Texas Cowboys versus “Scrubs” ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith Issues Ignorant Rant in Response to Record
But we wonder, in relation to well-known ESPN comic and shock jock Stephen A. Smith, if “Ignorance Also Funny”?
The Dallas Cowboys, who are 9-3, own the second-best record in the league, the highest scoring
offence (32.3 points) in the league, which is led by an MVP candidate, and one of the league’s best play-making defences, which is led by two candidates for Defensive Player of the Year.
They are a formidable team at AT&T Stadium with a 6-0 home record; they have won four straight games and six of their previous seven games.
Right on! Following yet another Dallas triumph, Stephen A. grabbed himself a segment “hot topic,” ignoring all the numbers until he finds one that fits a negative narrative.
“The teams that they defeated at AT&T Stadium aren’t the ones who will be waiting for him in the postseason,” Smith remarked.
It is likely that Smith used the pronoun “him” to refer to Dak Prescott, the previously mentioned MVP candidate, about whom nothing bad can be said.
Unless you’re a celebrity on ESPN performing a skit.
Not that Dallas hasn’t faced and defeated weaker teams. It’s also true that the Cowboys have lost on the road in their two meetings with the other two NFC heavyweights, the Philadelphia Eagles and the San Francisco 49ers.
However, Smith and other critics fail to mention this: nearly every successful NFL team has, at least in part, built its reputation on winning games that they are favoured to win.
The Cardinals, Seahawks, Rams, Bucs, and other “non-winning-record” opponents have all been defeated by the Niners, to name just one. Oh, and they have also suffered defeats at the hands of the Vikings and the Bengals.
Is San Francisco’s 8-3 record any better than Dallas’ 9-3 record?
Do you need more evidence of how common it is for superior teams to dominate inferior teams? Moving on, the AFC is led by Baltimore, who win 9-3.
The Ravens have victories over non-winning teams like the Seahawks, Cardinals, Titans, and Bengals.
The Texans, who were defeated by Baltimore, are now 6-5. Baltimore lost to the 6-5 Colts, a mediocre team as well.
Nothing about this is shocking, aside from the fact that Stephen A. Smith’s analysis of the Ravens’ defeat to the Colts takes up fifteen minutes on his show and doesn’t accomplish anything.
He therefore pretends to “hate” and “analyse” the Cowboys for the entire fifteen minutes.
Dallas recently defeated a strong Seattle team. Next week, the “gauntlet” will continue with games against the Eagles, Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions, and Eagles in order to finish the season against the rival Washington Commanders.
Tests are going to be administered. We anticipate some victories. and perhaps even defeats. And we presume that in “analysing” all of it, there will be comedic ignorance cloaked in “sports talk” from one significant corner of the NFL universe, at the very least.
