How much does every NFL owner want to win? A team-by-team breakdown of their efforts

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The Athletic looked at all 32 teams and rated their owner's desire to win a championship based on actions, not just words.



Contention Mode

• Baltimore Ravens
• Buffalo Bills
• Detroit Lions
• Kansas City Chiefs
• Philadelphia Eagles

Willing to do what it takes to win

• Green Bay Packers
• Los Angeles Chargers
• Los Angeles Rams
• Miami Dolphins
• Minnesota Vikings
• San Francisco 49ers
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Washington Commanders

Content to compete

• Arizona Cardinals
• Cincinnati Bengals
• New Orleans Saints

Trying to get it right

• Carolina Panthers
• Chicago Bears
• Denver Broncos
• Houston Texans
• Las Vegas Raiders
• New England Patriots
• Seattle Seahawks

Stuck in struggle mode

• Atlanta Falcons
• Cleveland Browns
• Dallas Cowboys

Jerry Jones loves to claim he wants to win another Super Bowl in the worst way. But above all, Jones loves being the center of attention and maintaining control. This causes him to hold onto coaches too long because he doesn't want to pay them not to work, or to pass on hiring the most talented coaches because they might want more power than he is willing to cede. Jones also tends to drag out player negotiations because he's determined to pay them on his timeline, even if it means costing himself more in the long run.​

• Indianapolis Colts
• Jacksonville Jaguars
• New York Giants
• New York Jets
• Pittsburgh Steelers
• Tennessee Titans

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6216519/2025/03/21/nfl-owners-free-agency-offseason/

No lies told.

 

[oldcorvetteguy]

Man, I don't get all the reasons everyone comes up with for not liking Jerry. He is in the HOF. He played the game. Three SB's in his time?

Good looking family. You need to love Jerry, he is our fine GM washing the jocks and socks, and here we are.

Yeah.

 

[DandyDon52]

I think this is the back breaker for me. Why does he do this. Is he this much of a control freak that he’s willing to damage the team AND pay more money? Why? Why can’t he just be normal?

This is why I think “struggling to get it right” is too generous. He fits in the category of “sabotaging his team for his toxic control issues”. Or “willing to hurt team for ego” mode.

He does that to keep media and fans talking and wondering about it.
It is part of a longtime marketing strategy that does work.

He may wind up paying parsons 45 mil a year, lol and he doesnt care.

 

[fivetwos]

He does that to keep media and fans talking and wondering about it.
It is part of a longtime marketing strategy that does work.

He may wind up paying parsons 45 mil a year, lol and he doesnt care.

I dunno, he actually seemed proud that he was the one that gave out the largest contract ever, and that the team is now better off as a result.

Makes sense he wants to do that with the defense, so let it run up. This way he can say they aren’t cheap also.

 

[plymkr]

He may wind up paying parsons 45 mil a year, lol and he doesnt care.

Exactly, he’s going to pay him 45 million APY but drag it out throughout TC and be a huge distraction. Because if it’s a distraction then media and people will be talking about it and that’s what he wants. That’s a big piece of the culture problems we have. There’s always a distraction that is not related to football in Dallas and Jerry purposefully causes it.