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Columnist: Jerry Jones missed out on Sean Payton
Buck Harvey of the San Antonio News-Express wrote Monday that Cowboys owner Jerry Jones missed out on getting Super Bowl winning Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints as his head coach.
Harvery writes: "A former employee, Sean Payton, outlined what Jones once had in Dallas. And what he doesn't have now. During the 2003 draft, Payton did everything but demand the Cowboys take an unknown quarterback from Eastern Illinois named Tony Romo.
"The Saints became the first Super Bowl team to try an onside kick before the fourth quarter. (Wade) Phillips showed the Cowboys the opposite last month. Then, in Minneapolis, the Cowboys faced an early fourth-and-1 at the Minnesota 30-yard line.
"Jones saw what happened then, too, and he saw the opposite Sunday. He saw what happens when a franchise makes the right hire. He saw a coach playing every angle and inspiring his players, and he saw him win a championship for a franchise that had rarely won anything before. Jones saw a former assistant, too."
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Do Cowboys stack up vs. Super Bowl winners?
Now that another Super Bowl champion has been crowned, let's see how the Cowboys have stacked up in recent years.
2007 season _ The Cowboys beat the champion New York Giants twice during the regular season.
2008 season _ The Cowboys lost to champion Pittsburgh on the road late in the season. The Cowboys had a chance to win into the fourth quarter even though they played without their top two running backs and quarterback Tony Romo wasn't at his best physically.
2009 season _ The Cowboys beat New Orleans in the Superdome, ending the Saints hopes of an undefeated season after a 13-0 start.
Now ask yourself this. Does this mean the Cowboys are building toward the title and they're close, or does it mean they are spinning their wheels and don't have what it takes to reach the next level?
Super Bowl TV ratings
If you watched, you certainly had company. Here's an early rundown of Dallas-Fort Worth and national ratings.
HOF voter Rick Gosselin: Among other Cowboys for Hall, Larry Allen most likely
In a chat Friday on dallasnews.com, Pro Football Hall of Fame writer and member of the selection committee Rick Gosselin was asked about other Cowboys' chances to make the Hall of Fame in future years, specifically Ed "Too Tall" Jones, Drew Pearson, Chuck Howley Daryl Johnston, Jay Novacek, Larry Allen and Darren Woodson.
"The door isn't closed on the Cowboys of the 1970s but it's barely ajar. The committee seems to have drawn the line at nine Steelers from the 1970s. L.C. Greenwood was a multi-time finalist but could never gain enshrinement. So that's nine Hall of Famers off a team that won four Super Bowls. The 1970s Cowboys have seven Hall of Famers off a team that won two Super Bowls. The Steelers have two more players -- one for each Super Bowl they won more than the Cowboys. I don't think that's out of whack. Larry Allen will likely be in Canton one day but Novacek and Johnston would be on the bubble.
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