Why are Jerry and Wade even trying to blow smoke, read here and here.

"He's a playmaker," Wade said. "He'll have to come in and prove to the team and all those things but I think it will be a short time before everyone knows what kind of player he is. ... That's his goal and we feel like he's a starter in the league. He's been to the Pro Bowl seven times. My feeling is you get all the good players you can get, and it will shake out."

"I shouldn't say (who's starting), in fairness to everyone concerned here," Jones said. "But he's going to be playing on a defense that gives him the opportunity to be the best he can be, and that's gonna be hard to beat out."

If you don't think Zach Thomas is coming into the mix here with the Cowboys as a starting ILB you are just not being realistic. Akin Ayodele or Kevin Burnett should immediately begin looking for employment elsewhere or begin adjusting to being a backup to Thomas.

I doubt Ayodele wants to be a backup and I sure Burnett is going to start barking about his role on the defense because he's done it in the past. Never a dull moment in Cowboys Nation.