IRVING, Texas -- As of Monday, those of you with delusions of grandeur can stop dreaming about the Dallas Cowboys playing in the Super Bowl.

The playoffs? Nope. Not this season.

The Cowboys removed any doubt that they're rebuilding when they cut five-time Pro Bowl center Andre Gurode. AP Photo/Eric Gay

Your Dallas Cowboys are in full-fledged rebuilding mode just like the Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns.

Hallelujah.

Jason Garrett removed any doubt about the Cowboys' status Monday when he signed off on cutting center Andre Gurode, a 10-year veteran and five-time Pro Bowl player.

The Cowboys expect to have two rookies--- first-round pick Tyron Smith and seventh-round pick Bill Nagy -- and second-year center Phil Costa, an undrafted free agent, starting on their offensive line when the season begins Sept. 11 against the New York Jets.

No team with championship aspirations enters a season with essentially three rookies in its offensive line.

The Cowboys, as currently constructed, will win six to eight games.

And that's OK because instead of chasing fool's gold, Garrett is actually building a foundation for the future.

For years, Jerry Jones has convinced himself that his Cowboys were a couple of key players away from winning another title when that's never really been the case. It's certainly not true this season.

If we're honest, Green Bay, New Orleans, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Chicago are all much better than Dallas.

The New York Giants are slightly better, and none of us will be surprised if St. Louis, Detroit and, maybe, Minnesota surpass the Cowboys by the end of the season.

Finally, someone has convinced Jerry his team isn't nearly as talented as he thinks.

Jerry is great at living in denial, in part, because he's as much a fan of the Cowboys as those folks who plunk down their hard-earned money for guided tours of Cowboys Stadium.