While Tony Romo recovers from a broken pinkie and the Dallas Cowboys have to deal with yet another suspension to Pacman Jones, owner Jerry Jones is still going strong. Yesterday, the Cowboys acquired Roy Williams and a 7th round pick in the 2009 draft from the Detroit Lions in return for 1st, 3rd, and 6th round picks in the 2009 draft. And no, I am not talking about the horse collar tackling Roy Williams who plays safety, I’m talking about the WR Roy Williams. Additionally, Jones gave him a 5 year, $45 million extension, with more than $20 million in guaranteed money.

With Romo out, this deal provides backup QB Brad Johnson with another target to help the Cowboys offense. Additionally, this move should help Terrell Owens, as he should get less double coverage now. According to Jones, when he informed T.O. of the trade, he was “ecstatic.” This deal also gives Dallas a true #2 WR they have not had since cutting Ohio State alum Terry Glenn. When Romo returns from his injury, with T.O., Williams, Patrick Crayton, Jason Whitten, Miles Austin, Marion Barber III, and Felix Jones, along with a massive offensive line, this will be a very explosive Cowboys offense. How they do in the interim remains to be seen, this move puzzles me. Jerry Jones paid a pretty high price to get him, giving up the draft picks and then the money to keep him, and with Terrence Newman and Pacman Jones out on defense, more offense doesn’t seem to be the Cowboys biggest priority. But this certainly helps the offense.

It’s official: Pacman Jones will never learn. After his reinstatement following being suspended for the entire 2007 season, I thought Pacman was a changed man. I wanted to believe it. I really did. He said he never had a good support group, as no male in his family lived past age 25. He befriended Deion Sanders, Tank Johnson and other Cowboys players and surrounded himself with better people.

And then 6 weeks after commissioner Roger Goodell reinstated Pacman, he gets into an alcohol-related scuffle with one of the four bodyguards the Cowboys assigned to be around Pacman 24/7, that were in essence, babysitters. And Goodell took notice, suspending the cornerback for at least 4 games without pay. Goodell said he will determine how long the suspension ultimately will be following the Cowboys week 11 game vs. the Redskins on November 16.

This suspension also means that the Cowboys will get back the 6th round pick in the 2009 draft that they sent to Tennessee when they traded for Jones. They will also get the Titans 5th round pick next year. With Pro Bowl cornerback Terrance Newman out for another month or so after surgery to repair a sports hernia, and QB Tony Romo out with a broken pinkie, this could be a severe blow to the Cowboys playoff hopes.

So long, Pacman. It was nice knowing you. Goodell clearly said reinstatement was contingent on following terms of the probation, one of which was no alcohol-related incidents, and obviously stay out of trouble. He obviously will never learn. I think it’s time this scumbag gets thrown out of the league forever. Among the many scuffles this scumbag has had with the law, thanks to this waste of sperm, who decided it would be cool to make it rain with his own money, and then attack people for deciding to pick it up, there is a man who is paralyzed and will be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. I hope Pacman gets a lifetime ban with no appeal and no chance to ever return.

Add a broken pinkie on Tony Romo’s throwing (right) hand to the list of all the wild things that happened at the end of regulation and in overtime of Sunday’s wild Cowboys-Cardinals game. In the Cowboys loss, Sunday, it turns out that Romo broke his pinkie, and could be out for up to a month. If he misses a month, he will miss 3 games, this Sunday at St. Louis, the following week vs. Tampa, and then a trip to the Meadowlands to face the G-Men. The Cowboys have their bye after that. With the Cowboys at 4-2, and 1-1 in divisional play, this could be a damaging blow to the Cowboys. 40-year old Brad Johnson will replace Romo. Johnson has not started a game since 2006.

Ever since last year when Denver Broncos head coach Mike Shanahan called timeout right before the ball was snapped on a field goal try, coaches in the NFL and NCAA have been copying the tactic. Lots of people call the tactic Bush League and call for the rule to be changed so that a coach can’t call timeout on a field goal the instant before the ball is snapped. The results of the October 12 game between the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals is exhibit 1 on why the rule should be legal:

The Cowboys were trailing the Cardinals by 3 late in regulation. With 22 seconds left and the Cowboys on their own 31, Romo hooked up with Jason Whitten on a 30-yard pass. After a frantic dash to spike the ball, 4 seconds were left, and the Cardinals were called for off-sides, moving the ball up to the Arizona 34. After massive confusion and some delays, play resumed with 4 seconds to go and the Cowboys lining up to kick a 52-yard FG. Arizona was able to break through the line and block Nick Folk’s kick, and win the game. Or so it seemed. Arizona head coach Ken Whisenhunt called timeout before the kick, nullifying the block. On the 2nd attempt, Folk barely made it, to send the game into OT.

Why do people seem to forget that everything has another side to it? In this case, icing the kicker can backfire. Additionally, kickers have said they don’t mind the icing timeout, it gives them a little extra time to focus and gauge the conditions. And with this method, as opposed to the traditional icing, where you call the timeout while the kicker is lining up for the kick, you’re giving the kicker a practice kick, letting him get the bad one out of the way.

After finding that Pacman Jones did not violate his contract while getting into a scuffle with his bodyguard, the Dallas Cowboys said Pacman will play today.

However, the league is conducting their own investigation, and is expected to make a ruling next week. Any suspension would be a serious blow both to Pacman’s NFL future, and the Cowboys, who will be without cornerback Terrance Newman until at-least mid-November after undergoing surgery to fix a sports hernia.

I guess a year-long suspension hasn’t done Pacman much good. According to Dallas police, early Wednesday morning, Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam Jones got into fight with one of his bodyguards at downtown hotel. The po-po said that no one will be charged for the incident.

Apparently after incidents in strips clubs, bars, hotels, nightclubs, altercations with people, law enforcement, a confiscated car that he later had to buy back, and a triple shooting that has left a man in a wheelchair for life, Jones didn’t learn his lesson. Only after his means of making a living and earning money were endangered did Jones stop doing these things. The NFL has yet to make a decision to suspend Jones, but they are investigating the matter

Is this really happening, or is just a dream? Let me pinch myself to find out. OUCH! Oh my! It’s real! I really am seeing Ocho Cinco on Chad Johnson’s jersey.

After legally changing his name to Chad Ocho Cinco, the NFL has finally recognized it, and for all business related to the Cincinnati Bengals and the NFL, Chad Johnson will from now on be referred to as Chad Ocho Cinco, and that includes the name Ocho Cinco on the back of his #85 jersey, starting with this Sunday’s game. I am in complete and utter shock that the NFL would agree to go through this. I’m speechless.

Now Chad Johnson really is Ocho Cinco. The Cincinnati Bengals nutcase wide receiver has legally changed his name to Chad Javon Ocho Cinco. The change became official this week. On the Bengals team website, Ocho Cinco said,

“It’s something I don’t think anyone has ever done before. Have I ever had a reason for why I do what I do? I’m having fun.”

This all started 2 years ago in October 2006, when Johnson said during an interview that in honor of Hispanic heritage month, he would go by the name Ocho Cinco – a reference in Spanish to his uniform # 85. The correct way to say that in Spanish would actually be Ochenta y Cinco. No word yet if Ocho Cinco will be allowed to wear that on his jersey, or if the NFL will fine Ocho Cinco, or as his coach says, Ocho Psycho, for this stunt.

Finally, the Packers and Brett Favre have ended their impasse, when the Packers sent #4 to the Jets, in return for a draft pick that will be determined based on the success of Favre and the team. It is believed that it will start at a 4th-round pick in 2009, and will increase in value based on how the Jets perform. According to the NFL Network, if Favre takes 50 percent of total snaps with the Jets in 2008, the fourth-rounder becomes a third-round pick. If he gets 70 percent of the snaps and the Jets make the playoffs, it becomes a second-round pick; and if he gets 80 percent of snaps and the Jets make the Super Bowl, it becomes a first-round pick.

This move ends the impasse between the 2, and it keeps Favre out of Minnesota. According to the NFL Network, if the Jets were to trade #4 to the Vikings, they would have to give the Pack 3 first round picks. Finally, the situation is over, and I don’t have to hear this every day on ESPN.

After a series of off-field mishaps, the NFL has suspended Denver Broncos wide receiver Brandon Marshall for the first 3 games of the 2008 season, with the possibility of the penalty being reduced to 2 games, if Marshall meets certain conditions.

Marshall and his attorney were angered by the ruling, and were hoping they’d get a warning, but no suspension. Despite an incident in the off-season that left Marshall with a broken arm, he has been having a really good training camp.