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The AFC and NFC Pro Bowlers were announced a short while ago, and why make some pointless comment you are sure not to laugh at when we can just give you the rosters instead? Here goes.

FanHouse's resident referee will chime in weekly with thoughts on major topics relating to officiating. We call it The Zebra Report. Matt Snyder is a high school official with eight years experience. While this is like a third-year resident critiquing the work of a world-renowned surgeon, it's still better than someone who has never worn the stripes.

Wow, this was a long weekend to those who support the boys in stripes. That group may only consist of myself at this point, but I still do. Those people who like to call the officials "blind" -- which, by the way, is incredibly uncreative and lame -- or believe they are out to screw a team out of a game, really don't have any idea what it takes to officiate at that level. Hell, I don't. I do know what it's like to be on the field and be a constant scapegoat for people who aren't accountable for themselves and/or their favorite team.

After suffering a high-ankle sprain against the Panthers in Week 15, nobody was surprised to learn that Terrell Owens would sit for the Cowboys' meaningless season finale against the Redskins. But now it looks like the Pro Bowl wide receiver may not be ready to go in two weeks, when Dallas plays its first game of the postseason.

Head coach Wade Phillips announced that Owens was "iffy", which obviously has to have an affect on the Cowboys' offensive game plan even with Terry Glenn working his way back on the field:

"You're not as good offensively without T.O.," said quarterback Tony Romo, who was 7-for-16 for 86 yards and an interception in about 2 1/2 quarters of work against Washington.

The Cowboys are coming off a Redskins-administered beatdown, but Phillips downplayed the game, since Dallas had nothing to play for. On the good news front, the Cowboys hope to have cornerback Terence Newman, center Andre Gurode and nose tackle Jay Ratliff all healthy for the divisional round.

Although Glenn saw his first action of the season, he didn't catch a pass. Thay may have had something to do with the Redskins trying to take him out, to hear the Cowboys tell it, anyway:

A couple of Cowboys suggested Glenn was the victim of a cheap shot by a member of the Redskins. "I think they were trying to hurt me," Glenn said.

If Owens doesn't make it back, Romo has plenty of other offensive weapons. I'd only suggest keeping Jessica Simpson off the property. You know, just in case.