Despite a valiant comeback attempt from Jon Kitna (yes, THE Jon Kitna), the Dallas Cowboys were unable to lock down their second win of the season, losing to the New York Giants, 41-35. After quarterback Tony Romo left the game in the second quarter, backup Kitna took over. Despite taking the ball away five times, the Cowboys gave up 497 yards of total offense to the Giants, who now lead the NFC East at 5-2.

Romo was diagnosed with a broken left (non-throwing) clavicle, which is just a fun word for the collarbone. Why say collarbone when you can say “clavicle?” But don’t expect Roy Williams to be able to tell the difference; he says Kitna is just as good as Romo, which, while shocking at first blush, is probably true.

Nearly lost in all of the Monday night madness was another ignorant “I call him the __!” ad lib from “analyst” Jon Gruden. Gruden’s latest quip: tabbing the speedy Giants receivers as “Jet Blue” in a first-half comment. “Like the airline,” he said. Thanks, Jon, because for a second I thought you were referring to Jitt Bleu, the Canadian autoerotic asphyxiation playset.

Three items are fueling the speculation that the Detroit Lions might be re-branding its football franchise. The first, and easily least significant is a contest that the Detroit News held, inviting readers to create their own logos. Some of the worst are posted on this page; the winner can be seen here. |Thanks to Uni Watch|

The other two bits of info come from PFT. The indefatigable Florio first points to a Grady Jackson interview:

On Monday, Jackson blurted out that he likes the team’s “new colors.” (In Grady’s defense, he was probably distracted by thoughts of food.)

Also mentioned was the fact that the Detroit Lions online pro shop is selling merch at massively slashed prices. And they don’t seem to have anything at regular price. I ordered a Jon Kitna jersey for like ten bucks. Yeah, I overpaid by about $9.50, but it was totally worth it for all the brownie points it’ll score me with Jesus! Eh, at least if I get a DUI while I’m wearing it, I’ll be granted eternal salvation. That’s how that works, right?