FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones initially labeled the 2024 NFL season as “all in” before changing his outward motto to “get it done with less.”
He unofficially unveiled the real themes of the offseason after the team’s preseason finale against the Los Angeles Chargers: “angst, pressure and competing.”
“Absolutely, I do. I really do [believe you get people’s best with their backs against the wall],” Jones said. “There’s no question in my mind that angst, pressure, competing will bring out the best in this game from coaches and players. But in this game, this game has to have some extra [fire] over the guys that you’re in front of [on the field]. That’s why I’m kind of amazed at someone talking about the job they’re doing without a contract. Blows my mind.”
Jones has created angst, pressure and competition for Mike McCarthy, his entire coaching staff and numerous key contributors, including quarterback Dak Prescott, by having almost everyone associated with the franchise on the final year of their current contracts. The only ones seemingly safe are 2023 first-team All-Pro wide receiver CeeDee Lamb — who signed a four-year, $136 million contract — and Rowdy, the team’s mascot.
Why is Jones operating this way? Well, he is still stewing about the second-seeded Cowboys’ embarrassing 48-32 NFC wild-card round defeat against the Green Bay Packers, a game they trailed by scores of 27-0 and 48-16.
“We all have Green Bay on our mind,” Jones said. “We all have it on our mind, and we know until we can get that addressed, then we’re going to always have a bad taste on that.”
That has left McCarthy, the head coach with the best regular-season winning percentage (62.7%) of any coach in Cowboys history, bearing much of the brunt of Jones’ ire.The latest postseason defeat was startling, and the Cowboys became the first team since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger…
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Author : Garrett Podell
Publish date : 2024-09-05 11:37:05
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