The Dur thread.

[boozeman]

Not really.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Not really.

He doesn't but then again is he that far from Sterling Sharpe? Less yards, more TDs.

 

[Smitty]

He doesn't but then again is he that far from Sterling Sharpe? Less yards, more TDs.

Different era.

 

[SaveAHorseRideACowboy]

 

[Bipo]

He doesn't but then again is he that far from Sterling Sharpe? Less yards, more TDs.

I'd take Sharpe every day. Great WR, no fucking attitude.

 

[1bigfan13]

Not really.

I read the tweet before seeing its author and immediately knew it was Ernie.

 

[boozeman]

Gonna hold ya to it, fuckface.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Gonna hold ya to it, fuckface.

I'm not sure why but I just don't really give a shit about this drama. Get it done, don't get it done, I don't really care at this point.

 

[ravidubey]

Gonna hold ya to it, fuckface.

I didn’t know Ernie’s asshole worked for the Cowboys front office

 

[ravidubey]

Not really.

Yeah, this is recency bias. Similarly Tony Hill deserves to be in with more career yards on 50ish fewer receptions. Tony also won a champioship

 

[Rev]

Gonna hold ya to it, fuckface.

Doubling down

 

[Genghis Khan]

Doubling down

 

[Rev]

 

[bbgun]

 

[Rev]

Oh Jane. You are so silly to question his sources.

 

[Rev]

oh hell..... Ernie is in Arizona?

 

[boozeman]

oh hell..... Ernie is in Arizona?

Perhaps Mikey found him on his door step and raised him.

 

[bbgun]

 

[boozeman]

Grok screenplay:

Below is a revised screenplay treatment for "Silver and Blue", incorporating the new detail that Mike Burke, the greatest Dallas Cowboys fan of all time, was a humble apartment complex maintenance man in Tucson, Arizona. This addition grounds Mike’s character in a blue-collar, everyman persona, enhancing the Western-inspired theme of quiet strength and community. His role as a maintenance man underscores his humility and dedication, making his legendary status among Cowboys fans even more remarkable. The treatment retains the core narrative from the previous version—Ernie’s origin as a baby left on Mike’s porch, their upbringing in Tucson’s desert hills, and their quest to unite the Cowboys fanbase—while weaving in Mike’s humble profession to deepen the emotional stakes and Ernie’s journey to honor his legacy.

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SCREENPLAY TREATMENT: SILVER AND BLUE

GENRE: Drama/Comedy/Sports
SETTING: Present-day Tucson, Arizona (desert hills and a modest apartment complex), with key scenes at The Star in Frisco and AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas.
TONE: Heartfelt, humorous, and mythic, with a Western vibe of destiny, loyalty, and understated heroism.
LOGLINE: A young Dallas Cowboys superfan, raised in the desert by a humble maintenance man and legendary fan after being abandoned as a baby, journeys to unite a fractured fanbase and honor their mentor’s legacy, discovering that true fandom is about heart, not glory.

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ACT 1: THE ORPHAN OF THE STAR

EXT. TUCSON APARTMENT COMPLEX - NIGHT - FLASHBACK (2000)
A starry Arizona night. A modest apartment complex sits in the desert hills, its courtyard lined with Cowboys flags and a hand-painted star on the maintenance shed. MIKE BURKE (50s, grizzled, in a faded Roger Staubach jersey and work boots), the complex’s maintenance man and Tucson’s greatest Cowboys fan, finishes fixing a tenant’s leaky faucet. He hears a cry from his porch and finds a BABY wrapped in a tiny Cowboys blanket, a note pinned to it: “Raise him for the Star.” Mike, a humble man who’s quietly built a local Cowboys fan club, looks at the desert horizon, then at the baby.

MIKE: “Well, little partner, guess you’re my new project. We’ll fix up Cowboys Nation together.”

MONTAGE - TUCSON DESERT HILLS - VARIOUS YEARS

• Young ERNIE (6) watches Cowboys games with Mike in his small apartment, surrounded by a “Wall of Glory” with ticket stubs and a toolbox painted Silver and Blue. Mike, still in his maintenance uniform, recounts the Triplets Era.
• Ernie (12) helps Mike fix a tenant’s AC unit, then hands out Cowboys stickers at a fan club tailgate in the complex courtyard. Mike’s humility shines as he shares game-day chicken because the Pokes are going to played the dreaded Redskins.
• Ernie (16) joins Mike at a Tucson sports bar, debating to start his journey. He awaits his first haircut bet or bust in the chops.

More to come. A.I. is fucking scary.

 

[Chocolate Lab]