Mick's Mail

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Monday, March 8, 2010

Brent, Frisco, TX: Can’t you at least get Stephen and Jerry Jones to invite Jeff Wolfert of Missouri to camp? Dallas is perfect for him. David Buehler handles kickoffs. We just need a kicker.

Mickey: Well, you sure got that right, the Cowboys certainly do need a kicker. I’m guessing at this point the Cowboys will see how Buehler does over the next month or so working with newly-hired kicking coach Chris Boniol, and don’t forget they also signed Connor Hughes. But they can’t leave this position to chance, and maybe not even to a kicker who has never attempted an NFL field goal. You know Matt Stover, who grew up in Dallas, is still out there, and it might be a thing where they turn to a veteran like that if the young guys don’t work out. As for Wolfert, he might need a tad more than my Missouri ties to get him a look. He did get a look with the Bears last spring but wasn’t signed. Not sure if the NFL thinks he has a big enough leg. But I’ll ask around.

M. Kevin Kelley, Franklin Park, NJ: When does the Pro Football Hall of Fame committee’s credibility come into question after again failing to induct Charles Haley? Enough seems to be enough at this point. John Randle was a superb defensive tackle, but Haley far and away was a better lineman and has five Super Bowls to his credit, where as Randle has none.

Mickey: I’m with you on that. But I’m afraid the presentation at the Super Bowl for the committee wasn’t strong enough. I’m told it was totally based on Haley being the only player with five Super Bowl rings but not enough based on what an integral part of those teams’ success he was. Needed probably more testimony from guys he went up against. I agree with you, Haley before Randle, but again, there you go, that would have been nearly a third of the guys voted in being Cowboys when you include Emmitt Smith.

M. Kevin Kelley, Franklin Park, NJ: So give us your take on this year’s Pro Bowl format – being on the mainland, the constant roster re-shuffling, players skipping out all together and the notion that others backed in.

Mickey: Well that might all be true, but it became the most watched Pro Bowl on television in quite a while. Being on the mainland is good, I think, especially from the players’ standpoint since they don’t have to spend all the money they make flying in friends and family and they did with the more expensive trips to Hawaii. (Although it’s going back to Honolulu next year.) Also, look, guys have been backing out of actually playing in the game for years, and while everyone seems upset about the Super Bowl participants not being able to play in the game, those guys generally backed out with the game being played immediately after the Super Bowl anyway, so what’s the difference. Playing an all-star game of football is just a failed format to begin with. There is only one truly well-played all-star game, and that’s baseball. The rest are just a bunch of b.s.

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