Any true Redskins fan can appreciate how much Cooley loves the city and his team, especially when it comes to talking about the Dallas Cowboys.  Granted the rivalry has become diluted over the years due to poor and inconsistent performing teams, but you can’t help but to get a little fired up when hearing Cooley’s comments about Tony Romo’s performance last Sunday against the Detroit Megatrons Lions.

• “It’s amazing, amazing to watch him choke like that … there’s no way that Detroit is gonna drive on you that many times. The only way you’re gonna give up that many points is turnovers, right? It was hilarious to watch him throw pick-sixes, too, back to back. I loved it.”

And then there were the highlights from Cooley’s blog in response to the media attention it received:

• While I feel an honest respect for all NFL players, I show no remorse in cheering against another team, especially the Cowboys. If it sounded like I was delighted by Tony Romo’s failure last week, I was. Though I have no personal vendetta toward Romo, my feelings for him had nothing to do with me reveling in a divisional foe blowing the biggest 2nd half lead in the history of its proud franchise.

• I will never make an apology to any offended Dallas fans and I expect every Redskin fan to cheer at the folly of a Cowboy.

• Finally, those of you that responded on Twitter, you made this easy. Your clumsy charm and the outpouring of the appalling tweets has inspired me to feed the fire of an NFL rivalry that seems in need the more flame. Thank you for caring so much. I genuinely appreciate you making me the number 1 Google search yesterday.

Although it sucks to see Cooley slowing down out there (in comparison to Fred Davis, and many other defenses), you have to give him props for doing what he can as a Redskin to keep the rivalry alive and relevant.  Now let’s just get that W next time!