Dec 30th 2008 4:00PM by Will Brinson (author feed)
Filed under: Cowboys, NFL Fans, NFL Eliminated Teams, NFL Coaching, NFL Media Watch, NFL Real TalkThe nice thing about being anyone on the San Antonio Spurs is that, well, you can generally sling criticism around; it’s not a characteristic trait of any particular player on that team, but after so many years of solid team play and, well, just winning, they’ve got some sturdier walls than most glass houses.

Hence Bruce Bowen’s recent comments to the about the Dallas Cowboys, his favorite football team. See, it appears that Bruce, like every single person in the free world except Jerry Jones and Wade Phillips, doesn’t think the Cowboys really have good chemistry.
“It’s very disappointing,” Bowen said of Sunday’s painful showing by his favorites, “but character wins out over talent any day, at least in my book. You can see how infectious certain characters can be down the end of the road.”

Bowen declined to name which of the Cowboys characters he considered “infectious,” but he made it clear he believed the Cowboys were doomed by self-centered players.
Well, Bowen might have declined, but allow me: Pacman Jones, Terrell Owens and Roy Williams (the receiver). Of course, Pacman was probably more of a distraction than a totally destructive locker room presence, but still, anyone who thought bringing him to the Cowboys would result in anything positive is running a fool’s errand.

And while Bowen is getting a bit aggressive in calling out another sport’s players, what are the Cowboys going to do? Tell him he’s wrong? Because, um, he’s not.