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Jerry Jones discussed the Dallas Cowboys heading into the 2016 offseason while on 105.3 The Fan Tuesday morning.
The Cowboys owner/GM touched upon the recent 4-12 season, wide receiver Dez Bryant, defensive end Greg Hardy, the upcoming draft, and the addressing of the backup quarterback situation this offseason. Here's the best from Jones while on the Shan and RJ Show:
How would you recap the 2015 season? "Disappointing, surprising, completely taken back without being overly dramatic, but maybe call for it just a little bit here to have ended up with this record. Fourth pick in the draft, we've earned it which is terrible. You put all of that there. If there's ever been a time that we need to go on past the obvious, although you cannot address this team without taking into considering that early we lost key players with injury. You cannot address it, it has to be factored in for if no other reasons logistics, if for no other reasons for contract situations. We have to factor in the consequences of the injuries we had. That's not being wishful thinking or putting your head in the sand, that's just being realistic. Realistic of course is that we won four ball games."
After injuries, what are the major factors that led to the 4-12 record? "Not adjusting, we didn't make adjustments and that's across the board. That's not just directed toward coaches or us or an individual player. Mentality wise, we probably early felt that we were going to get these injuries behind us and we would get them behind us in a better shape to compete for the majority of the season. That didn't turn out for us at all. Obviously, Tony (Romo) injured his shoulder. And we didn't get a healthy Dez (Bryant) at the level that we had anticipated. Those and the adjustments that we were making at that time were just not successful. That resulted in losses. This team kept fighting, we keep hearing that, it's a fact."
How was Bryant managed? Was he rushed back too soon? "We needed him back, he wanted to be back. We didn't rush him back relative to medical advice. Frankly, he was able to play and practice at a certain level. We didn't think we were exacerbating any additional healing. We don't think what he's addressing was impacted by the fact that he came back and played when he played. We don't know that. At a certain point, medicine becomes a measure of just opinion. We know that we haven't done anything that would impact him long-term or down the road. We'll chalk that one up to experience. One thing with a year like this, you gain a lot of knowledge."
http://dal.247sports.com/Bolt/Jerry...-Cowboys-heading-into-2016-offseason-42565728
The Cowboys owner/GM touched upon the recent 4-12 season, wide receiver Dez Bryant, defensive end Greg Hardy, the upcoming draft, and the addressing of the backup quarterback situation this offseason. Here's the best from Jones while on the Shan and RJ Show:
How would you recap the 2015 season? "Disappointing, surprising, completely taken back without being overly dramatic, but maybe call for it just a little bit here to have ended up with this record. Fourth pick in the draft, we've earned it which is terrible. You put all of that there. If there's ever been a time that we need to go on past the obvious, although you cannot address this team without taking into considering that early we lost key players with injury. You cannot address it, it has to be factored in for if no other reasons logistics, if for no other reasons for contract situations. We have to factor in the consequences of the injuries we had. That's not being wishful thinking or putting your head in the sand, that's just being realistic. Realistic of course is that we won four ball games."
After injuries, what are the major factors that led to the 4-12 record? "Not adjusting, we didn't make adjustments and that's across the board. That's not just directed toward coaches or us or an individual player. Mentality wise, we probably early felt that we were going to get these injuries behind us and we would get them behind us in a better shape to compete for the majority of the season. That didn't turn out for us at all. Obviously, Tony (Romo) injured his shoulder. And we didn't get a healthy Dez (Bryant) at the level that we had anticipated. Those and the adjustments that we were making at that time were just not successful. That resulted in losses. This team kept fighting, we keep hearing that, it's a fact."
How was Bryant managed? Was he rushed back too soon? "We needed him back, he wanted to be back. We didn't rush him back relative to medical advice. Frankly, he was able to play and practice at a certain level. We didn't think we were exacerbating any additional healing. We don't think what he's addressing was impacted by the fact that he came back and played when he played. We don't know that. At a certain point, medicine becomes a measure of just opinion. We know that we haven't done anything that would impact him long-term or down the road. We'll chalk that one up to experience. One thing with a year like this, you gain a lot of knowledge."
http://dal.247sports.com/Bolt/Jerry...-Cowboys-heading-into-2016-offseason-42565728
