SteveFromYellowstone
July-18th-2008, 07:47 PM
http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d8095eaa8&template=with-video&confirm=true
Cowboys taking traveling circus to California
IRVING, Texas -- Even Terrell Owens (http://www.nfl.com/players/terrellowens/profile?id=OWE755129) will find it hard to draw top billing at this year's Dallas Cowboys (http://www.nfl.com/teams/dallascowboys/profile?team=DAL) summer training camp.
There are so many other sideshows to gawk at when the Cowboys open camp in Oxnard, Calif., next Friday. As Owens has so eloquently put it before, "Getcha popcorn ready!" It's going to be a show.
There will be plenty to see with the Cowboys, whose bitter ending to a 13-win season in January made it 11 seasons without a playoff victory.
First, there is the player who wants to be formerly known as "Pacman" and doesn't know for sure if he'll be allowed to play this season.
How about the Tank -- Johnson, that is -- that Dallas got to roll out only half of last season after the nose tackle returned from his NFL suspension.
Roy Williams went to his fifth straight Pro Bowl last season, even though the hard-hitting safety often went to the sideline on passing downs. And that could happen again, especially if the Adam Jones formerly known as "Pacman" is playing.
Offensive coordinator Jason Garrett is more firmly in place as the supposed successor-in-waiting for coach Wade Phillips -- who in his only season in charge so far led Dallas to its first NFC East title since 1998.
Plus, who knows, maybe Jessica Simpson stops by to see her beau, Pro Bowl quarterback Tony Romo.
With all that and more when the Cowboys open camp Friday in Oxnard, Calif., not too far from Hollywood, they have the ingredients for a made-for-TV show.
Oh, Jerry Jones took care of that. Never missing a chance to promote the Cowboys brand, Jones enthusiastically agreed when HBO executives wanted to again feature the team in the Hard Knocks series (http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d80833b54&template=with-video&confirm=true).
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press
Cowboys taking traveling circus to California
IRVING, Texas -- Even Terrell Owens (http://www.nfl.com/players/terrellowens/profile?id=OWE755129) will find it hard to draw top billing at this year's Dallas Cowboys (http://www.nfl.com/teams/dallascowboys/profile?team=DAL) summer training camp.
There are so many other sideshows to gawk at when the Cowboys open camp in Oxnard, Calif., next Friday. As Owens has so eloquently put it before, "Getcha popcorn ready!" It's going to be a show.
There will be plenty to see with the Cowboys, whose bitter ending to a 13-win season in January made it 11 seasons without a playoff victory.
First, there is the player who wants to be formerly known as "Pacman" and doesn't know for sure if he'll be allowed to play this season.
How about the Tank -- Johnson, that is -- that Dallas got to roll out only half of last season after the nose tackle returned from his NFL suspension.
Roy Williams went to his fifth straight Pro Bowl last season, even though the hard-hitting safety often went to the sideline on passing downs. And that could happen again, especially if the Adam Jones formerly known as "Pacman" is playing.
Offensive coordinator Jason Garrett is more firmly in place as the supposed successor-in-waiting for coach Wade Phillips -- who in his only season in charge so far led Dallas to its first NFC East title since 1998.
Plus, who knows, maybe Jessica Simpson stops by to see her beau, Pro Bowl quarterback Tony Romo.
With all that and more when the Cowboys open camp Friday in Oxnard, Calif., not too far from Hollywood, they have the ingredients for a made-for-TV show.
Oh, Jerry Jones took care of that. Never missing a chance to promote the Cowboys brand, Jones enthusiastically agreed when HBO executives wanted to again feature the team in the Hard Knocks series (http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d80833b54&template=with-video&confirm=true).
Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press