This is becoming hysterical.
Two football teams predicted to compete for the Super Bowl title currently find themselves floundering in the pits of their divisions.
And the fall was far from graceful.
This was Jerry Jones’ year. The Dallas Cowboys were coming off a solid season and are playing host to this season’s Super Bowl.
Many believed this would be the year it all went the Cowboys’ way, almost a reference to an imaginary destiny to finish in the new stadium’s first title game.
One win through seven games is giving Mr. Jones even more wrinkles, and the last two losses were embarrassing defeats in front of the team’s own fans.
I bet Jaguars quarterback David Garrard, or anyone for that matter, had no idea the best game of his career would come in Dallas.
Whether Tony Romo is there or not, this team looks like it is packing in the 2010-2011 season, which is inexcusable for the so-called ‘America’s team.’
Many teams have struggled after having fairly successful seasons, including teams that made it to the Super Bowl, but the Cowboys are doing it in style.
The last time Dallas finished a season with a losing record was in 2004, with good old Vinny Testaverde leading the way from under center.
Then they went with Romo, but the desired winning never came, and it won’t this year either.
Speaking of old quarterbacks, this second team has quickly become the laughing stock of the league.
It’s the Brett Favre-led Minnesota Vikings.
From the offseason chaos, to the dirty pictures, to the sprained ankle, to leaving Sunday’s game in the fetal position, Brett Favre has turned the Minnesota Vikings into one giant joke.
Factor in Tuesday’s waiving of Randy Moss and the team appears to be out of control.
A 2-5 record doesn’t help much either.
But seriously, Favre’s exit from football is far past due.
Last season was a great story. He led the Vikings to a 12-4 record all while putting up some of the best numbers of his career.
That was last year though, and the interceptions, the bad decisions, the injury problems and just the overall annoyance that is Brett Favre is mounting.
Hang it up, Brett. It’s getting harder and harder to laugh when you get sacked.
Remember the Betty White Snickers commercial? I don’t want to see her get laid out, and due to your increasingly grayer beard, your age category is approaching the same AARP level.
You are a curmudgeon, and unfortunately the Vikings aren’t strong enough to tell you to go away.
Which leads us to Brad Childress, a coach who seemingly has lost any control he had over his players.
Moss may have lost his job, but he was right in his comparison between the Vikings and the Patriots.
Normally I feel a little bad when a team that generally succeeds begins to struggle, but not with these two teams.
Both allowed themselves to be thrust into the national spotlight, flooding SportsCenter with nonsense news everyday, and have now fallen flat on their own dumb faces.
The NFL is not like other major professional sports. Having several top players on a roster doesn’t make a good team, it only helps.
Then again, having a stubborn, 41-year-old quarterback that has a thing for texting pictures of his manhood on your roster doesn’t help either.
For Vikings and Cowboys fans, sleeping in on Sunday might be the best option.
Reach the reporter at nathan.meacham@asu.edu
