Roy Williams and Jessica Simpson

I can honestly say that I never expected to post a blog with Jessica Simpson’s name anywhere in it. I can also say that I don’t care about Jessica Simpson, in the least (which I’m sure she’s loosing sleep over) and don’t know what she has done recently worth noting besides being linked to Tony Romo. However, I did want to chime in on all the banter regarding the two and the effect I think she had on Sunday’s game vs. the Filthadelphia Foul.

This isn’t high school or college for that matter. We are talking about professional football and the players do this for a living. Do I think Simpson had an adverse effect on Romo which is why he played like crap? No, I don’t. Romo had a bad game for whatever reason. How many bad games has Farve or Manning had in their careers? Quite a few for both of them. It has been reported that Simpson was in attendance for the last 3 games…2 of which Romo played great. You know, IF Romo had driven the team down for a winning TD (like the week before in Detroit) then I don't think there would be one tenth of the people talking about it than there are now. The problem was Fox showing her up in a suite about every ten minutes during the game. If Fox had not even shown her, this would be a non issue.

People are saying that the only two times he has had a blond bombshell girlfriend at the game is when he played poorly. Well, as far as I know, he didn’t invite Carrie Underwood or Jessica Simpson up to Seattle to watch the playoff game last year which ended when he failed to control a snap for a game winning field goal. And, as sited above, Jessica Simpson has been to more games than this past Sunday’s game vs. the Foul. Speaking of Filthadelpia, I don't think you can glaze over the fact that Dallas was playing the Eagles both times when Romo had his bad games. Filthadelpia almost always plays their best when playing Dallas. I mean, it’s not like Dallas lost 35-7 to Atlanta, Oakland, or Miami. So, I don’t think anyone sitting in the stands had an effect, good or bad, on Romo. He is a professional and he is better than that.

Now, on to Roy Williams. I was asked by a friend yesterday if I agreed with Roy being suspended on Saturday for the “horse collar tackle” he made on McNabb on Sunday. I can whole heartedly say I do agree with him being suspended. The “horse collar tackle” was made illegal by the Competition Committee (of which Jerry Jones is a member) a couple of years ago BECAUSE of Roy Williams. The committee outlawed this because Roy seriously hurt 3 different players (one of which was T.O. Owens) tackling them this way. McNabb was pretty damn lucky he didn’t blow out his knee, or worse, Sunday when Roy tackled him like that. And what’s worse is that Roy didn’t have to tackle McNabb that way. He could have brought him down by taking out McNabb’s legs…McNabb wasn’t that far in front of Roy. It is laziness on Roy’s part and generally he has to employ the “horse collar” because he is out of position anyway. The reason I am totally on board with his suspension is that even though the “horse collar tackle” has been outlawed for a couple of years now, Roy keeps doing it. He has been flagged multiple times THIS YEAR for this and it is apparent that fines do not deter him from it. So, if fines don’t work the next step is suspension.

Dallas’ defense will miss Roy, there’s no doubt about it. Roy is at, or near, the top of the team in tackles and he is a presence which offenses need to account for. But, if a suspension is the only way to get his attention, then I am all for it.