Greg Hardy had himself a weekend. The former pro-bowler, who still doesn’t have a job after flaming out in Dallas last season, doesn’t appear he’s going to get one any time soon either.

Not after being arrested Sunday for possession of a controlled substance when police officers searching his car found a baggie of cocaine in his wallet.

And that’s not all they found. Because Hardy, who was heading home with a female companion after a night out at Applebee’s also had a grinder with marijuana remnants. And police found a second baggie of blow.

He’s still one of the worst and dumbest people you’ll ever come across.

Why? Because he told officers he had no idea, no idea, how the Bolivian marching powder got into his wallet. And not only did he not know how it got there, he had no idea what it was. When the police pressed him on it, Hardy knew he had to dig deep and come up with something so he told them, he was at a party the night before, and wanted to pay for everyone else, so he passed his wallet around; and that someone must have just slipped the blow into his wallet….you know what? I get it.

Totally understandable. Who hasn’t that happened to?.

I’m a generous guy. I frequently will pick up the tab. And I can’t tell you how many times I’ve thrown down my credit card only to get home and see bags and bags of blow in my wallet. And I have no idea how it got there!

This guy has done some pretty reprehensible things; again, this is a really bad guy. And a really dumb guy. But this really does make sense. He passed his wallet around to his crew, and one of his dudes thought he’d surprise him with some booger sugar.

Just like all those guns on my futon: no idea how they got there either. No idea. I had some friends over, and told them take a load off, sit down, relax: and they must have just left me their guns.

You can’t make this stuff up. But Hardy seems to try to at every turn. He passed his wallet around a party, and unbeknownst to him, someone filled him up with blow?? Who the hell passes their wallet around at a party?

One of the dumbest things, by one of the dumbest people, I have heard. But not at all surprising. Remember, a court found him guilty of domestic abuse yet he told everyone who would listen that he was quote an “innocent man.” Right. About that about those pictures that showed up on Deadspin: the ones that showed your lady was badly bruised? Oh those? I can explain those. Quote, “pictures are pictures and they can be made to look like whatever they want.” Riiiight. Just like blow is blow and it can just jump into any wallet it wants.

Fast forward, through the embarrassing debacle with the Cowboys, through the offseason where no one wanted anything to do with you… to this weekend, and now it’s official, you’ve sealed your fate as an NFL untouchable.

This is as bad dude. And if he thought he might get one more shot from a team desperate for a pass rusher, that’s not happening. Not when you’re rolling home from Applebee’s on a Sunday night, with a car straight outta Narcos.

Dez Bryant’s MRI was delayed on his injured right knee because he was absent from Monday’s treatment for injured players and Tuesday’s meetings, according to ESPN.

Always something with Dez.

That’s some rookie b.s. right there, Dez. I mean, you shouldn’t miss treatment for injury even as a rookie, but at least then, you could say that’s just Dez being Dez; he’s a young dude; he’s learning, he’ll figure it out. But he’s not a rookie; he’s in his 7^th season. 7^th!

So if he does what he’s supposed to do as an injured player and go in for treatment, he would have gotten the MRI done on Monday, and they could have devised a treatment plan immediately.But he didn’t, and the MRI wasn’t done until yesterday, meaning he wasted valuable time, and seemingly without a good excuse.

This is pretty easy: you get hurt, you go in for treatment, they assess the injury and formulate a recovery plan. But he didn’t. And he has no excuse.

Seven years, that can’t happen. 7 years in, this guy can’t still be pulling that crap.

They’re already without Tony Romo; any time without Bryant is going to be devastating; so handle your business, and get your butt into facility like everyone else for treatment. And the worst part about it; it’s not the least bit surprising.

Tired as it may be, but I just have to say… how bout them Cowboys?!? How bout them, Jimmah!!

They cold-cocked the Bengals to go to 4 and 1 on the season. And this was supposed to be the game where rookie Dak Prescott got his come-uppance. Where he finally bumped against a defense that gets after the quarterback and hurries and hassles into his first pick or three of the season. Eehhhh!!

Prescott was cool as hell once again, setting the rookie record most consecutive passes without a pick. And again played heady, mistake free football, going 18-24, 227 yards, a t.d. and a passer rating of 117.9. And he ran for a  t.d. and it’s setting up a really interesting dynamic for when Tony Romo comes back.

When Romo went down, the original thinking was, the season’s over before it even started. But then you see how well Prescott handled himself in the preseason, and then you think, maybe, just maybe, he can keep the bus on the road, and possibly hand over a competitive team to Romo when he comes back and they make run at it late. Then, as Prescott is playing better and better, you think, hell, dude is going to give Romo a winning team when he comes back and Dallas may have found their q.b. of the future. Now, watching him, I’m not sure Romo ever makes it back.

And don’t tell me guys don’t lose their job to injury. Of course they do. All the time and they should.

If the guy who stepped in is winning games, has the team rallying around him and gives them a better chance to win. They keep the job. And that’s how it’s starting to look with Prescott in Dallas.

Because if this guy continues to play the way he is, and they keep reeling off W’s, there’s no way he’s coming off the field. There’s no way they go back to 36-year old, Tony Romo.

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. And the only thing broke here, is Romo’s back… If Dak continues to play the way he has, this is not going to be a tough call. It’ll be Dak’s team.

But given his relationship with Romo, you know Jerry Jones will make it way tougher than it needs to be.

If going into Lambeau and doing the Packers wasn’t a signature game for Dak Prescott, I’m not sure what is.

I know this, it was impressive enough to say, Tony Romo isn’t getting his gig back when he returns. They may not have told him that, but you have to think after seeing Prescott play like that, on that big a stage, they’ve already made up their mind. And Romo has to know it.

Just as he has to know, this is now Prescott’s team. He’s missed all of this season, and most of last season. He’s 36 now, and a lot of these guys don’t even know what it’s like to play with a healthy, effective Romo.

So while not official, you have to think we saw the passing of the torch yesterday.

The shock won’t be if Romo doesn’t get his job back, it will be if he does.

Fact is, it is really hard to win in the NFL. And the Cowboys are winning. Five straight. And they’re getting better and better week to week.

You don’t jack with that. You don’t disrupt the flow and rhythm of a young Q.B. and the team that is now following him into battle. You play that hot hand.

Again, they haven’t just found their quarterback of the future; they have found their Q.B. of right now.

And save this nonsense about how you can’t lose your job to injury. Absolutely you can. And it happens all the time. And it’s going to happen here too.

If for whatever reason, Prescott falters, and it’s hard to imagine that happening, given the line he has in front of him, a star in Ezekiel Elliott behind him and Dez Bryant coming back, if he falters, then you have a great insurance policy in Romo when he comes back. If he falters.

If he doesn’t, you have to assume the team has already moved beyond Romo. He had his time. Now it’s Dak’s.  Romo had a great run in Dallas but it’s time to start a new one. With a new gun. Dak’s team, Dak’s time.

How About Them Cowboys?!?

Enough about Tony Romo. Because every word wasted on the injured quarterback takes away from what Dak Prescott is doing. And every look back at what used to be in Dallas discounts what’s happening right now. Because these Cowboys have their new stars. And they’re Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott.

Because Prescott continues to do everything it takes to win football games. He was 22 of 32 for 319 yards and two touchdowns. And Elliott continues to make Jerry Jones look brilliant for taking him with the No. 4 overall pick — the Ohio State product having a monster game and putting up MVP numbers as a rookie, ripping back the win for the Cowboys yesterday with three touchdowns, including the 32-yarder in the game’s final seconds.

The old Cowboys don’t win this football game. Not after Big Ben pulled his Marino and rallied the Steelers with 42 seconds left for the go-ahead touchdown. The old Cowboys don’t end up on the winning side of a game that had seven lead changes. Those are the games where Jerrah and ginger’s teams used to fold — the head sets hitting the ground after Romo throws one of those patented late-game interceptions where he’s trying — usually too hard –to pull a W out of the hat.

But that’s not this football team. And that’s not this quarterback. Because even without Mo Claiborne and Barry Church in the secondary the Cowboys went to Pittsburgh and won their 8th straight.

And even after an early fumble set up the Steelers for their first score, Prescott didn’t flinch — shaking it off on his way to another near-perfect day.

The Cowboys hit pay dirt in the 4th round of the draft, pick 135 turning to gold for a Cowboys franchise that was on red alert for a quarterback to back up Tony Romo. Well, Prescott did them one better — and while the football gods aren’t always kind to Romo, this is an amazing time in Big D. And as I’ve been saying for weeks now, it’s no longer Romo’s time.

So stop talking about the guy. The boys are 8-1. And while Seattle may ultimately have something to say about it, the NFC very well could run right through Dallas in the playoffs. And ever since, someone talked Jerrah out of Johnny Idiotface on draft day, it’s been all gold for the boys.

Jerrah finally started listening to those around him. And what do you know? He’s finally running this team like a real life GM, and it’s finally paying off.

I used to say it all the time: What’s more important. Being the man? Or winning games that matter? Because in your situation, you clearly can’t do both. Because you didn’t win jack after running Jimmy Johnson and taking control of football ops. Hell, your team, your billions, your decisions. But clearly, these two things are mutually exclusive. At least they used to be.

Seems to me, the more authority he turns over to his son, and shrewd dudes around him, the better they’ve done. Suddenly, Jerrah is drafting elite offensive lineman. He’s letting DeMarco Murray walk in free agency. He’s stopped trying to trade for 30-year old running backs like Adrian Peterson. And if he’s smart, he’ll stop talking about Tony Romo.

Because I don’t care if Romo looks good at practice. That’s all that is. Practice. And he doesn’t look better than Dak does in games. This is Dak’s team and it would be idiotic to mess with the unbelievable chemistry they all have now. The guy just stood toe to toe with Ben Roethlisberger, trading haymakers in the center of the ring, and he won.  There’s no decision to be made here. No call to make.

And if Jerrah and ginger are too stupid to realize what they have then shame on them. Because what they have is a legit Super Bowl contender and the nucleus of a team that could be elite for years to come if they’re smart.

Tony Romo is physically ready to start. But he’s not getting his job back. Knows it. And while he’s probably not happy about it, he’s handling it professionally. But accepting it. By accepting that this is now Dak’s team and that he’s a backup. By accepting that he may have played his last down in Dallas already.

Prescott has led them to 8 straight wins. They have the best record in the NFC; they might be the team to beat in that conference. They’re rolling right now. Why would they do anything to disrupt that? Much less, risk jacking it up completely by hitting the brakes and trying to work a 36-year old who hasn’t played in a year, back into the mix. They’re not doing that. Nor should they.

Romo had a great run in Dallas. He may still have a future in the league at 36. But not with the Cowboys. It’s tired but it’s true; the NFL does stand for ‘not for long.’ Everyone gets replaced. Including Romo.

And he knows he’s no different than anyone else in that regard. Better q.b.’s than Romo have been replaced. That’s why he’s not making any noise. And has accepted his role as a backup. Because he has no choice.

And considering how incredible everything is going for them right now, handling this any other way than he has, would make him look like a bad guy. And he knows that too. It’s so obvious this is Dak’s team, even Jerry Jones knows it.

The Cowboys haven’t looked this good in years. Haven’t been this relevant in years.

And they have a rookie q.b., who is doing things that have never been done before. This cat is special. And the Cowboys are a legitimate Super Bowl contender. Why the hell would you mess with any of that? You wouldn’t. And they’re not.

Tony Romo made his first public comments since he was injured in August. Bottom line here. He’s done in Dallas.

Romo essentially said as much yesterday, when he said he has to start all over again. And he didn’t mean in Dallas. He handed the torch to Dak Prescott.

Never mind, that Dak had ripped it from him weeks ago; Romo finally got around to acknowledging it… finally admitted publicly, that it’s Dak’s job. And that Romo himself had accepted it.

And while it pained Romo to do so, he did it with class and promised he wouldn’t make any trouble… that he wouldn’t be a distraction, and wouldn’t do anything to jerk with this amazing season the Cowboys are having. And that he had Prescott’s back and would do anything he could to help him.

But clearly, the biggest takeaway is he admitted Dak Prescott deserves to be the Cowboys’ starting quarterback.

Probably not the easiest thing for him to say… but what else could he say? That he should get his job back because guys don’t lose their jobs to injury? That’s a lie. They do all the time. That Romo gives them a better chance to win? He doesn’t.

While he’s been out for nearly a year, Dak has been there, grinding it out with everyone else and leading them to the best record in the NFC. It’s Dak’s team. And Dak’s time. Romo’s time there is finished. He knows it. And he owned it yesterday.

Just when I thought things were on course and moving in the right direction on the S.S. America’s Team, captain Jerry Jones had to grab the wheel and steer dead left back towards Romo Island for absolutely no reason.

Because ol’ Jerrah couldn’t resist entertaining the Dallas Morning News’ probes on what’s next for Tony Romo.

“It’s not a goodbye. I think Tony has five years left of really competing for a super bowl. I believe tony will be the quarterback on a super bowl team. I believe that strongly. We’re talking generic now, and I have no plans for him not to be part of the Dallas cowboys. Not a consideration. It is very tenable for me to see on a long-term basis with us being strong at quarterback with these two. That’s where we are.”

Come on Jerrah! Stick to the script. Just like Tony did when he read his own eulogy from one three days ago.

Why are you swerving way out of your way to throw out some bizarre prediction about a five year plan for Romo out there? That may be your five year plan, but I guarantee Romo has one of his own. And it doesn’t include you.

What it does include is his bouncing the second the season is over to another team and city that will give him a chance to start and to chase that illusive ring that he can shove up your backside, and get everyone off his back with.

You know that right? I get that this is like your surrogate son. And that seeing him in someone else’s uniform would wound you deeply. And seeing him win a ring in someone else’s uniform would be even more painful. But you can’t have it both ways.

You can tell this guy, we’re ripping your job and your dream, but we don’t want you to go anywhere. Just stay here with your ball cap, help the kid prepare and keep yourself ready in the event we do ever need you. This isn’t a problem, T. It’s a situation. And a damn good one to be in. For you, Jerrah.

Romo’s gone. He’s got a foot out the door. And you can’t blame him. Just as no one blames you for telling him you’re going with Dak. Just stop telling the rest of us, you can see Romo finishing out his contract and his career with you. Because he can’t. And he won’t.

And next time a reporter is trying to lead you down the Romo trail, just pull a page from the hoodie and rip off four straight b-bombs.

Baltimore. Baltimore. Baltimore. Baltimore.

Dak Prescott went next level with it yesterday, beating the Ravens and leading Dallas to their 9^th win in a row: you know the ol rap; when things are going well, the quarterback gets too much credit. And when they aren’t, he gets an inordinate amount of the blame.

Don’t get it twisted, the guy’s unbelievable, but I also know this; Ezekiel Elliott had as much to do with their success this season as Dak did. And the same could probably be said about their offensive line.

But I’m not saying that now. Not after yesterday. Because the Ravens and their top ranked defense made it a priority to neutralize Elliott and to make Prescott make some big plays to beat them. They were betting that he couldn’t do it if they took away Elliott. And they were wrong. Prescott played huge in the second half to drop a dagger on the Ravens.

This dude’s no rookie. He looks and sounds like a ten year vet. And that’s why Tony Romo had no shot at getting his job back.

Oh and one more thing about Romo: very good player. Very good dude. Who has had some really bad luck. But enough about what a class act he was for standing up and saying it’s Dak’s team. And Dak’s time. Because that wasn’t what he said when he reportedly first went to the team and said I’m ready. Let me at least compete for that gig.

Uh-huh… because they were just going to have an open competition, in the middle of the season, when the Cowboys were riding an 8 game winning streak. Sure they weren’t. So that wasn’t Romo getting up and saying the right thing because he’s that awesome a dude. He said it because he had no choice. He said it because they weren’t going to let him get his gig back or even a chance to compete for it. He said it because it is Dak’s team. And Dak’s time.

And Prescott proved it again by carving a very good Ravens defense when they had to have it most.

Dallas did what they do – they won again. This time beating the Vikings 17-15 in Minnesota for their third win in 12 days and 11^th on the season. It wasn’t pretty, but it didn’t have to be. In fact, it’s more impressive that it wasn’t. Let’s be real, there was no way they were going into that house, against that defense, and putting up 30, with or without Mike Zimmer on the sidelines.

Of course the Cowboys didn’t look great on offense at all. And hurt themselves time and again with dumb penalties on both sides of the ball. But they found a way to win. And that’s a good sign. Just ask the Seahawks losing to the Bucs by a baseball score.

Good teams find a way to win when they play poorly. And mature teams do it on the road, which is what the Cowboys did last night. Does it mean they’re the best team in football? Not necessarily. They beat a team that had lost its head coach to eye surgery, its offensive coordinator to who knows what, its running back to injury, and its offensive line to the plague. And yet, credit to the Vikings, they didn’t give up. Even though they were coached by a special teams coordinator, and the special teams unit turned in a brutal performance – and they still scored with 25 seconds left and had a chance to send it to overtime with a two-point conversion.

Uhhh, Sam. You do know the two-point conversion isn’t where you heave it through the goal posts, right? Truly one of the all-time worst two-point attempts I’ve ever seen. And yes, it’s another game that ended with the refs getting a ton of scrutiny for missing a hit to Bradford’s head on that play. A terrible look for the league.

Vikings defensive end Brian Robison said it best: “I’m sick and tired of the reffing in this league right now. I’m sick and tired of it. You’ve got holding calls all over the place that people don’t want to call. Bradford gets hit in the face at the end of the game and you don’t call it. I’m not laying this loss on reffing, but at some point it’s got to get better.”

Truth. It’s got to get better, but I’m not sure it will. But let’s be real – the refs screwing something up isn’t new and all that would’ve done is move the ball closer to the goal line and given Bradford a chance to throw it through the glass wall of the stadium.

According to reports during the game, Mike Zimmer was at home, listening to the game on the radio to keep his blood pressure down as he recovers from emergency surgery. I’m guessing that ending, and that meltdown by the special teams that gifted Dallas a touchdown didn’t help.

But last night isn’t about the Vikings being bad or the refs being worse. It’s about the Cowboys. No, I’m not going to declare that they’re the best team in the league.

But it’s harder and harder to say that they don’t deserve to be talked about like that when they’ve won 11 straight and have the best record. Bad teams can stumble into a couple wins, but bad teams don’t win 11 straight games in the NFL.

Right now, the Cowboys are like the reverse Browns – they’re finding ways to win no matter what, whereas Cleveland finds a way to lose no matter what.

The Cowboys clinched a playoff spot. If they beat the Giants this weekend, they’ll lock up the division and be even closer to locking up the home field throughout the playoffs.

Question then is, do you get your starters some rest before heading into the postseason, or do you keep your foot on the gas and not jerk with the team’s rhythm and chemistry? Jerry Jones told 105.3 The Fan he’s not going to rest his starters. And that’s the right move.

They’re the best team in the league right now; keep doing what you’re doing. Last thing  you want to do is jerk with the team’s rhythm, and momentum. They had already said they weren’t going to cut back Ezekiel Elliott’s workload. Good. Don’t. You also hear the argument they may want to run Tony Romo out there just to make sure he’s sharp in the event something happens to Dak Prescott. I wouldn’t do that either. The one thing they don’t need is Romo showing up, playing big and their having a q.b. controversy this late in the season. Romo’s fine. If for some reason they do need him, he’ll be ready.

I’m not worried about Romo being ready, I’m worried about them keeping Dak sharp. Leave him in there. This isn’t about Romo. It’s about Dak. He’s played all of 12 NFL games. The more reps and experience he gets, the better. He needs that. Romo doesn’t.

Sure, it would be brutal if he got hurt in a game they don’t need to win, but they do need him to get more experience. On top of that, he’s only played 9 games with Dez Bryant, so if you can get him more time with him, that’s a good thing too. Leave it alone. And keep playing your starters.

As much as the Cowboys have been owned by the New York Giants this season, I’m guessing the last thing they wanted to see was a white hot Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers coming in this week.

Because after that 4-6 start, Rodgers said he felt great about quote “running the table” the rest of the regular season, sending all the hot takers into delirium, looking to crush him, saying he was washed up and jacked up mentally because of his movie star girlfriend and issues he had with his family. And what did he do? He ran the table. Just like he said he could.

And if he made the same pledge heading into the playoffs, no one would be laughing then. No one would be saying jack. Most of all the so-called, NYPD: New York Pass Defense. Who Rodgers torched yesterday.  Lame nickname. And a completely overhyped dee.

My man, Bart Scott took some heat in New York for saying that Giants defense was overrated and that Rodgers would light them up. And he was right. On both counts. They weren’t as good as advertised. And Rodgers did abuse them. And he did it without Jordy Nelson for much of the game.

Rodgers was an absolute surgeon, doing what he does best, scrambling for about an hour, extending plays, fitting passes into absurdly tight windows. Oh and throwing Hail Mary’s. I’m not sure what’s more unbelievable about this: the pass, and the catch by Randall Cobb. Or the fact that the Giants knew it was coming and had no idea how to defend it.

And don’t forget this guy’s doing it with an 88 gamer lined up in the backfield next to him, and while clutching up with his best ball against the Giants without his top wideout Jordy Nelson.

And as good as Rodgers has been, I’m not sure he’s ever been better and I’d want no part of him or the Packers if I were in the playoffs right now, let alone if I were a team starting a rookie quarterback like Dallas is.

Jerrah, we know historically rookie quarterbacks usually don’t show for the “tournament” but yours had better or them Packers will be one game away from the Super Bowl, and you will feel as low as a crippled cricket’s ass.

Two-time NFL MVP and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is currently playing some of the best football of his entire career. After beating Rodgers and the Packers 30-16 in Week 6 this season, Dallas Cowboys safety Byron Jones will get a second look at the 33-year-old this weekend in their Divisional Round playoff game. Jones told The Jim Rome Show on Thursday what makes Rodgers so special.

“His ability to get out of the pocket and make plays. The guy can run out of the pocket and throw a ball accurately while running,” Jones laughed. “There’s not many quarterbacks in the NFL that can do that. He’s impressive at that. He’s a guy who is going to extend the plays. As DB’s we understand that, if we’re in zone, we got to stay deep. If we’re man, we got to stay on our man. So that’s going to be the main point for our defense on Sunday.”

Starting under center for Jones’ Cowboys is rookie Dak Prescott, who is making his first career playoff start. Jones, being in his second season in the league, is very impressed with what Prescott has done so early in his NFL career.

“It’s funny, because I always like to make the argument that playing defensive back is the hardest position in the league, and it’s hard, but being a quarterback, I think that’s a whole other level, and for a young guy to do that, it’s mind blowing,” Jones said. “You don’t see that often, where young guys, especially at the quarterback position, come in and make meaningful contributions in the way that he has at least, and he’s a special player and he’s going to be a special player for a long time for us, and we all have confidence in him and we all have his back.”

Jones has equal praise for the guy who Prescott replaced, Tony Romo. The former first round pick Jones was blown away by Romo’s concession press conference after he returned from his injury and how selfless the veteran has been throughout the season.

“Just knowing Tony Romo, knowing how competitive he is, for him to almost step aside and say this kid is been playing well, and I’m not going to ruin the chemistry on this team and let him finish that out. That’s impressive. That’s ultimate team player,” Jones said. “That’s one of those things, again, you don’t see in the NFL. A guy who has been playing this position for what twelve, sixteen years to give it to a rookie, an incredible team player, and he’s been supportive along the way, and he’s still supporting him, and he’s making us better on defense when he’s playing scout team quarterback, so he’s still a part of this team and we love him for it.”

Where are all those morons who were looking to bury Aaron Rodgers when the Packers were 4-6. All those imbeciles who said he was distracted because of a celebrity girlfriend and a family he no longer communicates with. Said he couldn’t lead and that he was washed up.

And I’m going to include some of you Packer fans as well. The ones who bought into all that nonsense, and were booing him at Lambeau. The same people who admitted that the team was busted up, but that Rodgers needed to be better than 4-6.

Well, he has been. In fact, this guy has been as good playing that position as anyone who has ever played it since he heard all that noise. The Pack is rolling, playing their best football when it matters most, winning 8 straight, and it’s because of the guy you tried to bench or even worse, retire midseason. Not inspite of him.

And on Sunday, scratched another notch into that big ass belt he rocks. And made another throw that seemed impossible, in an impossible situation. Apparently, drawing it up in the dirt, like some school yard hero… threading perhaps the dime of his career into the hands of Jared Cook, who caught that 36 yard laser and somehow stayed in bounds:

An incredible throw. Although Rodgers himself disagrees, and this cat is photographic in his recall of everything, down to the smallest detail, so he’d know. But I have to say, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen him make a throw like that. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen any quarterback make a throw like that. And on top of that, it was improvised.

You’re not going to find that play in their playbook. Because it doesn’t exist.  Because as any coach will tell you, there really isn’t a play call for third and twenty. And that was just Aaron Rodgers telling everyone what to do in the huddle, buying time as he rolled left, surveying the field, extending the play as long as he possibly could, waiting, waiting and then firing that missile into the arms of Cook, to set up Mason Crosby’s second 50+ yarder in the game’s final 3 seconds.

An amazing game. With an insane finish as the Cowboys rallied big to tie it, twice in the game’s final five minutes only to have Rodgers carve our their heart and show it to them. Doing it by making impossible throws, and holding onto the ball after a blindside sack by Jeff Heath that could have ended their season. But Rodgers held onto the ball, called his time out and then went Good Will Hunting on all of us. A play, and sequence that even blew his coach Mike McCarthy away.

It really was a mind-blowing throw, in a near impossible situation. And there’s one else who can do it. You need the talent, the arm strength, and the brains to get 11 guys on the same page, in an extremely hostile environment, and then you still have to hit that target with sniper accuracy. The highest degree of difficulty on the sport’s biggest stage. That’s Aaron Rodgers. And there’s never been another like him.

Pretty much nut-cutting time for the Cowboys and Tony Romo. They’re obviously not going to keep him as back up; not with the crazy cap number he has and not when he sees himself as a starter.

So if you’re Jerry Jones, and you have this crazy investment in Romo, an investment that hasn’t paid off and one they’re trying desperately to recoup, you’ll look to trade him in an attempt to get back a few pennies on that dollar. But that’s never going to happen, because other teams wouldn’t be stupid enough to do it. Not with that contract, and not when the player in question is a banged up 37-year old who’s always one hit from being stretched out on a spine board. Even Romo knows that. Knows no team is trading for a dude who has played just 5 of their last 32 games.

Every NFL player will tell you, the best ability is availability. And this dude has not been available. So he knows that even though Jerry Jones sees himself as Romo’s surrogate dad, business is business and he’ll break him off. Or as Jerry likes to say, there’s no need to circumcise a mosquito.

So then the question is, where does this guy end up? Obviously, he has to go to a team that has an offensive line that is good enough to keep him in one piece. And some weapons that he can utilize. And a defense that is dominant enough to afford him one last chance at a ring.

You don’t need to be some football genius to figure out where that is.  Could be Kansas City, if Andy Reid finally gets around to accepting he’s not winning a ring with Alex Smith. Or Denver, if the Broncos try to recreate that Super Bowl run with a noodle armed vet under center, like they did with Peyton Manning.

But the best landing spot for Romo, obviously, would be with the Texans. They are built to win right now. They have a great defense, plenty of playmakers offensively, and dude wouldn’t even have to leave the state of Texas. Oh and most importantly, they have Brock Osweiler under center right now. And although I don’t trust a 37-year old, with a broken back who hasn’t played in a couple of  years, I trust him a helluva lot more than I do Osweiler. I trust the guy they had before Osweiler, Brian Hoyer, way more than I trust Osweiler. Hell, I trust Chad Henne more than I trust Osweiler.

So when Romo gets cut, he can sign wherever he wants, and if I’m him, I go right to Houston. And if he checks out medically, and I’m the Texans, I bring him in.

You’d be getting an extremely motivated player who’s down to his last shot; and while he may have said all the right things in Dallas about Dak Prescott, you know it’s not what he really thought. And that nothing would make him happier than to jam his surrogate pop, Jerry Jones. So if I’m the Texans, I’d roll the dice on him. And if I’m Romo, I take what I can get and post up in H-town.

Biggest name out there now, is Tony Romo: the Cowboys are going to release him today and the two frontrunners to get him or the Denver Broncos and the Houston Texans.

You look at those two, and obviously, the Broncos are the stronger organization and franchise. But in my opinion, the Texans are a better opportunity and fit for Romo.

At 37 Romo has to be in it to win it, and the Texans have an easier division and path to the postseason than the Broncos do. He’d have weapons to work with there, a great defense that is going to be even more dominant now that J.J Watt is coming back. The Texans have a better offensive line, and given Romo’s history of injury and age, that’s huge.

Denver has a first year head coach and they lost their dee coordinator Wade Philips. And if Romo isn’t going to finish his career with the Cowboys; you know he’d love to stay in state with the Texans.

It wouldn’t surprise me if he ultimately went with Denver, but I think Houston would be a better decision.

As for the Broncos, I can’t help but wonder if they’re as interested in him as he is in them: they already have a couple of q.b’s, in Trevor Siemian and Paxton Lynch. And they burned a first rounder on Lynch, so they’re going to have to play him eventually.

Maybe, maybe, a healthy Tony Romo gives them a better chance to make a deep run in the playoffs than the other two, but that’s provided he can stay healthy. And I’m not sure he can playing behind that porous offensive line the Broncos have.

But I’ll tell you what I am sure about; that while John Elway may be open to bringing Romo in, he’s not going to pay Romo what he wants. Not if he wants anywhere near what he was set to make in Dallas.

Then again, if Mike Glennon really is worth $14 or $15 mill a year, how could Romo not ask for at least that much. Even a 37-year old, busted up Romo, who played just five games in the last 2 years.

Elway has to be thinking, he needs us worse than we need him. And he’s right. They don’t have to have Romo. But the Texans do. No way you run Brock Osweiler out there again if you’re Houston.

Great back. But no rocket scientist: went to a St. Patrick’s Day party over the weekend and was caught on tape pulling a woman’s top down.

A rep for Elliott told TMZ sports the woman was not upset and continued to hang out with him and his crew after the incident.

Still, not a very bright move for a guy being investigated by the NFL for his connection to a domestic violence incident. At this time, that has investigation, has not found him guilty of any wrongdoing. I don’t know. Maybe you refrain from ripping any women’s tops off, at least until the prior investigation is complete.

A little strange that he has to be told that, but clearly dude isn’t going to split the atom any time soon. Great back. Terrible reveler: if you want to party, party. If you want hook up, hook up; just do it behind close doors, with a consenting partner: not on some roof with a female who doesn’t know it’s coming…

I can’t believe I have to say this, but never, ever, rip off a woman’s top in public. That really isn’t something that has to be said. At least I didn’t think it needed to be said. But apparently, in the case of Ezekiel Elliott, it does.

Wake the hell up, dude. I get that a dude like that is going to have a sense of entitlement.  But no one is entitled to that!

My man is compiling a nice little resume for himself. A couple of car accidents, driving without a license, the domestic violence investigation and now this. That’s not just one bad night. That’s a pattern. And it has to concern the Cowboys. And if it doesn’t, it should.

I’m not here to give the Cowboys advice on how to handle this situation, but I am here to tell them they better handle it. Because this is a pattern and it is concerning. And there are red flags.

Now Jerry Jones says his timetable for making a decision on Tony Romo is now training camp: which really doesn’t make a helluva lot of sense.

In fact, it makes no sense at all: because Jones said back in February, that he would quote, “do right” by Romo, most assume he’d just release him and let him take one last shot at the ring with someone else.

That’s what everyone assumed, including Romo himself when he took to social media and said goodbye to the Cowboys fans, while bumping Bob Dylan’s “the times are a changin.”

But they’re not. Because he’s still there and Jones still hasn’t done right by him.

And Jones’ new training camp deadline for a Romo decision makes no sense. For a couple of reasons. One: the longer they keep him, the greater the risk of injury, and if he does get hurt, they’re on the hook for his $14 million dollar salary; and they don’t want that. Two, if Jones is stringing this out because he’s waiting on a trade partner so he can get something instead of nothing for Romo, he’s begging. That’s not happening. No one is trading for this guy. Not the Texans. And not the Broncos. I’m not convinced both those teams even want him.

But I do know that neither want to trade for him. Because they don’t have to.

They can just wait for Jones to cut him, and get him for nothing.

So exactly what is Jones waiting on? And what happened to his “do right” policy for Romo? If Jones really wants to do right by Romo, he’ll cut him right now. But he’s not.  Because he’s waiting on a trade that’s not going to happen.

And even worse, you have to wonder if he’s not cutting him, because he’s paranoid he’ll go someplace else and win a ring, and doesn’t want to give him a head start by letting him sign now and learn another team’s system. So he’s not doing right by the player. He’s doing right by himself. Just like every other owner does.

And Romo shouldn’t be surprised. He may have thought he was different, that he was special. But he’s not. Joe Montana didn’t end his career with the Niners. Brett Favre didn’t end his career with the Packers. Peyton Manning didn’t end his career with the Colts. And if Romo does want to continue playing, he’s not going to end his career with the Cowboys. And Jerry Jones, isn’t helping em, he’s hurting him, and he should be talking about his Romo do right policy, man!

The Sports Business Daily is reporting that Tony Romo has agreed to a deal to replace Phil Simms as CBS’ top analyst this coming season. CBS reportedly outbid FOX for his services and if that’s the case, that means he’s probably through playing.

I say probably, because I don’t know whether or not there is an out in the deal that would allow him to rejoin the Cowboys or anyone else. The report states that a deal has yet to be signed but that there is a verbal agreement in place.

Makes perfect sense. Dude is picking lifestyle and family over getting his brains beaten in and it makes perfect sense. Jobs like that don’t come along very often, and could carry him into the next 20 years if he’s any good at it.

So I could easily see where he’d pick that over playing another year or two. For who? For what? A ring? That’s not guaranteed. But a high profile gig and a nice paycheck is if he accepts this gig. And he won’t be getting murdered in the pocket and risk breaking his back, again, and taking additional hits that could affect him both in the short term and down the road. He’s picking quality of life and his family over the game.

The question now is, will he stay retired. I mention that only because of an NFL Network report which says Romo would consider returning to the Cowboys if they really need him. Meaning if Dak Prescott gets badly hurt, Romo would considering returning. But it sounds as if he would only do it for the Cowboys and not another contender should their qb-1 go down.

So that means the Texans will most likely go into the season with Tom Savage and Brandon Weeden at q.b. not nearly as good as going into the season with Romo under center. But still much better than having Brock Osweiler back there. And the Broncos will have Trevor Siemian and Paxton Lynch compete for the starting job in Denver.

So many things went down in the last week I almost feel like I need a Week That Was for the week that I wasn’t here.

You had Aaron Judge going legend Home Run Derby. The White Sox shipping Jose Quintana to the Cubs and then Quintana striking out 12 in his Cubs debut. Lonzo showing up in every kind of shoe and dropping one crazy dime after another in Summer League, getting Laker fans amped. The Dodgers continuing to dominate. And then yesterday, Roger Federer wins Wimbledon. Again. And Ezekiel Elliott gets into trouble. Again.

While pretty much everyone in the country was either watching Game of Thrones, tweeting about Game of Thrones, or tweeting about watching Game of Thrones, according to TMZ, Elliott was involved in an incident at a Dallas bar last night.

Actually, initially, there were rumors, but no actual reports of an incident and now there are reports of an actual incident at Clutch Bar. Ezekiel Elliott involved in an incident at Clutch Bar? Talk about being un-clutch. Hey-o!

According to TMZ, “cops at the bar spoke to a man who said his nose was just broken — but the man appeared to be extremely intoxicated and couldn’t remember who hit him. The man’s friend told police, “It was that Dallas Cowboys running back.”

I’m no detective, but if someone is saying that the person involved was “that Dallas Cowboys running back,” I’m guessing he’s not referring to Marion Barber. Or Troy Hambrick. Or Julius Jones. Or Felix Jones. Or Joseph Randle.

Charges weren’t filed, but that doesn’t mean this isn’t a problem. It is. Because there seems to be a trend here. And that trend is that Ezekiel Elliott runs away from trouble on the field and keeps finding it off the field.

There’s never a good time to be involved in an incident at a bar, but you know when is a really BAD time to be involved in an incident at a bar? When the league is reportedly figuring out how to deal with your previous domestic violence allegations. And when there was the incident at the St. Patrick’s Day parade. And then there was the car accident in May. And the car accident before the playoff game with the Packers. And the car accident before the Fiesta Bowl.

Again, no charges have been filed at this time. We don’t know what happened or what didn’t. Whether Elliott was involved or not. And even if he was, if he was just defending himself. We need more information.

But in this case, I already know enough to know Elliott is guilty. Guilty of extremely poor judgement. Guilty of putting himself in the wrong place, at the wrong time. Again.  Bottom line, it’s impossible to get into a bar fight, if you don’t go into a bar. And to answer your next question, what’s the guy supposed to do, Rome, just stay home. Yes,  that’s exactly what he’s supposed to do.

Especially when the league is currently investigating his prior domestic violence incident and was going to come up the punishment for it this week. Again, I don’t know want happened in this incident. I just know that it’s not his FIRST incident. Far from it. This dude is a magnet for bad news or he creates bad news, but either way, the common denominator are the words “Ezekiel” “Elliott” and “incident.”

When you think about the fact that the league is already reportedly considering a one or two game suspension for the previous domestic violence incident, my best advice to Zeke would be to sit out the rest of the summer. Get a Netflix subscription and chill.

Put your feet up. Seriously. The career you save could be your own. Because as good as he’s been on the field, he’s been even worse off it.

This is a dude who clearly does not get it. It’s pretty simple, if you can’t go to a bar without getting into a fight, or pulling down a woman’s top, stay the hell out of the bars.  And even if you’re there minding your own business, not looking for any trouble, and trouble just happens to find you, then stay the hell out of the bar.

Again, randoms can’t hook you, if they can’t find you. Stay home, Zeek. Just stay home.