The majority of Dallas Cowboys fans are blaming Jerry Jones for the team’s 1-2 start to the season. The team owner is willing to take it.
Jones said it is “very fair” to blame him for the Cowboys’ slow start after 78% of fans in a poll conducted by WFAA-TV in Dallas said they are doing just that.
“It’s well known that no decision is ultimately made here for what I either have acquiesced [to] or approved it,” Jones said when asked about the poll on 105.3 The Fan on Tuesday. “That’s very fair. How could you think otherwise, whether it be who’s out there coaching, whether it be who’s out there playing, whether it be the stadium you’re walking into? Whatever it is here, that’s the way it is.
“Now, let me just say this. Do I have a huge amount of input in making those decisions? When they’ve done their homework, they’re very influential input to me, and we’ve got a lot of people in the Dallas Cowboys that have done their input.”
Jones, who has doubled as the Cowboys’ general manager since he bought the franchise in 1989, was widely criticized for how he managed Dallas over the offseason following the team’s blowout upset loss at home to the Green Bay Packers in the wild card round of the playoffs.
Jones opted to keep head coach Mike McCarthy, but not extend him. He said early on in the offseason that the Cowboys were “all in” for 2024, but they didn’t make any major acquisitions via free agency or trade. Instead, Dallas made low-investment additions at running back after letting starter Tony Pollard walk, signing Ezekiel Elliott and Dalvin Cook. They also waited until the final weeks before the season began to extend wide receiver CeeDee Lamb and quarterback Dak Prescott.
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Jones defended his approach to last offseason when he was asked if he misjudged any area on the roster.
“I like where we are at all positions,” Jones said.
However, those moves, or lack thereof, have caused the…
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