There's an article up on ESPN about the Dallas Cowboys "needing a reality check" because they only beat the Bengals by nine.

This is what happens when writers have to turn in a column, and there's no controversy. In the NFL, you win or you lose. As Bill Parcells said, "Your record is what it is." There's no style points. Beating someone, anyone by nine points is plenty.

I'm constantly amused by people who say "Jimmie Johnson wouldn't let that happen." Really? Like Jimmie wouldn't let his Cowboys lose to a last-place LA Rams team in 1992, when Dallas won their first Super Bowl? Or perhaps in 1993, when the Cowboys dropped a game to the 6-10 Falcons on the way to Super Bowl win number two?

Reality check? Reality, please. No one wins them all, even with Tom Brady, Randy Moss, and all the power of Bill Belicheck crack team of superspies working nonstop.

Really, 4-1 is 4-1. If you're having trouble finding controversies to write about, become a political writer, or investigate why my 401(k) account is shrinking like wet cotton candy.

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