I was determined to remain somewhat silent on this topic. However, I’m getting bombarded and a good 60-70% of my

Whats the greater risk?

What's the greater risk?

traffic is driven by those who google Miles Austin. And you might have noticed…I’M A FAN. Anyhow, Dallas media is abuzz right now regarding Austin’s visit to the Jets. After selectively discussing this, I realized this is my blog and I might as well say what I want and think. So here’s my actually credible, intelligent opinion on the situation, as opposed to whining like a 6 year-old who might lose her favorite toy.

This is all about leverage. Jerry Jones cannot keep his mouth closed – Dallas learned that before he officially bought the damn team. If he’d not sent verbal I heart Miles Austin love notes throughout the media and gabbed that he wouldn’t have let T.O. go if we didn’t have Austin – we’d not be talking about this. I’d still just be bitching about his “unsigned” status. However, Austin’s agent is doing what agents do best – being a dick. You  know he read that crud Jerry said and saw dollar signs. Jerry announced Miles’s potential value to the world, therefore, the agent thinks Jerry should prove it and put out. We’ve seen this game a trillion times.

After reading everything my eyes could get a hold of, Cowboy country seems to be split on the subject. Some say let him go and take the 2nd round pick, some say Miles is worth the money. I’m not retarded, I know they’d be taking a chance either way. If they let him go, they’d almost HAVE to take a wideout. Right now they’re sitting in a position to just take the best player available (even though I think we have specific needs). History has shown great receivers can come from the 2nd round, however, IN MY OPINION, that’s taking a bigger risk than fighting for a player you’ve nurtured for three years. A player who has showed great potential, finally has the chance to prove himself since there isn’t a diva holding his position down and as one commenter on DMN put it best, a player who (last season) turned out to be “our most productive WR in relation to opportunities given”

You can argue the knee injury all you want. But Miles is the complete athlete. I’ve no doubt he’ll live in a hyperbaric chamber if it means being the Cowboys 2nd receiver.