Cowboys so bad it's hard to know who to blame

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"Well, what happened was, that second game, we got our (expletive) kicked. In the second half, we just got our (expletive) totally kicked. We couldn't do diddly poo offensively, we couldn't make a first down, we couldn't run the ball, we didn't try to run the ball, we couldn't complete a pass -- we sucked."The second half, we sucked. We couldn't stop the run. Every time they got the ball, they went down and got points. We got our (expletive) totally kicked in the second half -- that's what it boiled down to. It was a (expletive) performance in the second half. (Expletive). I'm totally embarrassed and totally ashamed. Coaching did a horrible job. The players did a horrible job. We got our (expletive) kicked in that second half. It sucked. It stunk."That was the way Jim Mora explained his New Orleans Saints' loss to the Carolina Panthers back in 1996.Had Dallas Cowboys coach Wade Phillips plagiarized Mora's post-game speech a dozen years later, nobody would argue.Those words of yesteryear pretty much describe the mess I saw Sunday in St. Louis.And as for the rest of this season, I will once again quote Jim Mora in what was a much more famous press conference -- and later beer commercial -- he had as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts."Uh -- Playoffs? Don't talk about -- playoffs? You kidding me? Playoffs? I just hope we can win a game!"Once again, words the Cowboys' head coach could easily echo.The embarrassing 34-14 loss to the Rams was just the latest debacle in a four-week slide that has seen this team go from the NFL penthouse to the outhouse.The Cowboys are so bad right now that it is hard to know whom to blame. I don't have enough fingers.The offense stinks. The defense stinks. The special teams stink. The coaching stinks.The Rams -- ranked next-to-last in the league in both offense and defense -- was one game on the schedule we all penciled in with a "W." And it didn't happen.Now you look at the remaining nine games and I only see the 49ers and Seahawks as being "should wins."That means a Cowboys team that many had made a Super Bowl favorite will be lucky to finish 6-10 -- the same record that got Barry Switzer fired.The Cowboys have regressed beyond Switzer.This looks like deja vu Dave Campo. Only I think maybe the offensive line back then blocked better than this one I have watched the past few weeks.A 7th grade B team probably blocks better.Tony Romo's pinky better heal quickly or backup QB Brad Johnson is going to get killed.Johnson is one guy I won't blame for what happened in St. Louis. Yeah, he was bad. But Romo hadn't been all that great before getting hurt.This was not the same quarterback we saw win 12 of the first 13 games last season.Romo looked lost, but he wasn't alone.This whole team has looked lost.And so does the head coach.This team needs a swift kick in the butt.Bench tackle Flozell Adams -- heck, cut him if you want to -- and send out a warning to everyone else. You don't do your job and we will find someone who will.Camp Cupcake hasn't worked.Wade Phillips seems to be more of the problem than the solution.And with what I have seen from this crummy offense, I don't think I would want to turn the keys to the ranch over to Jason Garrett right now.The time for excuses has expired.The truth is these Cowboys right now are no better than the Bears or the Vikings or the Jets. They're not much better than the 0-7 Bengals, and from what I saw Sunday, a whole lot worse than the 2-4 Rams.Since that 12-1 start of a year ago, Dallas is a 5-6 football team.And problems, it seems, far outnumber the solutions.(Nick Gholson is sports editor of the Wichita Falls Times Record News.)