Another Setback for Dallas Cowboys After Thomas Rhett Named Thanksgiving Halftime Performer
There’s yet another reason for players and fans of America’s Team to be disappointed on the direction of the current season. After finishing last year 13-3, and starting the 2017-2018 campaign as many people’s pick as a Super Bowl contender, the Dallas Cowboys have suffered another debilitating season setback after pop country lightweight and general power drain Thomas Rhett was recently announced as the halftime performer for their annual Thanksgiving Day game.
“If they wanted Bruno Mars, why not get the real thing instead of some white boy doofus riding off his daddy’s name with no soul, who can’t sing, can’t dance, and writes dumbass songs culturally appropriating hip-hop annunciations, and is bastardizing the legacy of real country music?” an incensed Dallas Cowboy’s backup tight end Jason Frankenfurter told the media on Tuesday, saying the news was taken especially hard by an already tenuous Cowboys locker room.
The announcement comes after the Cowboys lost again last week to the division rival Philadelphia Eagles, falling to 5-5 on the season. The team is slowly seeing their playoff hopes drift away due in part to the loss of all pro running back Ezekiel Elliott via suspension, all pro defensive captain Sean Lee for a hamstring injury, and other key personnel from the roster.
In his weekly press conference, Dallas Cowboys Head Coach Jason Garrett spoke about the news.
“We’re going to get through this as a team,” Garrett said. “We talk to our players all the time about adversity, and how every team faces adversity, and the ones who succeed are the teams to can meet that adversity and rise to the challenge by taking one day at a time, one play at a time, focusing on the task at hand, and winning in all three phases of the game: offense, defense, and special teams. It’s a process.”
Curiously, these were the same exact words Garrett uttered when he faced a similar controversy two years ago when Luke Bryan was announced as the Thanksgiving halftime performer, only adding the “It’s a process” part.
The opponent for the Cowboys during the November 23rd showdown will be the Los Angeles Chargers. National attention will surely be trained on the game, especially since certain players from both teams have promised to kneel during the National Anthem in protest of the terrible pick of Thomas Rhett as halftime performer.
Colin Kaepernick couldn’t be reached for comment, but has been on the record previously saying Thomas Rhett’s “Beer With Jesus” is a terrible premise for a song.
November 21, 2017 @ 10:07 am
The Detroit Lions had Nickelback as halftime performer. Aretha Franklin lives literally right down the street. I feel your pain.
November 21, 2017 @ 10:13 am
LOL that headline! Thanks for the laugh, Trigger.
November 21, 2017 @ 10:15 am
Thomas Rhett was the best you could do? IN TEXAS?
November 21, 2017 @ 10:17 am
Eric Church sucked balls last year so this is nothing new
November 21, 2017 @ 1:01 pm
Agreed and I love Eric Church. As anyone ever heard an artist sing a medley of hits instead of entire songs and think afterwards, “That was great.” Nope.
November 22, 2017 @ 1:22 pm
Prince’s Superbowl halftime show…. exceptions to rules
November 21, 2017 @ 10:52 am
This is obviously ridiculous, nobody can actually stand this guy and it’s never going change but I’m curious as to who we’d all love to see in that coveted spot and who would be a good fit. IF they polled this site for the answer or suggestions you would all say “_________ would be perfect for this, and they deserve it!”
November 21, 2017 @ 11:17 am
There’s a lot of names you would love to see there like the Turnpike Troubadours or Cody Jinks. But realistically, I think Aaron Watson would have been a good name. He’s from Texas, has had a #1 country record, has a Top 20 song on the radio right now, and recently packed the arena at the Houston Rodeo. He would be the perfect fit for something like this, way better than Thomas Rhett. Another would be Miranda Lambert.
November 21, 2017 @ 3:28 pm
LOL… yeah “realistically” ie: you’re not going to get Simpson, Jinks, or Stapleton for half time shows. They’re great at what they do but this isn’t that. Aaron Watson has paid his dues and has a current up tempo sing along which is I hate to say it IS a necessity for this spot. “Outta Style” would have the crowd singing and dancing. I’d love to see Miranda not because I love her music but I’d like to see how she’d handle the situation and the songs she’d choose or what songs YOU were thinking she should play for this. It’s basically approx 12 minutes to make people happy, singing, and dancing to a song or 3 preferably they know or at least have heard a time or 2. I know he doesn’t deserve it but after watching Jon Pardi tear it up twice last week I was blown away. The crowd had so much fun. He could do 4 songs that would be perfect for this event and atmosphere opening with Heartache On The Dance Floor right into Cowboy Hat followed by Head Over Boots and end with Dirt On My Boots. Mic drop…….Thank you, good night! In a few years he’ll get there.
November 21, 2017 @ 12:16 pm
I think Neal McCoy would’ve been a shoo-in this year
November 21, 2017 @ 7:58 pm
You mean stand-in?
November 23, 2017 @ 2:58 am
*ba dum tsh*
November 21, 2017 @ 12:54 pm
I’d just as soon see a marching band and a drill team like in the old days. I haven’t watched an NFL game in at least 10 years, mostly because I got tired of them marketing the broadcasts primarily to people who don’t give two shits about the game itself. This is a perfect example.
November 21, 2017 @ 11:00 am
@ JB-Chicago Alan Jackson.
November 21, 2017 @ 11:03 am
That’s right, Frankenfurter! You won’t see him kneeling like all those other SOB’s!
November 21, 2017 @ 5:25 pm
I won’t see any of them.
I’ve watched my last game.
November 21, 2017 @ 11:29 am
Los Angeles Chargers
November 21, 2017 @ 12:57 pm
Nah.
November 21, 2017 @ 11:41 am
Well, any halftime extravaganza would probably be an arena show anyway; having Thomas Rhett just seems to add a lot of bro madness, or whatever this pox on country music has become these days. But Jerry Jones must have scraped the bottom of the barrel here. If this goes sideways (as it very well might), you have to blame the Jones boys, and not the Cowboys, who, after all, are still America’s Team, love ’em or hate ’em (or both?).
November 21, 2017 @ 11:58 am
I’m going to take a knee during this performance
November 21, 2017 @ 12:09 pm
LOL….. excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 21, 2017 @ 5:29 pm
I want to apologize for this comment. I shouldn’t have brought up this current social issue. it was in poor taste and disrespectful to people who feel strongly about it one way or the other.
November 21, 2017 @ 12:32 pm
Aw I realy feel bad for them , what a shame
– signed a Giants fan
November 21, 2017 @ 3:40 pm
I will file this under the same file as the Miranda Lambert/Garth Brooks comment box. Sometimes it is best to just keep your opinion to yourself. What good did it do for this jack-off in Dallas to get pissed off just because Jay Z wasn’t the chosen entertainer? Although Miranda is entitled to her opinion, she lost some fans by calling it bull shit that Garth did not sing live at the CMA Awards.
November 21, 2017 @ 4:20 pm
On a semi related note let’s fantasize about a world where Sam Hunt actually got signed by the Chiefs in 2008 and only showcased his mediocre football skills instead of his mind boggling lack of countryness.
November 21, 2017 @ 5:16 pm
Can Thomas play linebacker?
November 21, 2017 @ 5:26 pm
I always pictured him as more of a receiver.
November 22, 2017 @ 1:00 pm
????????????????????
November 21, 2017 @ 7:20 pm
I.find it hilarious that Jason Frankenfurter criticized someone elses career, but when I googled him all I could pull up was the actor from the rocky horror show. Not everyone likes Bruno Mars Jason. And your pettiness shows why your a back up player and not first string.
November 21, 2017 @ 8:33 pm
He’s only backup because Witten’s constantly kissing Jones’ ass. Make no mistake about it, Frankenfurter’s a top 10 TE in the league. And petty or not, he ain’t about to put up with no Bruno Mars knockoff.
November 21, 2017 @ 8:35 pm
Frankenfurter likes to keep a low internet profile.
November 21, 2017 @ 7:40 pm
Thomas Rhett is too good for the NFL. They don’t deserve to have him.
November 21, 2017 @ 9:54 pm
Thomas Rhett is a great performer, and everyone loves his song “Craving You”!
November 21, 2017 @ 11:23 pm
The only thing that song makes me crave is a pair of ear plugs. Its a good thing I lost most of my hearing in Nam though, so I can just turn the volume down on my hearing aids instead. Its much more convinient.
November 22, 2017 @ 12:04 am
This article as much as I hate Thomas Rhett is just made up. There is no Jason Frankenfurter on the Cowboys. I am a football fan and knew right away this was just made up nonsense, but not cool Trigger, people are reading this and believing it. If I am wrong send a link to the “Jason Frankenfurter” quotes. #TakeThisArticleDown
November 22, 2017 @ 6:17 am
You must be fun at parties….
November 22, 2017 @ 8:34 am
Scott wins the award for best comment on this thread!
November 22, 2017 @ 9:18 am
You are a sharp one, Nashville.
November 24, 2017 @ 3:50 pm
Jason Frankenfurter is the nephew of Dr Frankenfurter the famous scientist who resides near Denton, OH
November 22, 2017 @ 3:48 am
Once again there goes those cry babies cowboys. Overpaid assholes that are jealous over other people talents. One day you wake up gone from this world and that is what people remember you as. A jealous person that always talked about others.
November 22, 2017 @ 7:51 am
Y’all need grow up act like adults stop crying like cowgirls be happy someone would even come and play halftime cause I wood pay see you play ball at all y’all cry like cow girls anyway
November 22, 2017 @ 10:26 am
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? Makes you think…
November 22, 2017 @ 9:14 am
rofl. Thomas Rhett is a one-man scourge.
November 22, 2017 @ 9:41 am
” pop country lightweight and general power drain Thomas Rhett …….”
Phrase of the year , Trigger ……..still laughing a day later . hahahahahahahah
November 23, 2017 @ 12:34 pm
What are u doing with your life besides criticizing someone !?! Get real post a video of u singing and let us bash your worthless loser ass
November 24, 2017 @ 8:35 am
At least you tried…
November 23, 2017 @ 10:33 pm
This is my favorite article/column by Trigger, and my favorite comments section EVER!!!!!!
Thanks, all!!! ????
November 28, 2017 @ 7:13 pm
Hopefully the NFL sees a record low Super Bowl viewership due to their arrogance this year. And dropping viewership from here on out. Let the NFL go bankrupt.