Subject: Martellus Bennett

• It’s Officially Football Season

  April 15, 2008

• Cowboys Camp: Wednesday Morning

  July 30, 2008

• Hard Knocks: Week 2

  August 14, 2008

• Hard Knocks: Week 5

  September 4, 2008

• Cowboys 27, Packers 16

  September 22, 2008

• Cowboys 14, Redskins 10

  The Cowboys season was saved by ... Martellus Bennett?! You shittin' me? With one foot in the grave, the Dallas Cowboys not only climbed out of a death-trap deficit tonight in Washington but also resurrected their season. Admit it, with Tony Romo short-arming wobblers and Wade Phillips’ 3-4 defense surrendering a touchdown on the Redskins’ opening drive you were beginning to kick dirt on Dallas’ coffin. Give them credit, the Cowboys did not want to die. After the opening poss

  November 16, 2008

• You Betcha: Week 13

  Something I never envisioned typing along my life’s journey: Thank you, Martellus Bennett. But because of the backup tight end’s athletic, dramatic touchdown grab in Washington last week I’m still in bidness. Barely. Down a cool $7,500 this season, but in better shape than the poor schmucks who got hosed on Steelers-Chargers last week. You familiar? In short, on the game’s final play the Chargers attempted to lateral their way out of an 11-10 deficit, but instead Pittsbu

  November 21, 2008

• Nice Choice

  Silly us, we thought the season-long comparison would be between Felix Jones and Rashard Mendenhall. But, in retrospect, the Cowboys' best pick was Tashard Choice. With Jones (and Mendenhall) long ago sidelined with season-ending injuries, the fourth-round rookie from Georgia Tech has been a shockingly successful surprise. He filled in admirably for Barber last week and last night was by far the best offensive player on the field in the 20-8 victory over the Giants. In a p

  December 15, 2008

• Once An Aggie ...

  Over the weekend, Martellus Bennett posted this video in which he's sporting a Dallas Cowboys helmet while throwing down some decidedly NSFW rhymes that are, let's face it, not terribly tight for a tight end. Only way it coulda been worse? If he'd been sporting Mom jeans, which are worth some 502 comments on the Us magazine Web site. (You said you wanted more Jessica. Sorry -- that was Martellus Bennett.) With the appropriate tip o' the helmet to Dallas Sports Fans. Update: Guess someone told M

  January 26, 2009

• Your 2009 Dallas Cowboys: More Glitz; Less Guts

  Since there's nothing to do today other than stay inside and pray for these glaciers of ice to somehow melt by Spring Break, let's take a look at the Cowboys shall we? Remember what owner Jerry Jones said immediately after his team's 44-6 season-ending loss in Philadelphia? I do. "Where do we go from here? Everyone, starting here, with me, goes to the woodshed. Everybody goes to the woodshed. Everyone." One month later, let's assess some of the Cowboys' different interpretat

  January 27, 2009

• Tom Landry Would Not Be Amused

  A few Dallas Cowboys quick hits, apropos on a morning blanketed with a freezing fog. We begin, where else, with MartyB -- which is to say, tight (not bright) end Martellus Bennett, who follows his now-vanished rap video ("Romo, homo, etc.") with the apology below. FOXSports.com is reporting that the Cowboys have fined Bennett more than $22,000 for the original offering, though it's unclear why -- for the language, for sporting the helmet or for being dreadful. If it's the latter, expect more fin

  January 29, 2009

• While We're Cleaning House: Greg Ellis, Pack Your Bags

  He's unhappy? Yep, must be the off-season.Among the Dallas Cowboys' many problems, let's address this one this afternoon: Terrell Owens and Greg Ellis are captains. Let that sink in a second while I remind you that any team that annoints me-first guys as locker-room leaders is fatally flawed. We all know T.O.'s agenda. Now, Ellis is at it again. The other day on 105.3 The Fan he was commencing his annual off-season bitch-fest. In recent years he's complained about his contract, the tea

  January 29, 2009

• Whitt's End: 1.30.09

  Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *The Cowboys fined Martellus Bennett one game check for an obscenity-laced and offensive rap video. Interesting to see what they'll do to Anthony Spencer, who actually broke the law and got arrested. *So who you rootin' for in the Super Bowl: The Steelers, who have former Cowboys' safety Ray Horton on their coaching staff? Or the Cardinals, who have former Cowboys' assistants Clancy Penderga

  January 30, 2009

• BREAKING NEWS: Pacman Jones Still Thinks He's a Dallas Cowboy

  Dude, there's no looking back. Is there?You know those pigs that were raised by dogs so when they grew up they thought they were, well, dogs? Pacman Jones is a pig. I've been promised visual photographic evidence by my Sportatorium spies at some point, but for now we'll go with eyewitness acounts from those who attended Dallas Cowboys' safety Ken Hamlin's birthday party last night at American Airlines Center. Among the 300 or so people at the event, which too

  January 30, 2009

• BREAKING NEWS: Bob Hayes and the Hall of Fraud

  Somewhere between Milli Vanilli, Rosie Ruiz, Criss Angel and Dennis Green's "They are who we thought they were," something smells fraudy. Or, as the old Florida A&M college buddy and former business manager of newly minted Pro Football Hall of Fame member Bob Hayes says of Lucille Hester: "She's a fake. A total perpetrator. She's hoodwinked the Dallas Cowboys, the NFL, the Hall of Fame and the national media. But she isn't a member of the Hayes family. And she's about to b

  February 2, 2009

• Rock Out With Your Block Out

  Surprise, the lead singer isn't Tony Romo.Since I rip Ken Hamlin's birthday parties and Martellus Bennett's rap videos, guess I should lay into Leonard Davis' band as well. Wait, Leonard Davis is in a rock band? I saw Dallas Cowboys' offensive lineman Marc Columbo at a Godsmack concert at the Palladium in 2006 and wondered what he'd look like as a rock star. Now I'll get my chance to find out. Columbo is the lead singer of Free Reign, a "heavier than metal" band that includes teammat

  March 25, 2009

• Jerry Jones' Promises of Change Have Been Mostly Empty So Far

  Doesn't seem that the Dallas Cowboys have learned their lesson or changed one smidge

  February 5, 2009

• Cowboys Are Back on Track

  With a gutsy win in Washington the Cowboys saved their season and restored our hope. Now what?

  November 20, 2008

• Six Pac

  The Cowboys are counting on NFL outlaw Pacman Jones to pop the top on their sixth Super Bowl.

  September 4, 2008

• America's Tease

  With their best team since the '90s dynasty, the Cowboys can stop merely flirting with a championship

  July 24, 2008

• B-Hamp's B Dash Album Drops Today... And He'll Sign Your Copy, If Ya Want

  Life will be imitating art pretty much all night tonight as B-Hamp celebrates the release of his full-length debut, B Dash, by stopping and posing for the frame (thanks, I'll be here all week) at a slew of events scheduled to take place around town tonight.First up, at the Eargazum store at the Southwest Center Mall, B-Hamp will be signing autographs for fans looking to increase the value on their just-bought and no doubt still-wrapped copies of the disc. Oh, and later in the night, B-Hamp will

  May 19, 2009

• After the Draft: Projecting the Cowboys' 53-Man Roster

  Ugh.There's a minicamp at Valley Ranch this weekend, only three months before training camp in San Antonio and a mere 139 days until the Dallas Cowboys kick off their 2009 NFL season against the Buccaneers in Tampa. No better time to look into my crystal football and predict the team's opening-day roster. I guess at this point we have to assume Wade Phillips is going to be back? Right, then. Onward and upward. I'm not holding my breath for the winner of Michael Irvin's reality s

  April 28, 2009

• Dallas Cowboys: Three Dots and a Cloud of Dust

  Quick takes from a Wednesday's minicamp workout at Carrollton's Standridge Stadium: *Tony Romo says the story that appeared in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about him being told to lose weight is total bullshit. "That never happened," Romo said with a smile. "It just didn't." ... *From what I could tell, the defense was kicking the offense's ass. Patrick Watkins intercepted Romo's deep pass off a flea-flicker, and rookie Mike Mickens picked off a deflected Jon Kitna pass over the middle ...

  June 18, 2009

• Videos of the Week: Sports, Sex and Stupidity

  Lots of stuff hit the Internet while I was on vacation. Let's play some peek-a-boo catch-up, shall we? ERIN ANDREWS I can't legally directly link to the Erin Andrews video - you know the one - but I can say that I saw it last week at a site that rhymed with smotally nsfw dot com. I watched it a couple times (for research!) and I can say that I sincerely feel guilty about not feeling guilty. She is the victim of a crime. She's also a slave to her sexuality. No doubt it's opened pro

  July 21, 2009

• (Free!) Gig Alert: DOMAXXI Awards Show! (Now With Presenters! And, As Always, Free!)

  Ha! Like you didn't already know.Alas, I'll tell you anyway: Tonight, we make the Big Reveals and announce the winners to your 2009 Dallas Observer Music Awards, bringing yet another wildly success awards season to a close. Fun fact: More than 1,700 people stopped through the six venues we ran for Saturdays' DOMA Showcase! Thanks to all who performed and all who atteneded. It was a blast!Anyway, back to tonight's event: In case you didn't get the memo: Tonight's event at the Granada Theater is

  July 21, 2009

• What You Missed at Last Night's Dallas Observer Music Awards

  Dared to mingle with the younger, hipper, more talented crowd at The Granada last night and bumped into: *Martellus Bennett, who hopped up on staged and rapped like three songs. (Famous brother in tow.) *Mike Modano. (Famous wife in tow.) *Joey Greco. (Famous Cheaters crew in tow.) For what it's worth, my fave band of the night:

  July 22, 2009

• Because, Sure, When You Think Dallas Observer Music Awards, the Names "Mike Modano and Willa Ford" Pop to Mind

  Patrick MichelsPatrick Michels is putting the finishing touches on what's sure to be a sprawling slide show from last night's Dallas Observer Music Awards at the Granada. (Hence, the reason for no DC9 postings today -- but, look, back in my day, we wrapped around 1 a.m., grabbed an early breakfast, shook off the bourbonitis and were back in the office at 9. Kids today, I swear.)I'll update here when it's up (Update: It's up, with captions forthcoming), but till then this preview -- because, real

  July 22, 2009

• Picture Show: DOMAXXI Ceremony at the Granada Theater

  Patrick Michels Crowd surfing at the DOMAs? CROWD SURFING AT THE DOMAS!Last night's a pretty hazy one for me at this point, I'll be honest. I think it had something to do with the fact that there really weren't any breaks in the action--mainstage performer into punk stage performer into awards and so on. Or maybe it's the piles of drink tickets I stuffed in my pocket at the start of the night? Dunno. The memories are flooding back now, though, thanks to Patrick Michels' slidesh

  July 22, 2009

• DOMAXXI: Video, Audio and, Of Course, Some Photo Booth Love...

  The above clip is one man's take--this "one man" in question being Pugs & Kelly producer Eric Marc--on Tuesday night's Dallas Observer Music Awards ceremony. Warning: There is puke involved. (To be fair, I never promised it was gonna be a classy party...)But others are still talking DOMA in the aftermath of Tuesday night, too, including the folks at KTCK-1310 AM The Ticket, whose recent podcast features some fine audio clips from the DOMA ceremony. Even if you were there, it's worth listenin

  July 24, 2009

• Cowboys' Camp Questions?

  Home Sweet Dome.​A year ago at this time I was pegging the Dallas Cowboys for the "Super Bowl." Last time we saw them however - 44-6 losers in Philly on Dec. 28 - it was "or bust." Coming off 2008's 9-7 disaster, the Cowboys have shedded from their roster the leading receiver (Terrell Owens), second-best pass rusher (Greg Ellis), two best special-teams players (Keith Davis and Kevin Burnett) and the second-leading tackler (Zach Thomas). When the Cowboys open training camp in p

  July 27, 2009

• The Dallas Cowboys' Final 53-Man Roster Will Look Like ...

  Let's not get greedy. For now we'd settle for a win in December.​This? Just hours before the first practice of training camp here at The Alamodome, I decided to doodle up what the Cowboys' final roster will look like come the Sept. 13th opener at Tampa Bay. It starts here. And ends up below. Clip 'n save, woncha? OFFENSE: QB: Tony Romo/ Jon Kitna/ Stephen McGee RB: Marion Barber/ Felix Jones/ Tashard Choice/ Deon Anderson WR: Roy Williams/ Patrick Crayton/ Miles Austin/ Sam Hurd/ 

  July 29, 2009

• Camp Cowboys Top 10 Observations: Day 2

  ​Send me your players and/or topics to watch and I'll, well, watch 'em. 10. Goofball or not, Martellus Bennett is a badass. He's got the biggest, softest, best hands on the team. Marty B doesn't catch. He plucks. Expect to see plenty two-tight end sets with him and Jason Witten 9. At 6-2, 322, offensive lineman Montrae Holland is built like SpongeBob SquarePants. 8. Noticed something about rookie kickoff specialist David Buehler. When he kicks to the right, he steps of

  July 30, 2009

• Marty Be Freaky. Marty Be Funny. Marty Be Good.

  When he's not busy being all weird and great, he's even trying to improve his blocking. ​To my eyes, second-year tight end Martellus Bennett is the early star of training camp. And I'm not just saying that because he stole the show with his impromptu rapping at The Dallas Observer Music Awards last month. He's making all of us in San Antonio forget about Marty B TV and his getting fined for one profane video and causing a ruckus with another black stereotype off

  August 4, 2009

• Everyone Expects the Cowboys Quarterback to Be a Leader, But is Romo Finally Ready to Answer the Call?

  August 13, 2009

• Dallas Cowboys' Training Camp: Success Over Circus

  ​No Terrell Owens. No Pacman Jones. No Michael Vick or Brett Favre or Michael Crabtree. No drama. To which I say ... Yes! Last summer the Dallas Cowboys broke camp fat 'n happy and consumed with personal agendas. After a successful training camp at San Antonio's Alamodome in which the focus was football over fireworks and even included a blessing by a Catholic priest (in light of Magic Johnson's pep talk failing last year in Oxnard), it's safe to say the 2009 version is leaner '

  August 20, 2009

• Whitt's End: 9.4.09

  ​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *93.3 FM - the station formerly known as The Zone, The Bone, Quality Rock and who knows what all else - has for the last day or so been "stunting." That is, playing nonsense in advance of flipping formats. My station - 105.3 - played college fight songs ahead of changing from Live to The Fan back in December. Today at Noon we'll find out what's in store for 93.3. Maybe a simple switch to s

  September 4, 2009

• Only Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Could Build A Palace Big Enough To Match His Larger-Than-Life Persona

  September 10, 2009

• You Betcha: Week 1

  ​See that? Over there. To your right? That's not the money you could be saving with GEICO. It's the money you lost last year betting with Richie Whitt. But, alas, in the spirit of persistence, stubborness and doubling down, we're back at it again in 2009. I owe it to you and myself (and my bookie) to be bigger, bolder and, yes, better than a putrid 7-10 this season. Let's kick-off the year with an aggressive play on a conservative game. Your Dallas Cowboys start '09 missing Terrell O

  September 10, 2009

• Without T.O., the Cowboys’ pass offense opens with plenty of TDs

  September 17, 2009

• Broncos 17, Cowgirls 10. My Top 10 Observations.

  ​10. Fox's Pam Oliver stinks. While she was busy reading some shallow, pre-orchestrated featurette, we went three series before learning that Gerald Sensabaugh was out with a bum thumb. And though Marion Barber played just one snap in the second half, we never received an update. 9. Not only is Kyle Orton not a good quarterback, he looks like Foo Fighters' lead singer Dave Grohl. 8. Think pink. I get it. Breast cancer is horrible and awareness is necessary. But with helmet stickers a

  October 4, 2009

• The Ugliest Cowboys' Win in the History of Ever?

  ​Last year's 13-9 win over Tampa Bay was ugly. I seemed to remember a 10-6 yawner over Buffalo in 2003. And, of course, there was the 9-7 classic over the Redskins on Monday Night Football in 2001 when both teams entered 0-4. I'm sure there are others, but yesterday's Cowboys 26, Chiefs 20 was pretty damn hideous. Entertaining, maybe. Exciting, even. But ultimately ridiculous. It featured overtime. It was won by underachievers. Do you exhale in relief? Or boast with satisfacti

  October 12, 2009

• The Mayor and MartyB

  Patrick Michels​We just received the following press release from City Hall for an event taking place at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow:Mayor Tom Leppert, Dallas Cowboy Tight End #80 Martellus Bennett and former Los Angeles Raider Tim Brown will announce the Second Annual Passport to Health Diabetes Awareness campaign.I stopped reading after that. All I needed to know was where and what time. Sam Merten and his Magic Kamera will take care of the rest. But one word of caution for MartyB: Just remember wha

  October 12, 2009

• Whitt's End: 10.16.09

  ​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *According to my very unscientific research conducted on this very blog over the last two years, the most sensitive, whiny, irrational folks on Earth are: 1. Ticket P1s; 2. Right-wing Republicans; 3. Oklahoma fans. So if you wore your OU T-shirt while turning off 1310 AM just long enough to vote for George Dubya, my apologies sympathies. *Biggest disappointment through five Cowboys ga

  October 16, 2009

• Dallas Cowboys: Witten's Whereabouts?

  ​Jason Witten will never say it, so I'll do it for him: Gimme the damn ball! Especially in the red zone!! I generally support Dallas Cowboys' offensive coordinator Jason Garrett, but this is getting ridiculous. When the red-head calls plays in the red zone it makes Cowboys' fans red-faced. Why? Because the Cowboys have scored only two touchdowns in their last nine trips inside the opponents' 20-yard line. And (hat tip to the Dallas' Only Daily's David Moore) in the last three games,

  October 21, 2009

• Wowboys 37, Filthy Birds 21: My Top 10 Observations

  AP Not a one-hit wonder after all.​10. Linebacker Keith Brooking's performance and passion is refreshing. The way he was running past and taunting Atlanta's bench and his old Falcons' teammates after big plays today, he's quickly become the Cowboys' version of Brian Dawkins. All great teams have one. 9. A 16-point blowout of a quality opponent is nice. But you can't discount the fact that the Cowboys had a big advantage coming off their bye week. They are now 16-5 all-time off the

  October 25, 2009

• Whitt's End: 11.6.09

  ​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Haven't received a return call all week from Greg Williams, which is weird if not troubling. Something's up. Maybe he's merely at his vacation condo in Colorado and temporarily out of pocket. Or maybe there's something to the whispers about Hammer I'm hearing from mutual friends that include a possible recent arrest and/or two broken ankles. Developing ... *Since Arbitron has turned

  November 6, 2009