NFL insider praises Jerry Jones for doing the bare minimum for Dallas Cowboys and it's just not right
Let me start off by saying: I love Albert Breer's work as an NFL insider and as a writer on The MMQB. He's one of the best in the business and I never miss his weekly column. But I've got to be honest with you: His take on Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones completely misses […]
Let me start off by saying: I love Albert Breer's work as an NFL insider and as a writer on The MMQB. He's one of the best in the business and I never miss his weekly column. But I've got to be honest with you: His take on Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones completely misses the mark of what's harming the franchise on an every day basis.
On Thursday, Texas wide receiver Matthew Golden uploaded a picture with Jerry Jones from his pre-draft visit to Frisco, Texas, with the caption "Dat man" referring to the Cowboys owner. Naturally, it generated all kinds of reactions. But one stood out above all of them.
"I'll give Jerry credit—at 82, the guy could be aboard his bazillion-dollar yacht literally anywhere he wants in the world," Breer posted on X. "Instead, he's in Frisco, taking part in 30 visits."
I can't have it. That would be the perfect take if Jerry Jones was the team's owner and nothing more. But he already gets more credit than he deserves by merely holding the title of "general manager." Regardless of age, that is his decision and one he stubbornly defends on a yearly basis.
A general manager should be at a team's Top 30 visits because it's part of his job. Period. I don't get praised at work for showing up to the weekly editorial meeting. This is what the kids call "doing the bare minimum," like a boyfriend getting praise for simply being there for his girl if she's feeling down.
Let's give Jones a thumbs up for making good deals when he does, like this year's Osa Odighizuwa four-year contract. Had he signed Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb earlier on in the process – or Micah Parsons if you want a more recent example – he'd get credit from me too. But for literally being there on a pre-draft visit? Nah.
Not when the Cowboys' free agency approach is one of the biggest problems of the team. Not when Jones is dissing Micah Parsons' agent and saying he doesn't even know his name. Not when Stephen Jones is using air quotation marks around "drought" when describing the 30 years the Cowboys have gone without making it to the NFC Championship Game.
It doesn't matter if he attends 30 of 30 visits.