Football is my favorite sport to watch. Following the NFL season on TV or watching games in person are great. The '98 season just closed out with the Super Bowl and Pro Bowl ending recently, so there is a while until next season.
The Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys have been my favorite NFL team for a long time -
probably 12 or so years. I liked the team before I moved to Texas,
but it is more convenient now that I live in Texas as every game is televised.
The Cowboys have performed about as opposite my favorite baseball team
(NY Mets) as possible in the time frame I have followed. The Cowboys
were among the worst in the NFL toward the end of the 80's, but turned
everything around very rapidly, winning three Super Bowls in the four year
span of 1992 to 1995. My father actually purchased season's tickets
for the 1989 season, which was great. I watched the Cowboys play
(and lose) three times that year. It turned out to be their last
season under Tom Landry (no relation). Watching Cowboys games is
almost a family event with us, especially in the playoffs. I do everything
I can to make sure I don't miss a game.
Links to sections in their roster:
Offensive
Skill Positions
Offensive
Line
Defensive
Line & Linebackers
Devensive
Secondary
Others
Emmitt
Smith
When I saw all of the records Emmitt Smith set at the University of
Florida flash in front of the TV screen during his last collegiate game,
I was amazed. I didn't really know many college players when the
NFL draft usually went on, but when the Cowboys chose Emmitt Smith in the
1990 draft, I was thrilled that I knew who he was. His career in
the NFL has been nothing short of phenominal, surpassing the 1000 yard
mark in each season except for his rookie year (missed by 63). He
is on a great pace to crack into the list of the top career runners of
all time with his 12,566 yards in 9 seasons. Many thought he was
slowing down until his 1300 yards in 1998 propelled the Cowboys into the
playoffs. Smith holds the single season record for rushing touchdowns
with 25 in 1995. It is only a matter of time (some time next season)
before he will hold the career record for touchdowns.
My All Pro Team (sort of)
I would like to say that I know enough about football to accurately
evaluate all of the NFL players, but that just wouldn't be true.
I don't pay enough attention to the lineman. So here is my adapted
All Pro Team
NFC
AFC
Quarterback
Steve Young
Vinny Testaverde
Randall Cunningham
Doug Flutie
Running Back
Jamal Anderson
Terrell Davis
Garrison Hearst
Fred Taylor
Emmitt Smith
Marshall Faulk
Full Back
Mike Alstott
Kimble Anders
Wide Receiver
Antonio Freeman
Eric Moulds
Randy Moss
Jimmy Smith
Terrell Owens
Keyshawn Johnson
Tight End
Cameron Cleeland
Shannon Sharpe
Defensive Line
Reggie White
Bruce Smith
Michael Strahan
Michael Sinclair
Kevin Greene
Jason Taylor
John Randle
Michael McCrary
Chris Doleman
Trevor Pryce
Linebacker
Derrick Brooks
Ray Lewis
Ed McDaniel
Chad Brown
Michael Barrow
Zach Thomas
Ken Norton Jr.
John Mobley
Secondary
Deion Sanders
Shawn Springs
Ray Buchanan
Ty Law
Merton Hanks
Aaron Glenn
Darren Woodson
Rod Woodson