Writer’s Blocks: Reasoning With Football Season
FRISCO, Texas – It’s a lot easier to write a long, meandering column when you’re not on a short week. Apologies for missing Week 10. The Cowboys played on Monday night, and by the time I had regained my wits, they were kicking off against Minnesota. My bad. I have my doubts anyone actually missed this, but I mainly do it for me anyway. So I’m just going to hop right into it. Here’s a handful of stuff that’s on my mind as I try – mainly in vain – to figure out how I feel about this very confusing team we’ve all been watching. The fun thing about writing a weekly column on Thursday is that all the obvious storylines from the previous week have been beaten to death already. If you clicked this link to read about the red zone play-calling against the Vikings or the punt return that wasn’t, I’m sorry to disappoint you. By Thursday morning, I just can’t bring myself to do it anymore. Teams lose games for countless different reasons, and every loss has a scapegoat. Sometimes it’s obvious and sometimes it’s not, sometimes it’s fair and sometimes it’s…