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08-17-2012, 04:27 PM
By Albert Breer
Reporter, NFL.com and NFL Network
Published: Aug. 17, 2012 at 01:38 p.m.
OXNARD, Calif. -- Jerry Jones is addressing the most famous of his offseason comments. You know the one. In May, the Dallas Cowboys (http://www.nfl.com/teams/dallascowboys/profile?team=DAL) owner/general manager told NFL Network's Kim Jones that the window is closing (http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d829445bd/article/jerry-jones-admits-the-window-is-closing-on-the-dallas-cowboys) for his team to win a championship.
In explaining why he said it, Jones makes it clear: The time for talking about the window of opportunity for this particular crop of Cowboys (http://www.nfl.com/teams/dallascowboys/profile?team=DAL) is over. That served its purpose, he thinks, in underscoring the importance of the 2012 season back in the spring. Now that the pads are on, though, added motivation shouldn't be needed.
"The main thing here is it isn't about five years from now, four years from now. It's about this year," Jones said Thursday, with the Oxnard phase of Cowboys (http://www.nfl.com/teams/dallascowboys/profile?team=DAL) training camp having wrapped up minutes earlier. "That's the way I addressed the personnel, those were now decisions. (Signing free agent Brandon) Carr's a now decision. For that matter, (trading up to draft Morris) Claiborne was a now decision. Certainly, both those players hopefully have long careers here. Still, it's what they can do now. That was an expression about now and urgency. But now that we're at camp, I'm closing the door to window closing."
Read more: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000051097/article/jerry-jones-focused-after-most-disappointing-year-for-cowboys?module=HP11_content_stream
Reporter, NFL.com and NFL Network
Published: Aug. 17, 2012 at 01:38 p.m.
OXNARD, Calif. -- Jerry Jones is addressing the most famous of his offseason comments. You know the one. In May, the Dallas Cowboys (http://www.nfl.com/teams/dallascowboys/profile?team=DAL) owner/general manager told NFL Network's Kim Jones that the window is closing (http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d829445bd/article/jerry-jones-admits-the-window-is-closing-on-the-dallas-cowboys) for his team to win a championship.
In explaining why he said it, Jones makes it clear: The time for talking about the window of opportunity for this particular crop of Cowboys (http://www.nfl.com/teams/dallascowboys/profile?team=DAL) is over. That served its purpose, he thinks, in underscoring the importance of the 2012 season back in the spring. Now that the pads are on, though, added motivation shouldn't be needed.
"The main thing here is it isn't about five years from now, four years from now. It's about this year," Jones said Thursday, with the Oxnard phase of Cowboys (http://www.nfl.com/teams/dallascowboys/profile?team=DAL) training camp having wrapped up minutes earlier. "That's the way I addressed the personnel, those were now decisions. (Signing free agent Brandon) Carr's a now decision. For that matter, (trading up to draft Morris) Claiborne was a now decision. Certainly, both those players hopefully have long careers here. Still, it's what they can do now. That was an expression about now and urgency. But now that we're at camp, I'm closing the door to window closing."
Read more: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000051097/article/jerry-jones-focused-after-most-disappointing-year-for-cowboys?module=HP11_content_stream