Recently, the Cincinnati Reds fired general manager Wayne Krivsky, in favor of former St. Louis Cardinals GM Walt Jocketty. From the standpoint of a fan neutral to the Reds, I have always been critical of the job that Krivsky did with the Reds. He made a great move in acquiring pitcher Bronson Arroyo (though I'm a big fan of Wily Mo Pena). But he committed one of, in my opinion, the worse in-season trades in baseball history when he traded SS Felipe Lopez and OF Austin Kearns for a couple of relief pitchers who are now in the minor leagues.

Make no mistake: the next six weeks are quite possibly the most important in the history of the franchise for the Dallas Cowboys.

While the Cowboys have, mercifully, stayed out of the free agent donnybrook around the league (Paging Al Davis, your head will be waiting for you up your behind. Al Davis, head up your behind), they should realize that there is still some work to be done before trophy number six comes to Valley Ranch.

Throughout history, there have been stupid ideas: invading Russia during the winter; communism; messing with Texas; Peter’s breakfast machine.

As promised, here’s the second part of the Cowboys’ free agency preview.

Free agency has officially been underway for about eight hours now, with no significant chatter coming out of Dallas Cowboys’ headquarters in Valley Ranch.

Early thoughts: good.