By JOHN JAMES MARSHALL/Designated Writers

Since I only eat two things on Thanksgiving — turkey and sweet potatoes and please don’t ask any more questions — I have lots of idle time on my hands while everyone else in chowing down on all those things that I find disgusting (again, please don’t ask.) Such as:

COWBOYS: (See previous Daily Happen.) OK, tell me again why they are supposed to be so good? One of my favorite football quotes is from Bill Parcells, who famously said “You are what your record says you are.” The Cowboys are 6-6. That’s pretty much Definition: Average. Because their owner can’t shut up and the franchise is worth $4 billion and they are constantly moving the TV needle doesn’t mean they automatically get to be good. They lose to good teams; they beat bad teams. They constantly set themselves up to be disappointed and always follow through on that promise.

BLACK FRIDAY: If I had taken a drink every time I heard that term on Thursday, I couldn’t have turned the laptop on, much less typed my name. But like everything else that gets ruined by overuse, Black Friday isn’t Black Friday any more. Now it starts on Thursday, so you can beat the rush of those who are trying to beat the rush. I’ve also heard of Black Friday “going on all month,” so doesn’t that defeat the purpose? That makes about as much sense as Christmas in July sales events. I miss the good ol’ days when you stood in the freezing cold waiting until 6 a.m. so you could shove an old lady down when the doors opened in order to save $200 on a TV that will be on sale for even less the day after Christmas.

SAINTS: Two words: Taysom Hill. This guy might be the best story in the NFL, but he is certainly the best story that no one really talks about. There are lots of reasons to think Sean Peyton is a great coach, but the way he has made Hill a weapon or New Orleans might be the best reason of all. The Atlanta Falcons got a first-hand lesson Thursday.