It's unfathomable that the Dallas Cowboys are continuing to utilize Brad Johnson as their starting quarterback. As of this writing, the Boys are only down seven points, but Johnson is 4/9 for 52 yards and two picks. That's good for a 26.4 quarterback rating.And yes, it's quite impressive, if you're into praising putridity.
But yet it appears as if Wade Phillips is content to let Johnson keep failing his team out of this game. Of course, Eli Manning just hit Amani Toomer for six more points, stretching the Giants lead to 14.
Somehow though, Johnson is still in. And Joe Buck, who I generally prefer to disagree with on principle, has pointed out that there are probably Dallas fans in the stadium and all over the country wondering when they're going get a little taste of the sweet poison pill that is Brooks Bollinger.
I want to know the same thing (and, like Shane Bacon, am totally confident I could do a better job taking snaps) and I also want to know what on Earth the Cowboys coaching staff thinks Johnson adds to their gameplan. He can't make deep throws, he's completely immobile and he can't really make the short throws. Also, his job is to "not turn the ball over" and he does that a lot. Which doesn't seem particularly good.
Hopefully, there will be an update tacked onto this puppy after halftime. Otherwise, things are just getting silly out of control in Phillips' head.
Update: Brooksy did indeed come in to start the second half ... and promptly threw a wobbly quacker that was intercepted and resulted in a Giants touchdown two plays later. Everything's coming up Cowboy!
