Cowboys' Jerry Jones lashes out on live radio, tells hosts he'll 'get someone else to ask the questions' as team hits rock bottom
The Dallas Cowboys have received several beatdowns at home this season, but the latest one, a 47-9 rout by the Detroit Lions had a different feel to it. That was reflected on Tuesday morning when Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had his weekly interview on 105.3 The Fan, in which he was much more defensive than […]
The Dallas Cowboys have received several beatdowns at home this season, but the latest one, a 47-9 rout by the Detroit Lions had a different feel to it. That was reflected on Tuesday morning when Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had his weekly interview on 105.3 The Fan, in which he was much more defensive than usual and even seemed to threaten the radio hosts.
The loss against the New Orleans Saints was a shocker, and a sign that the Cowboys' run defense woes were a problem. Versus the Baltimore Ravens, it was further proof that the Cowboys weren't ready to beat top contenders in the league. But Sunday's? It was rock bottom.
The Cowboys couldn't score a single touchdown and failed to hold a Lions' possession to no points until there were a little over four minutes left to go in the fourth quarter.
"I won't be making any other (in-season coaching changes)," Jones told 105.3 The Fan, interrupting a question asking about making a change in 2010 when Jason Garrett was promoted to head coach.
Jones argued things were different this year, noting the Cowboys' 3-3 record compared to 2010's 1-7, claiming "little bit of difference there, man." Jones also said they weren't making changes right after the game on Sunday.
"(In-season coaching changes) aren't good and they're usually ineffective," Jones added on Tuesday. "They just aren't good."
Things began really escalating when Jones began fielding questions about the front office's lack of free agency moves in the offseason, which are perfectly valid considering the Cowboys spent the least in free agency out of the 32 NFL teams. Although they signed quarterback Dak Prescott and wide receiver CeeDee Lamb to extensions, many other teams that also paid their quarterbacks (and in some cases, receivers) were much bigger spenders than Dallas. Jones had a problem with the questions.
"This is not your job," Jones said. "Your job isn't to let me go over all the reasons that I did something and I'm sorry that I did it. That's not your job. I'll get somebody else to ask these questions. I'm not kidding. You're not going to figure it out what the team is doing right or wrong. If you are, or any five or 10 like you, you need to come to this (NFL owners) meeting I'm going to today with 32 teams here, you're geniuses."
"You really think you're gonna sit here with a microphone and tell me all of the things that I've done wrong without going over the rights? Listen, we both know we're talking to a lot of great fans, a lot of great listeners. And I'm very sorry for what happened out there Sunday. I'm sick about what happened Sunday."
Jones is clearly in the wrong here. 105.3 The Fan isn't a cheerleading club. It isn't here to applaud all the positive things happening in Dallas while turning a blind eye to the problems that are evident in the football team.
The guys making the questions, R.J. Choppy, Shan Shariff, and Bobby Belt deserve much more respect than that. But Jones taking it personally because they're not "going over the rights" is a sign of how bad things are getting in Dallas.
At the end of the day, Jones got upset the moment the offseason decisions came up. He also compared being asked about what he did wrong this offseason to being asked about 1970. In football, they say winning fixes everything. With the San Francisco 49ers ($69 million in free agency spending), Atlanta Falcons ($255M), and Philadelphia Eagles ($137M), the Cowboys ($20M) will have to beat some good teams to get back on track.
