Fun Day At Valley Ranch

Dallas Cowboys linebacker Bradie James ((pictured, thanks Vernon Bryant/Dallas Morning News)) was none too happy over a sign a fan brought with him to the Cowboys complex today. It ended up as a confrontation, an in-house discussion, a new pair of shades for the fan, and no charges filed.

From Tim MacMahon's work from the Dallas Morning News...

"A fan wearing a Jason Witten jersey stood on the street in front of the Cowboys' Valley Ranch facility today, wearing a sandwich board that read, "WADE IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE STAR" and "OUR TEAM HAS NO HEART." The man ended up calling Irving police after a confrontation with LB Bradie James.

James said the fan was blocking his way out of the parking lot, leading him to tell the man he needed to get out of the way or get hit by the linebacker's luxury SUV.

"He said, 'Why you guys didn't show that fire last night? You should have showed that heart last night!'" James recalled to reporters. "So next thing you know, I'm just ripping his sign off him. So I ripped the sign off him. He said I broke his glasses, so I went and gift-wrapped some Oakleys. He got something out the deal."

And Wade Phillips, whose job is safe for now... vows to get "tougher..."
We defer to the words of Jean-Jacques Taylor of the Dallas Morning News for starters...

"Wade Phillips presides over the most gutless team in franchise history.
That's his legacy.

Forever.

And it should be after Philadelphia stomped the Cowboys, 44-6, in a win-and-you're-in-the-playoffs game Sunday.

But he's keeping his job – even after the worst loss of the Jerry Jones era. Seriously.

Jerry wants to keep the coaching staff intact because he said the continuity provides Dallas with its best chance to win. Besides, he doesn't want to make the same mistake he did nearly a decade ago, when he fired Chan Gailey after only two seasons.

Can you say poppycock?"

There... we said it- "poppycock."
But we like to call "shenanigans" as well...