Dallas Cowboys

Newly-retired Osi Umenyiora calls Cowboys O-Line 'overrated' and Romo 'erratic'

Published Sep. 10, 2015 10:02 a.m. ET

Brett Smiley

Umenyiora recorded 75 sacks during his 10 seasons with Big Blue, won two Super Bowls and exchanged blows with Cowboys offensive linemen nearly two dozen times. Clearly, now, Osi is enjoying his newfound freedoms of speech and homerism with respect to his former NFC East rival:

Indeed the quintent (from left to right) of Tyron Smith, Ronald Leary, Travis Frederick, Zack Martin and Doug Free (with bonus La'el Collins) are rated pretty highly. First, actually, for the 2014 season, according to ProFootballFocus.

Meanwhile Romo is coming off a campaign in which he led the league in passer rating with a 113.2 mark with only one truly poor outing in a Thanksgiving home blowout loss to the Eagles. At best, Osi's shot is poorly timed.

Nevertheless, it is every fan's right to ignore facts in the name of loving one's jersey, and Osi is making the most of that so far. Elsewhere in Umenyiora-ville: