01/10/13: D-FW sports chat with columnist Tim Cowlishaw

Tim Cowlishaw joins us at 2 p.m., but ask your questions now and he will have them when he arrives. Thanks for your readership!

by SportsDayDFW 1/10/2013 3:59:51 PM
Very sorry, but Tim joins us at 3 p.m. instead of 2 p.m. today. Slight change in plans. It's an exciting, unpredictable world, isn't it? Please join us then or offer your questions now and stick around.

by SportsDayDFW 1/10/2013 8:12:19 PM
Do you think we could get a late 1st rd pick for Tony Romo and sign Michael Vick as a free agent?

by Curtis Polston 1/10/2013 8:57:54 PM
That is a wild, wild set of plans. First of all, no, you couldn't get that for Romo. Beyond that, why do you want to bring in Vick? As unpredictable as Romo, more turnover-prone, more injury-prone...but we are talking Cowboys so at least you're on the right track by thinking WAY outside the box.

by Tim Cowlishaw 1/10/2013 9:00:49 PM
Rumors abound that Monte Kiffin is getting the Cowboys' DC job, even from the Cowboys' own writer. What do you think?

by Barrett 1/10/2013 9:03:12 PM
That would be surprising, not so much because Kiffin is older than Jerry Jones but because I don't know that just coming in here and running the Tampa 2 defense is going to represent the change the Cowboys need.

by Tim Cowlishaw 1/10/2013 9:08:31 PM
Long-term outlook, who is the Rangers starting shortstop Profar or Andrus?

by Savory 1/10/2013 9:09:14 PM
I have to go with Profar. I don't assume Elvis is automatically headed to New York in two years to replace Jeter but I think Scott Boras will certainly play up that possibility to make it very expensive for someone to get Andrus.

by Tim Cowlishaw 1/10/2013 9:11:09 PM
Will the Mavericks make the playoffs again before Dirk retires?

by Valdez 1/10/2013 9:11:42 PM
Haha, good question. I think the answer has to be yes although it's hard to believe that Nowitzki will be going into his 16th NBA season next year. There's not a lot of wear and tear on his body compared to most, but he is coming back very slowly from this knee injury, still isn't a big factor in games, so we'll have to see what kind of hopes there are for him moving forward. They certainly aren't going to make it this year. Closing in on New Orleans for the last spot in the Western Conference will be more likely than closing in on Portland for the 8th seed.

by Tim Cowlishaw 1/10/2013 9:13:52 PM
did you realize cowboys throw 95% of the time when they are in shotgun?

by ron 1/10/2013 9:14:02 PM
Is that unusual? Other than the teams with Griffin or Cam Newton or a couple others, aren't most teams throwing 90 percent of the time out of the shotgun? I'm not sure why people claim the Cowboys need to run more when you look at their yards per carry figures and you look at Dez Bryant's and Jason Witten's production this year.

by Tim Cowlishaw 1/10/2013 9:15:16 PM
Do you think the Cowboys will run a different style of offense next season?

by Shawna in North Carolina 1/10/2013 9:15:24 PM
I think there will have to be some change made. I don't think moving forward with the same offensive plays --- or the same offensive play-caller -- is going to happen. But I'm not sure they will line up the

by Tim Cowlishaw 1/10/2013 9:16:11 PM
first week of September and fans will say, "Wow, that looks different." They're not going to the Oregon offense and they aren't running the Wishbone. Sorry for the breakup in answer there.

by Tim Cowlishaw 1/10/2013 9:16:53 PM
Do you think Jerry Jones will strip Jason Garrett of his play calling duties, and what OC candidate do you think Jerry will select?

by Austin 1/10/2013 9:18:10 PM
I think Jones plans to change play-callers. I don't think he can create significant change by bringing in a new defensive coordinator and leaving it at that. I'm not sure which direction he would go, I would expect a young coach, possibly even a college coordinator if he is truly looking for new ideas. And, no, before anyone asks this week, it won't be Norv Turner. Not a good mix. Not a good idea.

by Tim Cowlishaw 1/10/2013 9:19:51 PM
You ought to hear the conspiracy theories in regards to RG III on sports talk radio. Do you think it will cost Shanahan his job if the have a losing record next year?

by Cowboy fan in DC 1/10/2013 9:20:12 PM
I am not sure what the conspiracy would be. Why would Shanahan want RG III to get hurt? It was a terrible decision to leave him in for as long as he did, but I understand him wrestling with the decision because the Redskins were winning the game and because RG III was limping pretty significantly when they played Dallas the week before.

by Tim Cowlishaw 1/10/2013 9:21:16 PM
At what point do do think coaching for Jerry becomes toxic on the resume? It's got to be coming close, that if you go to work for Jerry, you'll get the league crazy laugh.

by DJames 1/10/2013 9:22:27 PM