Lisa Olson writes about the Jets thrashing
Lisa Olson of the New York Daily News says the Jets were nothing more than the appetizer for a bigger game next week.
“Here was the first question to Tony Romo, the Dallas quarterback who wasn’t anything special yesterday, but still managed to complete 21 of 28 passes for 195 yards and two touchdowns: Would a victory against Green Bay be counted as a signature victory? The second question: Had he played well enough yesterday to beat the Packers? The third: something about being part of the only team in Dallas history to go 10-1. The fifth: something about why he hadn’t played as well as Brett Favre. Um, hello? What about the J-E-T-S? What are they, chopped liver?”
Only if 81% of the liver needs to be thrown out. (That’s 43 of 53 players if you’re keeping track.)
“It was almost comical watching Romo spar with reporters questioning his accuracy. It was almost heartwarming listening to Terrell Owens spin clichés and include the word “we” in nearly every sentence. “We’re trying to get that Super Bowl ring, that’s all I know,” said Owens, dripping humility after the Cowboys had methodically sliced through the Jets. “We made history today and that’s a steppingstone of where we need to go and I think we’re headed in the right direction.”
That’s what we’ve been trying to tell people about Owens, but they don’t want to listen. Instead, they compare him to murderers and criminals.
“Even though the Jets gave up three touchdowns in the first half alone, only 14 points were the defense’s fault, and seven of those might have flipped the other way had a Romo pass intended for Owens not bounced off Revis’ chest at the Cowboys’ 24-yard line. Excuse me, Mr. Owens? Name is Darrelle, nice to meet you.”
Revis is certainly one of the 10 keepers.
“Dallas made it 14-0 on its first series of the second quarter, Romo finding Jason Witten with a 25-yard TD pass after the tight end switched routes with Owens and slipped past linebacker Matt Chatham. It was around then that the cold rain turned to snow, as rare a sight at Texas Stadium as a cheerleader dressed in a parka.”
Olson, you might remember, is the reporter who filed sexual harassment against the New England Patriots in 1990 and won. She was a 26-year old reporter for The Boston Herald at the time, and had an unfortunate locker room situation with Zeke Mowatt. Turns out a little encouragement was all Zeke needed to expose himself in an “intimidating way.” Darker days for the Patriots. Darker days indeed. They weren’t the perfect, squeaky clean, genius-for-a-coach franchise back then, now were they.
