I know it’s a little too early to talk about Super Bowl XLV already but since there’s really nothing much going on with football season over, we will.

And just in case you didn’t know, Super Bowl XLV will be staged in Jerry Jones’ ridiculously huge Cowboys Stadium. And since this will be huge for Jones’ unbelievable structure, having his Cowboys play will just be perfect.

But can the Dallas Cowboys compete in next season’s Super Bowl? Will they get the chance to play for all the marbles in front of all their fans in Texas?

After a strong finish to the season for the first time in… forever, and a nucleus of talent in its prime, Tony Romo and the rest of the Cowboys are sure poised to be legitimate contenders for the next 4-5 seasons. Their job is to win a title during that time.

Of course, the Cowboys still need to shore up the talent in a few areas like the offensive line, the safety position and their receiver corps. But there’s no reason to think they won’t get enough help in those areas to compete at an even higher level next season.

The Cowboys will enter training camp next season knowing they’re one of the league’s best teams as opposed to wondering about…

For the first time since 1980, the Pro Bowl will be played somewhere other than Honolulu.

That’s right, the 2010 NFL Pro Bowl between the AFC’s and NFC’s best will take place Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, at Dolphin Stadium in South Florida. It will feature some intriguing match ups too. Nowhere will that be more evident than when the NFC wide receivers try to shed the AFC’s starting cornerbacks.

With the Jets’ Darrelle Revis and the Raiders’ Nnamdi Asomugha pestering and shadowing DeSean Jackson, Miles Austin, and Sidney Rice, the NFC may find it difficult to get any sort of big play in the passing game. Throw in Ed Reed at free safety and Brian Dawkins at strong safety, and the NFC’s offensive coordinator Jason Garrett may want to consider calling Barry Switzer to get some quick pointers on the wishbone.

On the contrary, you have to like the NFC stable of quarterbacks over what the AFC is running out there. Matt Schaub will start for the AFC and will be backed up and at some point, replaced by Vince Young and David Garrard.

Meanwhile, the NFC is running Aaron Rodgers onto the field first, and then Donovan McNabb, and eventually Tony Romo. The NFC quarterbacks should be able to carry the day, providing they have any open receivers.

The running back duel will be the other place of greatest intrigue. The AFC’s Chris Johnson, the guy who makes greased lightning look like a lumbering lineman, was the first…

It was excellence of execution alright.

In what turned out to be one of Brett Favre’s greatest performances in postseason play, the ageless one scored four touchdowns, racking up 234 yards while giving up no interceptions in the 34-3 annihilation of the Cowboys in the 2010 NFL playoffs.

Yep, you read it, Brett Favre FINALLY beat the Cowboys in the playoffs as he connected with Sidney Rice not one, not two but THREE times before hooking up with Visanthe Shiancoe for their fourth trip in the endzone to send the ‘Boys packing back home to Texas.

But as good the Minnesota Vikings have been offensively, it was their pass rush that decided the game. Led by the Vikings’ fourth year defensive end Ray Edwards, the Vikings defense pressured Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo all game long, forcing him to commit the same mistakes that made the name Tony Romo infamous during the postseason.

Oh yes, Tony Romo, after beating the Eagles in their wild card match-up to get his first win in a playoff game, was back to his usual form in the postseason. Fresh from his stellar performance against the Eagles back in Texas, where he racked up 244 yards to score two touchdowns, he was virtually no-existent in Minnesota as the Vikings defense forced Romo to commit four turnovers, that’s three fumbles and an interception.

As far as Brett Favre is concerned, he was right on…

2-9 all-time and 0-3 in the playoffs.

That’s what Brett Favre is trying to improve on when his Minnesota Vikings play hosts to the Dallas Cowboys in their big NFC divisional match-up at the 2010 NFL playoffs.

As of this writing, the Minnesota Vikings are three-point favorites to beat the Dallas Cowboys and advance to the NFC championship game. But if I was a betting man, I’d think twice before I bet on the Vikes because of the fact that Favre hasn’t beaten the Cowboys in the playoffs, and this Vikings team lost two of their last three games coming in.

Still, if there’s a guy who can lead the Vikings to a playoff win over the Cowboys, it’s Brett Favre. At 40 years old, nobody thought he’d still be playing at this level and this Sunday, the Vikings need him now more than ever or it’s an early summer for ‘em.

The Dallas Cowboys on the other hand are one of the hottest teams in the league after finally posting their first winning record in December for quite a while. They have won three games in a row, scoring 75 points overall while only giving up 14.

Of course, the main reason for their turnaround has been the steady play of…

Can the Cowboys beat a very good NFC East rival for the second straight week?

That is what the Dallas Cowboys need to do if they have hopes of reaching the divisional round of the 2010 NFL playoffs.

The Dallas Cowboys already held the Philadelphia Eagles scoreless in their last meeting last Sunday. Yes, the Eagles were outplayed in just about every phase of the game in Sunday’s 24-0 loss to the Cowboys that cost them a first-round bye and the NFC East title.

The Philadelphia Eagles offense was shut out for the first time since 2005 and their defense couldn’t get off the field against a Cowboys team that piled up 474 total yards, including 179 on the ground.

”They played better than we played,” Eagles coach Andy Reid said. ”They coached better than we coached. You get back to business and you do it in a very matter-of-fact way. If you get caught up in all the what ifs and this and that, then you’re making a mistake.”

”We don’t have time for that. It’s a hurried-up week and you have to get right back on the horse and figure out how to not get bucked off again.”

Can the Cowboys beat Donovan McNabb and the rest of the Eagles for the second straight week? Well, if you’re a Cowboys fan, you would be happy to know that the Eagles lost both regular-season meetings with the Cowboys. The first one, a 20-16 defeat in early November, was considerably closer than Sunday’s rout.

History isn’t on the Eagles’ side either, since 1970…

Because that’s exactly where they’re headed again in December, THE WRONG WAY.

After posting the best record in the NFC East this 2009 NFL football season, the Dallas Cowboys welcomed December the way they welcomed the month last season and the season before that, losing.

Yes, the Dallas Cowboys are struggling again in December, dropping the first two games of the month to relinquish the division lead to Philadelphia and possibly their hopes of a playoff spot. And since six new ”wrong way” signs were placed along the Dallas North Tollway as part of an effort to prevent more deaths and injuries from motorists going in the wrong direction, maybe somebody needs to put up one more inside the Cowboys locker room.

Well, at least Tony Romo and the rest of the Cowboys are consistent. They have always struggled during the month of December and with the teams these guys would have to play in the next three weeks, I’m not expecting ”America’s team” to finally put an end to what is turning out to be their very own ”Holiday curse.”

Next weekend, the Cowboys travel to the Superdome to face the undefeated New Orleans Saints. The Saints are just on a different level this season and I don’t see the Cowboys coming up with an upset in New Orleans.

After that, these ‘Boys will go back on the road again, this time to visit the Washington Redskins at FedEx Field. The Redskins are finally playing good football, probably because they know they don’t have anywhere to go now but up. They don’t have anything to lose at this point of the season and taking the Cowboys down with them to finish the year will just be too sweet to resist.

Then finally, the Cowboys end the regular season with…

If you’re a Cowboys fan, you’re probably starting to get worried at this time of the year.

Because it’s December and as we all know, Tony Romo struggles during the Holiday season. And since they dropped their first game of the month last Sunday, losing to the Giants 31-24, it certainly looks like the Cowboys’ issues in December is starting all over again this 2009 NFL football season.

The Dallas Cowboys now have the San Diego Chargers next, arguably the hottest team in the league right now. And for all ya’ll Cowboys fans waiting for Tony Romo and company to finish the season strong for a change, the turning point (if there ever will be one…) won’t be in this game with the Chargers.

The San Diego Chargers, after all their issues to start the season, have pulled it together and have once again found themselves lording over the AFC West. These guys have won seven straight games. SEVEN. And the only ones that did better are the two teams that have yet to taste defeat this season, the Colts and the Saints.

LaDainian Tomlinson is back to his old self too to compliment Philip Rivers in the passing game. The Chargers are so well built together that teams won’t be too happy playing them come playoff time.

The Dallas Cowboys, on the other hand, need to play and beat…

Don’t worry, we got you covered.

Yes, it’s Thanksgiving and since it’s customary for the NFL to bombard you with not one, not two, but THREE games for you to enjoy while you stuff yer mouth with that turkey, we’re gonna tell you which team to bet on as we kick off Week 12 of the 2009 NFL football season.

And in case you’re wondering, the Detroit Lions will once again host a Thanksgiving Day game. Go figure. This year, the 2-8 Lions take on the 6-4 Green Bay Packers and just like the last time the Lions hosted a Thanksgiving Day game, they’re going to get their asses kicked all over Ford Field for the entire world to see.

The Green Bay Packers, who have won their last two games, will have to compensate for the losses of the two Pro Bowl players; cornerback Al Harris and linebacker Aaron Kampman, as both players will miss the rest of the season because of knee injuries.

The Packers will plug in either rookie Brad Jones or Brady Poppinga to replace Kampman at left outside linebacker in their 3-4 scheme. Jones started for Kampman, who…

It’s Week 10 people.

You read it, Week 10 of the 2009 NFL football season continues this Sunday with a huge lineup of games that will surely make or break one’s weekend. (Depending on who ya’ll are betting on of course…)

And while we all go ga-ga over the Pats – Colts matchup this Sunday night, there are still some huge games on this Sunday’s schedule that you shouldn’t dare miss. And since teams are starting to make that one last gasp for a playoff spot, we can expect some very very competitive games starting this Sunday all the way to the Super Bowl.

We’ll start off with this matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers. The Packers will look to bounce back from a disappointing loss to the once winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Packers have dropped their last two games, sending them to a 4-4 mark. They desperately need a win when the Cowboys visit them at Lambeau.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was sacked six times for the second consecutive game last Sunday against the Bucs. Rodgers has absorbed a league-worst 37 sacks this year. Perhaps what’s even more unsettling is the way they virtually gave the game away to Tapa Bay.

Green Bay allowed a blocked punt that was returned for a touchdown and gave up an 83-yard kickoff return to Clifton Smith to set up the first of Tampa Bay’s three touchdowns in its fourth-quarter comeback. This is after the Packers surrendered…

The race for postseason slots are starting to heat up.

Yep, we are now starting to see which of the teams this 2009 NFL football season will be making a run at the Super Bowl come February.

After eight weeks, we have the Indianapolis Colts tearing it up in the AFC and the New Orleans Saints having a dream season for the Big Easy. Will these two teams meet each other in Super Bowl XLIV?

But before you contemplate on that, we still have some huge games for you this week as the season continues with Week 9. Sure, Brett Favre and those Minnesota Vikings have the week off, but will that stop you from watching more of the NFL this Sunday? Probably not.

One game you should watch out for is this game between the Miami Dolphins and the New England Patriots. Miami is coming off a huge win over the New York Jets last Sunday as they look to take Sanchez and the rest of his Jets out of that no.2 spot in the AFC East. A win over Tom Brady at Foxboro could give ‘em just that but of course, that’s easier said than done.

The New England Patriots are starting to look like the Patriots team that broke all kinds of records two years ago. They are currently lording over the AFC East coming to their divisional rivalry game with the Dolphins this Sunday.

I don’t like Miami’s chances this weekend. Tom Brady is throwing…