I've always said I'll take the ugly win to the Picasso loss any day of the week. It's within our grasap. If we were being out-physicaled or just weren't good enough, that would be the discouraging part. But that's not the case with this ballclub. We're just having lapses at crucial times.

When you win a championship, it solidifies everything. People never talk about the Purple People Eaters [of Minnesota], or the Fearsome Foursome [of the Los Angeles Rams] in the same light as the Steel Curtain [of Pittsburgh] or the Doomsday Defense of the Cowboys. Right now we're in the same class. We won a championship, and we play lights-out defense.

I told the guys, this was an ugly win, but I've never seen a pretty loss, so we'll take it. We can play much better, but when you play poorly and still win, you've got to be pleased.

Once you've sat at the king's table, you know what it's like. That's a feast that everybody is going to be trying, ... It's a matter of us just repeating our success. It sounds crazy. But we do it one day at a time.

You're always looking for the best deal and the best situation for your client. Jerry Jones is that kind of maverick owner, and you've got a maverick receiver, so why not let them ride off into the sunset together? It's Texas. Don't mess with Texas. It's America's Team, and he's dominated the news in America for quite a while. T.O. is a perfect fit.

Outside Ted (Washington) and Bobby (Hamilton), nobody was familiar with (the 3-4),