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The Cowboys announced a press conference for noon CT Friday Tony Dorsett Jersey 2019 , drawing much speculation.The only clues the Cowboys gave are: Jerry Jones will attend, and it’s a “football-related matter.”A contract extension for a player? An official announcement of Meghan Trainor as the halftime show on Thanksgiving Day? A coaching change? The more likely explanation is the announcement of a new honoree into the team’s Ring of Honor, assuming that qualifies as a “football-related matter.” Jason Witten is in town, calling Monday night’s game, but it seems far too early to induct the former tight end Womens Jason Witten 2019 Jersey , who retired only a few months ago. And Witten and Tony Romo likely are a package deal when the time comes.Former Cowboys player personnel director Gil Brandt should be next on the Ring of Honor list. Jones previously has alluded to adding Brandt, and Brandt now is a contributor finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2019.Jones is the team’s only Hall of Famer not in the Ring of Honor, but since Jones selects who goes in, it might be a bit awkward for Jones to announce himself as the next honoree.Former coach Jimmy Johnson would make the biggest headline, especially if he and Jones went in together.The Cowboys usually aren’t good at keeping secrets White Terrell Owens Jersey , but so far, no one has gotten the scoop on this one. This is shocking and not at all normal!"The NCAA Tournament is going on which means one thing, it’s time for NFL owners to get together and discuss various things at the annual owners meetings.It’s at these meetings where a lot of change theoretically occurs for the game we all love. Owners discuss various topics and concerns that are happening within the league, and among other things they propose new rule changes.In the days of 2019 there are some legitimate rules to discuss. There was obviously the missed call in the NFC Championship Game that likely prohibited the New Orleans Saints from participating in the Super Bowl. But while teams are focused on matters of such importance the Philadelphia Eagles are doing what they do best, obsessing with the Dallas Cowboys.Thanksgiving within the NFL is a very special (and financially valuable) commodity. That the Eagles would be obsessing over something so trivial isn’t shocking Terrell Owens Jersey 2019 , and neither is it that they were flat out incorrect. Those who are capable of more advanced thought have already realized that there is no competitive advantage associated with the annual Thanksgiving Day games for Dallas and Detroit.Really, the fact that NFL owners had to spend any time at all on this is quite embarrassing for the Eagles. It seems petulant at best to be complaining about the status of a Thursday game for Dallas and Detroit as if it’s some sort of advantage because it’s at home.We’ve actually seen the Thanksgiving Day game serve as a disadvantage for the Cowboys to some degree. Think back five years ago to the 2014 Turkey Day game when Dallas hosted, ironically, the Eagles after visiting the New York Giants on Sunday Night Football (the Odell catch game) the week before. The quick turnaround coupled with a long road trip was very difficult as far as regaining rest and it showed in the loss to Philadelphia.Over the last five years the Cowboys have actually been on the road three times in their game before Thanksgiving (New York in 2014, Miami in 2015 Dallas Cowboys Joe Jackson Jersey , and Atlanta last season). That didn’t stop our friends at BGN from trying to isolate a specific point to feed into this hilarity, though.It’s funny how zero and five not being even is suddenly a convenient argument when it fell on deaf ears regarding Super Bowl wins for so long, but that’s a whole different conversation. You can find “unfair” details about any team’s schedule if you look hard enough. For example the Cowboys were the only team in 2018 to face two playoff teams from the season prior and they had to do it back-to-back. Coincidentally one of these games was against the Eagles (Titans the other).There’s actually a funny detail about that game against the Eagles, one that the organization and their supporters have conveniently forgotten in their supposed quest for equality. When Dallas visited Philadelphia last season they were indeed coming off of that Tennessee game, a contest which you’ll remember took place on a Monday night.The Eagles were coming off of their bye week at the time. That’s right. Philly got two whole weeks of rest while the Cowboys were coming off of a short week Womens Joe Jackson 2019 Jersey , but you don’t see Dallas trying to change any rules because they feel like there’s a level of fundamental unfairness that exists.Maybe that’s the difference between the Cowboys and Eagles, in that one is rational and one is not. Maybe that’s just the difference between the world and the Eagles, who knows.