Long gone are the days when Dick Butkis tried to physically maim the guy across from him. The reason T.O., Chad Whatever, and so on, "talk the talk" is to get their names in the news. Most of the time they do it when they are struggling on the field and want the fans to know that they still exist, but for T.O., it just adds to his persona. The guy is a top five playmaker in the league and he does his best to take a shot at Philly and McNabb whenever he can.  It's almost like saying, "Look at me now." And that's fine. Yes, I think it gets old, real old, but this is T.O. He wants us to watch him, listen to him, look at his website, and so on. You know what? He's doing a good job of it. We all are guilty in this regard. We all say we can't stand his antics and celebrations, but we all watch. T.O. has pulled us in-- and it keeps getting better.   Sure, the trash talk escalates on the field come Sundays, but all of this "he said, she said" garbage we hear during the week is exactly that-- garbage. It is soap opera drama that doesn't fit with the game of football, but it is here to stay. Think of it this way: The Dallas Cowboys are the Los Angeles Lakers of the NFL. They have the stars on their helmets and in the locker room, plus a quarterback with a Hollywood girlfriend. Throw in the fact that they may very well be the best team in the league (with the players to back it up), and you have a recipe for an E! True Hollywood Story right before our eyes. Or did we already see that on Hard Knocks?  Jerry Jones should be so proud of his boys-- and their girlfriends.

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