News: Cowboys face 4 major decisions – including one on Ezekiel Elliott

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I don't think there's any doubt but what Stephen will try to take advantage of Zeke's recent brain fart and sign him to a team-friendly contract. Jerry will likely have his say as well and it remains to be seen what happens with the likelihood of Zeke being suspended. It can't help Zeke's cause, in any case.
 

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Not if he doesn't win big this season and does shows up on TMZ
He's much too boring for TMZ.......Garrett has done nothing to make anyone believe he can win in the post season.....he coaches scared when he plays not to lose instead of to win.....we'll be having this same conversation this time next year after another failed Garrett post season.
 

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Read the entire OP, yet?

It makes a strong as well as reasonable take on what is involved. It may finally, be worth listening...even if it involves Jerry Jones or a disgruntled stance there.

The current window of opportunity is valid. Are you waiting for Jimmy Johnson to suddenly return and save the disgruntled fan?

There is merit in Stephen taking charge of current change...but the ghost of the past haunts and Jerry has to also know that today's decisions will affect what probably is his last change for a final Lombardi Trophy, as well.

Maybe one believes Stephen is merely a short termed answer and doesn't merit recognition that he has fought for since the NFL lockout year...?
I do not recognize him as an improvement on his old man. He could prove me wrong but up until now, he's been involved in on the job training like too many others with the organization and not really doing it that well.

And how will the disgruntled fan be saved except by another ring and that is not me, I do not have to have that, just contend and make every game matter and I am good.

And how could anyone regard him as the short term answer when he will eventually be in charge? Fans of teams operated by families have a choice to make whether they want to continue to support and even remain a fan of that team.

As far as his ability to discharge his duties of cap management, we will see how well he has improved in that because he hasn't been anything special yet. And what's coming up now could be the biggest challenge he's had so far in his position. Too much to too few and even the run of the mill injuries can derail this team and they have to be consistently in the top 5 in drafting. Can they do this with him? Yes, they can but they have to prove it.

I am just old school with job functions, until you prove you can do it, you can't. He hasn't proven anything.
 

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He's much too boring for TMZ.......Garrett has done nothing to make anyone believe he can win in the post season.....he coaches scared when he plays not to lose instead of to win.....we'll be having this same conversation this time next year after another failed Garrett post season.
Whatever floats your boat. Im hoping for a big season and to build off of the success we had the second half of last season. Hoping all of our coaching staff has great success with the vets and the players we recently picked. Hopefully Zeke doesnt get suspended. I think we have a great chance to win it all this year.....with JG as our HC. However, if we do not win big this season....like I said JG should not be back.
 

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According to whom he's taking over? Didn't see him in charge in that war room. Does anyone really think Booger is going to stay the Pres/GM and not approve of every decision and over-ride them when he wants as he did to select McGovern?
Hell no. Jerry’s still Boss Hog.

Wanting to believe Stephens taking over just provides some fans more hope.
 

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I do not recognize him as an improvement on his old man. He could prove me wrong but up until now, he's been involved in on the job training like too many others with the organization and not really doing it that well.

And how will the disgruntled fan be saved except by another ring and that is not me, I do not have to have that, just contend and make every game matter and I am good.

And how could anyone regard him as the short term answer when he will eventually be in charge? Fans of teams operated by families have a choice to make whether they want to continue to support and even remain a fan of that team.

As far as his ability to discharge his duties of cap management, we will see how well he has improved in that because he hasn't been anything special yet. And what's coming up now could be the biggest challenge he's had so far in his position. Too much to too few and even the run of the mill injuries can derail this team and they have to be consistently in the top 5 in drafting. Can they do this with him? Yes, they can but they have to prove it.

I am just old school with job functions, until you prove you can do it, you can't. He hasn't proven anything.
If Stephen was behind the Receiver by Committee decision last year , he almost ruined the Cowboys season and perhaps Daks career.

I’d say I feel more doomed with Stephen than I do Jerry.

I’d rather have the River Boat Gambler than the Cheapass Son.
 

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As for Zeke, I would let him play out his contract, tag him 1 year, then let him walk.

And put all our offenses fate in the arm of Dak Prescott?
:muttley::muttley::muttley::muttley::muttley::muttley::muttley::muttley:
One thing is certain we will lead the league in FG attempts.....and rank bottom 10 in all offensive categories!:hammer:
 

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Cowboys face 4 major decisions – including one on Ezekiel Elliott – and Stephen Jones is the shot caller
https://sports.yahoo.com/cowboys-fa...ephen-jones-is-the-shot-caller-222233852.html



For Jerry Jones, the watershed moment arrived on Day 1. Back in 1989, mortgaged to the hilt after his purchase of the Dallas Cowboys, he pulled the plug on the iconic Tom Landry and installed Jimmy Johnson as his head coach, kickstarting a return to prominence and laying the foundation that would help make Jones one of the biggest power brokers in NFL history.

Nearly 30 years later, arguably the most important turning point since that 1989 shakeup is now unfolding in Dallas. But this stage doesn’t belong to Jerry anymore. Instead, this moment belongs to Jerry’s son Stephen. The successor who is about to put his biggest mark on these Cowboys, completing a transition of power that has been steadily emerging over the past five years.

Make no mistake about this period of Cowboys lore: 2019 is the year of Stephen Jones. And the decisions he makes this year – including a contract extension for DeMarcus Lawrence that is already in the books – will end up defining the path of the franchise for the next decade or more...


First off this is the OPINION of a sportswriter who are famous for writing stories to get clicks. Second, Stephen has been doing the contracts for about 5 years now so to say all of a sudden it's all Stephen is stretching it a long ways. When Jerry officially gives up the title of GM to Stephen then they can write about Jerry riding off into the sunset. Jerry has wanted Super Bowls since the day he bought the Cowboys so to say he wants another before he dies isn't any news. It never ceases to amaze me how people take what sportswriters say as opinions as gospel fact and truth.
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First off this is the OPINION of a sportswriter who are famous for writing stories to get clicks. Second, Stephen has been doing the contracts for about 5 years now so to say all of a sudden it's all Stephen is stretching it a long ways. When Jerry officially gives up the title of GM to Stephen then they can write about Jerry riding off into the sunset. Jerry has wanted Super Bowls since the day he bought the Cowboys so to say he wants another before he dies isn't any news. It never ceases to amaze me how people take what sportswriters say as opinions as gospel fact and truth.
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While Son is in the same role he has been for most of his tenure under Daddy , I do however believe he’s taken a bit larger role with the media.

He receives more interviews and we are obtaining more updates on issues from him than the past. Reporters and fans may translate that into he’s making more of the decisions.

If that’s the case then why isn’t Daddy giving him more of the credit?
 

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If Stephen was behind the Receiver by Committee decision last year , he almost ruined the Cowboys season and perhaps Daks career.

I’d say I feel more doomed with Stephen than I do Jerry.

I’d rather have the River Boat Gambler than the Cheapass Son.
I don't see him as the cheapass, he spends the cap. I am not sure he knows how to select the ones to keep and the ones to let ride out. I think the team is headed for cap trouble again but if they can score a ring while the window is open, I guess that's all worth it. I just don't put as much on winning another ring as I do staying in contention over a long period of time.

In the 70's, we only won 2 rings but we there most of the time and then we get that 90's run and after that, nada. However, after that first ring, it was never the same to me. There was little residual effect of winning it all and the games that were most remembered by me weren't the SB games, they were the games leading up to that.

I do not have any problem with SB or bust fans but that all or nothing approach leads to continued disappointment.
 

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While Son is in the same role he has been for most of his tenure under Daddy , I do however believe he’s taken a bit larger role with the media.

He receives more interviews and we are obtaining more updates on issues from him than the past. Reporters and fans may translate that into he’s making more of the decisions.

If that’s the case then why isn’t Daddy giving him more of the credit?
I do think he is preparing Son for the takeover in steps but we are not close to that yet and when that day arrives, Booger will announce it.
 

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Yahoo Sports, the place you go to find out the latest about the Cowboys, right after the guy that hands out towels and cologne in the men's room of the Starlite Danceland has retired.
 

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Hell no. Jerry’s still Boss Hog.

Wanting to believe Stephens taking over just provides some fans more hope.

If one hadn't watched Jerry circle the wagons with input from a ton of outside sources, from the point of ten years before purchase of the Cowboys and through each of the periods following the dynasty decline...then abstract could be justified by pessimism.

Now, and since Stephen has stood his ground since the Lockout, and the salary cap and roster has improved to where top players are produced from within via the draft and are now being retains....naw, Jerry has learned listening skills and Stephen has stood his ground and achieved.

Logic and applied reason isn't thrown out the window when disappointment and fanatical prove me is applied to solid grounds for observations.

Throw around as many dysfunctional labels as one wishes, but logic is still served when acknowledging the current make-up in leadership and what is being paid for on the current roster.

Over the past five seasons, the Cowboys have dominated the NFC East and does have playoff seasoning as well.

Jerry has listened to removed power from the owner, as a concept is both naïve and foolhardy. That isn't on the table as a hindrance.

Jason needs to succeed, but has a very good team to accomplish where he is able to lead. Lombardi or not, does not remove what Stephen has done and where he has influenced.

If one can't acknowledge that, then participation on this thread is an attempt to demean what has been accomplished or to ignore the significance in contribution by Stephen Jones.

Both deny the obvious improvements that have occurred...and don't rush to another Jerry or Stephen this or no Lombardi that...
 

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Yahoo Sports, the place you go to find out the latest about the Cowboys, right after the guy that hands out towels and cologne in the men's room of the Starlite Danceland has retired.

Oh, born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, eh?
 

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I don't see him as the cheapass, he spends the cap. I am not sure he knows how to select the ones to keep and the ones to let ride out. I think the team is headed for cap trouble again but if they can score a ring while the window is open, I guess that's all worth it. I just don't put as much on winning another ring as I do staying in contention over a long period of time.

In the 70's, we only won 2 rings but we there most of the time and then we get that 90's run and after that, nada. However, after that first ring, it was never the same to me. There was little residual effect of winning it all and the games that were most remembered by me weren't the SB games, they were the games leading up to that.

I do not have any problem with SB or bust fans but that all or nothing approach leads to continued disappointment.

Who or what amount is the chain on this current and evolving team? Oh, please explain fully...
 

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While Son is in the same role he has been for most of his tenure under Daddy , I do however believe he’s taken a bit larger role with the media.

He receives more interviews and we are obtaining more updates on issues from him than the past. Reporters and fans may translate that into he’s making more of the decisions.

If that’s the case then why isn’t Daddy giving him more of the credit?

As if Stephen isn't well respected in the NFL?
 

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Disagree about Zeke, he will get a 2nd contract. Jones possibly, guess it depends on his performance this season
and as @CCBoy said above, Jaylon will too.

This, if Zeke don't get a 2nd who is running the ball for us. Get ready to stacked the deck and make the QB beats us with 40 throws a game because no one will fear the run game.
 
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