To celebrate the Cowboys’ 50th anniversary, players from each decade were brought onto the field during halftime of yesterday’s loss to the Eagles. But the players were introduced as groups — “the Cowboys of the 1990s,” etc. — instead of as individuals. (The Ring of Honor players were later ID’d individually.) Those of us in the stands were left to identify the rest on our own, in the 10 seconds or so that each group appeared on the Jerryvision.
The 2000s group was only three players. Of course, everyone is going to recognize Dat Nguyen, and I know one of the others was Dexter Coakley. But the name of the third guy escaped me.
In the ’90s herd, I was able to identify Chad Hennings and a much slimmer Nate Newton. From the ’80s, I spotted Randy White. Roger Staubach stood out among the ’70s players, but I didn’t have a clue about those from the ’60s.
Would it have been so hard to have the PA announcer read their names, or at least scroll them across the Jerryvision screen?
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