Quote of the Week

"I'm avoiding, deliberately avoiding, saying whether or not the Cowboys would be interested. He's a player that is a competitive player. He's an outstanding addition to an offense ... In general, I am a risk-taker. We've gone down that road. We've had some situations that worked and some that didn't. Alonzo Spellman had a great year with us. Alonzo certainly had some issues ... I probably have a propensity to try and make things work ... We've got a quarterback in Bledsoe who is arguably as fine a long-ball thrower as there is in the league. A top receiver could flourish with Drew Bledsoe. That's always appealing.''

-- Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, on the Dunham and Miller Show on KCTK in Dallas, on the prospect of Terrell Owens playing for the Cowboys in the future.

Any question about whether the Cowboys will be a lead dog in the 2006 race for Owens?

Factoid That May Interest Only Me

Terrell Owens has two homes, in Atlanta and Moorestown, N.J., on the market, at a combined listing price of more than $9 million.

The Atlanta home has a beach in the backyard. To the best of my knowledge, there is no ocean there, but there is a beach.

The New Jersey home has two dishwashers. Which led HBO's Jason Cohen to wonder: "Maybe he's trying to keep kosher.''

Aggravating/Enjoyable Travel Note of the Week

Crying baby, Saturday night, room 1419 of the Westin Cincinnati.

Three hours of crying baby.

Thin walls. Too thin for a Westin.

Trying to write. Turn the TV on. Bad college football. LSU-Ole Miss. Who cares, except Eli Manning and John Ed Bradley.

Or Miami-Georgia Tech. Or the end of the Cincinnati-Murray State basketball game. Or Jennifer Aniston with Larry King. Where are the Three Stooges when you need them?

I'm going to do something insane but necessary for sanity. Haiku-writing.

Haiku To The Crying Westin Baby

Screaming, wailing kid.

Ears bleed. Am I at Ozzfest?

Colic sure is hell.

P.S. We didn't make it through the night unscathed. There was either a 3:15 a.m. screaming, or a 3:15 a.m. feeding. Not sure which. Maybe both.

Stat of the Week

Want to win? Just follow Corey Simon, the first-year defensive tackle with -- you guessed it -- the unbeaten Indianapolis Colts.

Since his freshman year of high school, Simon's teams have won 81 percent of their games. The combined record of his teams, in the wake of the Colts' win over Cincinnati: 158-37.

He was 37-7 in high school, 45-4 in college (Florida State), 66-26 with the Eagles and now 10-0 with the Colts.