Jerry Jones: Cowboys won’t initiate trade talks to improve roster before deadline

[CTcowboy203]

No, they do not. Neither Jerry nor Stephen had any qualifications for the job that was better than the typical fan out of the stands. The failure of the team since Jerry ran Jimmy is all the proof in the world of that.

I could buy one of Gordon Ramsey's restaurants and name myself Chef. It does not mean that I am more qualified than some guy off the street who didn't have the cash to buy the place.

Jerry played football at a higher level than 98% of people here ever have and for all his lack of success he has 3 super bowl rings to show for it. Beyond that he’s advanced the league through tv and other revenue streams more than most owners have

Using something similar to your analogy - many here know how to eat a steak but have zero idea how to cook it.

 

[GINeric]

unfortunately the reward for getting ridding of Jerry is Stephen the buffoon

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

I hope that's what Jerry is doing. I really do.

He always shows his cards.

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

I'm telling you guys

He'll make splash moves when the team is failing.

It's hard to sell merch and tickets when you're 5-12

And that's the only time he really does anything and of course then he overpays.

 

[9of11]

Championship mentality by jerry....keep signing those players whos going to take us over the top...all those free agents...for the practice squad players ....they going to take us to the Top!!!!

 

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Jerry has 3 SB trophies ( courtesy of Jimmy)
He has the richest franchise in the NFL ( a team that was a national brand anyway thanks to Landry and Schramm)
He's in the HOF ( because he makes the NFL money)

He really doesn't have any incentive to want to win championships. He just wants to be relevant to make more money and to fleece Cowboy fans. It doesn't matter who the qb or coach is we will never win another SB with Jerry as Owner. I thought last year maybe we could stumble into a championship game but that appears to be too much. The culture of the Cowboys is the real reason why this team always comes up short and Jerry's the ringleader.

 

[gtb1943]

Jerry played football at a higher level than 98% of people here ever have and for all his lack of success he has 3 super bowl rings to show for it. Beyond that he’s advanced the league through tv and other revenue streams more than most owners have

Using something similar to your analogy - many here know how to eat a steak but have zero idea how to cook it.

Matt Millen was a pro bowl LB. AND one of the worst GMs ever.
So your point is a joke

 

[CTcowboy203]

Matt Millen was a pro bowl LB. AND one of the worst GMs ever.
So your point is a joke

No the joke is that fans here, a majority of which who have either never played the game or never played it past a high school level - feel like they know more about football than people who’ve played the game at high levels because they watch the game from their couch on Sunday and see everything under a win/loss lense when the game of football and especially roster building isn’t that black and white.

You are correct that just playing the game doesn’t mean it correlates to being a great executive but it absolutely gives that person nuances and insight that most don’t have which puts them in a position to even be named an executive for a team in the first place. The fact Millen even had a chance to fail shows what just playing the game at a high level does to how one is perceived amongst their peers- seeing as his only qualification to become a gm was just what you said….a former player. While he failed he still unequivocally would know more about concepts and team management than most.

And what’s even more contradictory is people yelling at Jerry because they interpret his quote on a radio show as him not willing to make a trade to get us over the “hump” but not even acknowledging that the reason we are close / on the hump of being great /elite is because of the position he and the staff like mcclay that he hired have put us in

 

[CATCH17]

This is the right approach from Jerry. We do not want to give up our R1-3 draft picks. We would be paying top dollar if we go asking. We are not one player away.

If you put Derrick Henry on this roster it obviously changes things.

Derrick Henry can overcome Dak.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

If you put Derrick Henry on this roster it obviously changes things.

Derrick Henry can overcome Dak.

It's not just that, he'd give us an element we haven't had since maybe 2018 Zeke.

 

[CATCH17]

It's not just that, he'd give us an element we haven't had since maybe 2018 Zeke.

Like.. This team knows that what Dak did in San Fran is exactly what he will do in the playoffs..

If we can get homefield then yeah that changes things but Dak’s not going into a hornet nest against a stout defense and winning us a game.

Henry can win you games and with our defense I just think it’s such an obvious move.

 

[Flamma]

Jerry has 3 SB trophies ( courtesy of Jimmy)
He has the richest franchise in the NFL ( a team that was a national brand anyway thanks to Landry and Schramm)
He's in the HOF ( because he makes the NFL money)

He really doesn't have any incentive to want to win championships. He just wants to be relevant to make more money and to fleece Cowboy fans. It doesn't matter who the qb or coach is we will never win another SB with Jerry as Owner. I thought last year maybe we could stumble into a championship game but that appears to be too much. The culture of the Cowboys is the real reason why this team always comes up short and Jerry's the ringleader.

This is pretty much it. There doesn't look like there is any motivation to do anything at this time unless it's an emergency move. Same approach to the draft in the first two days. They just sit there.

 

[ChuckA1]

No the joke is that fans here, a majority of which who have either never played the game or never played it past a high school level - feel like they know more about football than people who’ve played the game at high levels because they watch the game from their couch on Sunday and see everything under a win/loss lense when the game of football and especially roster building isn’t that black and white.

You are correct that just playing the game doesn’t mean it correlates to being a great executive but it absolutely gives that person nuances and insight that most don’t have which puts them in a position to even be named an executive for a team in the first place. The fact Millen even had a chance to fail shows what just playing the game at a high level does to how one is perceived amongst their peers- seeing as his only qualification to become a gm was just what you said….a former player. While he failed he still unequivocally would know more about concepts and team management than most.

And what’s even more contradictory is people yelling at Jerry because they interpret his quote on a radio show as him not willing to make a trade to get us over the “hump” but not even acknowledging that the reason we are close / on the hump of being great /elite is because of the position he and the staff like mcclay that he hired have put us in

Maybe the joke is not giving Jimmy Johnson almost all the credit for the 90's SBs and screaming Jerry did it too. And, maybe the joke is waiting 28 years, wading through this nonsense and not admitting Jerry is a terrible GM and more of a snake oil salesman than a true football mind.

 

[gimmesix]

If you put Derrick Henry on this roster it obviously changes things.

Derrick Henry can overcome Dak.

You were doing well until the overcoming Dak part. We need the running game to be strong enough to force teams like the 49ers to respect it. We rushed for 3 yards per carry in this past game, 3.5 in last year's playoff loss and 3.7 in the previous year's playoff loss. That's 77 yards, 57 yards and 76 yards. That's asking Dak to overcome the lack of a running game.

 

[doomsday9084]

This is going to get buried but some decisions in the late 90's and 00's really left a mark on Jerry. The Galloway and Roy Williams trades. Some of the big money spending that left them in cap hell for years.

What Jerry fears isn't not winning a super bowl. What jerry fears is irrelevance.

He is going to bend over backwards to try to win 10+ games every year and at least be in the conversation. That's his goal. He isn't going to sell out the future to improve chances today because when he did it before, he got burned pretty badly.

 

[Mannix]

This is going to get buried but some decisions in the late 90's and 00's really left a mark on Jerry. The Galloway and Roy Williams trades. Some of the big money spending that left them in cap hell for years.

What Jerry fears isn't not winning a super bowl. What jerry fears is irrelevance.

He is going to bend over backwards to try to win 10+ games every year and at least be in the conversation. That's his goal. He isn't going to sell out the future to improve chances today because when he did it before, he got burned pretty badly.

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Post of the evening

 

[jblaze2004]

As long as we win enough for cowboys fans to talk about the Cowboys and enough for ESPN can talk about us he could care less. But then again when is the last time we were on a winning end of a trade? We would of probably gave up a 2nd round pick for this guy. The eagles gave up peanuts for a "All Pro Player".

 

[JoeyBoy718]

Did we acknowledge that we’re no match for San Fran while also saying that we’re good enough in the same sentence?

 

[ChuckA1]

This is going to get buried but some decisions in the late 90's and 00's really left a mark on Jerry. The Galloway and Roy Williams trades. Some of the big money spending that left them in cap hell for years.

What Jerry fears isn't not winning a super bowl. What jerry fears is irrelevance.

He is going to bend over backwards to try to win 10+ games every year and at least be in the conversation. That's his goal. He isn't going to sell out the future to improve chances today because when he did it before, he got burned pretty badly.

Well, there's nothing more relevant for a NFL football team owner than to win a SB. Everyone knows he's a great businessman. You'd think this particular owner would like to be known as a successful GM also.

 

[CTcowboy203]

Maybe the joke is not giving Jimmy Johnson almost all the credit for the 90's SBs and screaming Jerry did it too. And, maybe the joke is waiting 28 years, wading through this nonsense and not admitting Jerry is a terrible GM and more of a snake oil salesman than a true football mind.

Jerry not giving Jimmy his credit is a personality flaw and a by product of a massive ego. He should give Jimmy his due, 100%. However that withstanding the cowboys of the past decade or so have been one of the best drafting teams period no matter how you slice it. It hasn’t netted us the championship game appearance or a Super Bowl title but it’s still true.

The cowboys are in the midst of potentially it’s 3rd double digit win season and 3rd playoff appearance that’s not easy to do in the modern nfl. Now, we all have higher expectations than just making the playoffs and Jerry is not without his criticism at all but he’s also not the buffoon that a large majority paint him to be.

The fact that there’s expectations on this team at all this year his because of the rosters that’s been put together