Let's see the old Jerry! Snap to it bud!

[Cowboys5217]

Yeah, he got old. Plus he's far richer than he was then when the finances of the team were in doubt.

He even admitted in that SAS interview last year that he wasn't the risk taker he used to be.

The finances of the team were never in doubt. That's a self serving narcissistic fairy tale Jones invented.

 

[Cowboys5217]

Yeah, fans really need to quit re-writing history on this. It wasn't a planned move. Jerry let the negotiations out of hand. An entire season planned on #11 being there and last second trade on best of what they could get. Just another example of the old Jerry losing his mojo. This never would have happened in previous years. Just because you like the move, doesn't mean it was a good move.

Jerry was purposely waiting till right before kickoff to sign Parsons to steal the week 1 headlines just like he did prior with Dak. Except this time it blew up in his face. The decision to trade Parsons was made probably mere hours before the trade was actually made because Jerry had painted himself into a corner with his stupid media games he likes to play. That's also why he got fleeced on the deal too and got less than he should have in trade.

 

[blueblood70]

Mr. Jones,

I saw the Netflix documentary and remembered those 90's glory days, but the Jerry I see now is not the Jerry of those championship days. I won't even get into the bad trades or draft picks, or the coach undermining, or regular season records. I just want to state the obvious and that wildcatter oil salesman with energy to lift everyone 24/7 is no longer there.

What happened to the man who was brave enough to fire Tom Landry?! Brought in a college pedigree coach. Unheard of at the time! Or the guy that went and picked up Bill Parcells on his private jet and convinced him to coach the Cowboys in one sitting?! Your coaching hires these days are just full of personal comfort and security. We're the laughingstock of the NFL. We haven't see a bold coaching hire in a long time.

What happened to the guy who could still make it happen though difficult contract negotiations?! You didn't have to trade Emmitt away because he hurt your feelings! You ended up hugging him on the damn field as he broke the rushing record! Why do we have a Jerry now who last second trades away the best pass rusher in the NFL to doom his defense?! You used to give contracts to guys like Aikman with no hesitation. Now you wait until the very end as if you're afraid to sign anything. We watch as everyone else gets a deal and then you're forced to make that player the highest paid.

What happened to the Jerry who wasn't afraid to go make a splash on free agents. You signed Deion Sanders! The biggest free agent signing of its time! Now, this team is afraid to touch any free agent who gets above the league minimum!

The Jerry I remember is a guy who told the NFL to go chuck themselves and brought in his own sponsors. Told the Cheerleaders they needed to be sexy. Told the entire world he could win it with 1 of 500 coaches, and he did!

But that Jerry is long gone. If you don't have the energy, please pass it on. It's your team, you put your life savings into it and your whole family works there. I understand. And we're just fans who spend chump change compared to what you brought to the team, but we're also fans who were very proud of our team's dynasty, our team's swagger, and if you're not up to the job anymore, just sit down and please pass the torch.... The NFL is America's National Pastime now, and teams need to be run like it's 2025, not some legacy 1950's family organization. You used to be the guy who modernized everything, now you're the guy stuck in the past.

I don't get it I skimmed through there but what do you mean by afraid to sign anyone what are you talking about 90 per cent of the players get signed this year alone do we need to go over who they signed because I might forget there were so many

Turpin, Osa, Tyler smith, hunter, bland, furgy, and ?

I mean I realized that some of the big players have also been responsible for dragging some of these things out their agents are somewhat responsible but they've signed just about everybody we let one guy go and this is what we hear about?

Free agents they haven't done it in a while but they have made big trades I wouldn't say that George Pickens was a big trade but it was an impact trade he basically stole him I know it might be a rental for one year but a 3rd round pick They got Amari Cooper on a first round pick and changed that season that was a first round pick that is pulling the trigger.

Not sure what your whole entire rant and ramble was supposed to mean I skimmed it it's the same thing you complain about everyone complaints about here he's not a big player in free agency and I don't think he ever will be but it's not like he sat on his hands all the time he signs a lot of players he resigns almost all players except now Parsons and every once in a while there'll be one that becomes controversial but it is not all on Jerry i'm not sticking up for Jerry but come on this whole Parsons ordeal was set off by the agent That deal was all but done in March it just needed to be signed off on The agent got **** hurt jerry didn't like his attitude david didn't like the reply back it went cold he's gone I don't understand how you don't see this any different than some of the other stuff that's gone on in the NFL with Antonio Brown and Bell just off 1 team but players don't all get resigned Tyree Kill and a bunch of players off that Kansas City Chiefs original start to this dynasty have been cut or traded they hardly make any big news in the offseasons with trades...

Yes Howie Roseman does it all the time most teams don't though I don't get it yes every once in a while would be nice if he pulled the trigger on a free agent but I don't get it 90% of our players who come up for a new deal get it and they usually get it early or on time it's not messy it's not messy at all Trayvon Diggs was all but quiet Tyron Smith very quiet Most players get their deals without having to beg for it but don't think that other people aren't involved 2/3 of this are agents and players...

So I don't get it they do make trades I I'm trying to understand this whole post but II just don't get it's the same old nonsense that you compressed all into one pose about Jerryd not a gambler anymore and Jerry doesn't make any big free agent splashes anymore..

 

[Chocolate Lab]

The finances of the team were never in doubt. That's a self serving narcissistic fairy tale Jones invented.

You don't think they were losing money when he first bought them?

 

[Jarntt]

Mr. Jones,

I saw the Netflix documentary and remembered those 90's glory days, but the Jerry I see now is not the Jerry of those championship days. I won't even get into the bad trades or draft picks, or the coach undermining, or regular season records. I just want to state the obvious and that wildcatter oil salesman with energy to lift everyone 24/7 is no longer there.

What happened to the man who was brave enough to fire Tom Landry?! Brought in a college pedigree coach. Unheard of at the time! Or the guy that went and picked up Bill Parcells on his private jet and convinced him to coach the Cowboys in one sitting?! Your coaching hires these days are just full of personal comfort and security. We're the laughingstock of the NFL. We haven't see a bold coaching hire in a long time.

What happened to the guy who could still make it happen though difficult contract negotiations?! You didn't have to trade Emmitt away because he hurt your feelings! You ended up hugging him on the damn field as he broke the rushing record! Why do we have a Jerry now who last second trades away the best pass rusher in the NFL to doom his defense?! You used to give contracts to guys like Aikman with no hesitation. Now you wait until the very end as if you're afraid to sign anything. We watch as everyone else gets a deal and then you're forced to make that player the highest paid.

What happened to the Jerry who wasn't afraid to go make a splash on free agents. You signed Deion Sanders! The biggest free agent signing of its time! Now, this team is afraid to touch any free agent who gets above the league minimum!

The Jerry I remember is a guy who told the NFL to go chuck themselves and brought in his own sponsors. Told the Cheerleaders they needed to be sexy. Told the entire world he could win it with 1 of 500 coaches, and he did!

But that Jerry is long gone. If you don't have the energy, please pass it on. It's your team, you put your life savings into it and your whole family works there. I understand. And we're just fans who spend chump change compared to what you brought to the team, but we're also fans who were very proud of our team's dynasty, our team's swagger, and if you're not up to the job anymore, just sit down and please pass the torch.... The NFL is America's National Pastime now, and teams need to be run like it's 2025, not some legacy 1950's family organization. You used to be the guy who modernized everything, now you're the guy stuck in the past.

Jerry was never anything other than a guy who stumbled into a great situation through no real football genius of his own. He is a never was and a never will be. The old Jerry you are longing for is one who didn’t make any football decisions. I’d love to have that Jerry back also because that’s our only chance

 

[CT Dal Fan]

The finances of the team were never in doubt. That's a self serving narcissistic fairy tale Jones invented.

The Cowboys were hemorrhaging money daily when Jerry Jones bought them in 1989. The NFL was not the same league it is today and the franchise was a sinking ship.

As a businessman, Jerry is very successful. But because he owns a football team he always thought he had football knowledge. It's like buying a hospital and thinking you know how to perform brain surgery.

 

[Chasing6]

Mr. Jones,

I saw the Netflix documentary and remembered those 90's glory days, but the Jerry I see now is not the Jerry of those championship days. I won't even get into the bad trades or draft picks, or the coach undermining, or regular season records. I just want to state the obvious and that wildcatter oil salesman with energy to lift everyone 24/7 is no longer there.

What happened to the man who was brave enough to fire Tom Landry?! Brought in a college pedigree coach. Unheard of at the time! Or the guy that went and picked up Bill Parcells on his private jet and convinced him to coach the Cowboys in one sitting?! Your coaching hires these days are just full of personal comfort and security. We're the laughingstock of the NFL. We haven't see a bold coaching hire in a long time.

What happened to the guy who could still make it happen though difficult contract negotiations?! You didn't have to trade Emmitt away because he hurt your feelings! You ended up hugging him on the damn field as he broke the rushing record! Why do we have a Jerry now who last second trades away the best pass rusher in the NFL to doom his defense?! You used to give contracts to guys like Aikman with no hesitation. Now you wait until the very end as if you're afraid to sign anything. We watch as everyone else gets a deal and then you're forced to make that player the highest paid.

What happened to the Jerry who wasn't afraid to go make a splash on free agents. You signed Deion Sanders! The biggest free agent signing of its time! Now, this team is afraid to touch any free agent who gets above the league minimum!

The Jerry I remember is a guy who told the NFL to go chuck themselves and brought in his own sponsors. Told the Cheerleaders they needed to be sexy. Told the entire world he could win it with 1 of 500 coaches, and he did!

But that Jerry is long gone. If you don't have the energy, please pass it on. It's your team, you put your life savings into it and your whole family works there. I understand. And we're just fans who spend chump change compared to what you brought to the team, but we're also fans who were very proud of our team's dynasty, our team's swagger, and if you're not up to the job anymore, just sit down and please pass the torch.... The NFL is America's National Pastime now, and teams need to be run like it's 2025, not some legacy 1950's family organization. You used to be the guy who modernized everything, now you're the guy stuck in the past.

The man that was brave was following and taking Jimmy Johnson's advice.

 

[Xizor]

I feel like Stephen has made him cheaper so if you think Cowboy's are going to be better when he passes there is a chance we might be worse unfortunately.

 

[GMO415]

Jerry’s only 2 accomplishments was hiring his former college teammate in ‘89 and then being desperate for a quick fix to gain support for the new stadium when he relented and hired Parcells.

Ever since Jimmy, Jerry has been trying to do it his way and not be overshadowed by a real GM or HC. Parcells has been the only exception only due to desperation after theee straight 5-11 seasons with Campo.

 

[xwalker]

Mr. Jones,

I saw the Netflix documentary and remembered those 90's glory days, but the Jerry I see now is not the Jerry of those championship days. I won't even get into the bad trades or draft picks, or the coach undermining, or regular season records. I just want to state the obvious and that wildcatter oil salesman with energy to lift everyone 24/7 is no longer there.

What happened to the man who was brave enough to fire Tom Landry?! Brought in a college pedigree coach. Unheard of at the time! Or the guy that went and picked up Bill Parcells on his private jet and convinced him to coach the Cowboys in one sitting?! Your coaching hires these days are just full of personal comfort and security. We're the laughingstock of the NFL. We haven't see a bold coaching hire in a long time.

What happened to the guy who could still make it happen though difficult contract negotiations?! You didn't have to trade Emmitt away because he hurt your feelings! You ended up hugging him on the damn field as he broke the rushing record! Why do we have a Jerry now who last second trades away the best pass rusher in the NFL to doom his defense?! You used to give contracts to guys like Aikman with no hesitation. Now you wait until the very end as if you're afraid to sign anything. We watch as everyone else gets a deal and then you're forced to make that player the highest paid.

What happened to the Jerry who wasn't afraid to go make a splash on free agents. You signed Deion Sanders! The biggest free agent signing of its time! Now, this team is afraid to touch any free agent who gets above the league minimum!

The Jerry I remember is a guy who told the NFL to go chuck themselves and brought in his own sponsors. Told the Cheerleaders they needed to be sexy. Told the entire world he could win it with 1 of 500 coaches, and he did!

But that Jerry is long gone. If you don't have the energy, please pass it on. It's your team, you put your life savings into it and your whole family works there. I understand. And we're just fans who spend chump change compared to what you brought to the team, but we're also fans who were very proud of our team's dynasty, our team's swagger, and if you're not up to the job anymore, just sit down and please pass the torch.... The NFL is America's National Pastime now, and teams need to be run like it's 2025, not some legacy 1950's family organization. You used to be the guy who modernized everything, now you're the guy stuck in the past.

Acting GM: Stephen Jones
Meddling Owner: Jerry Jones

Stephen started taking over football operations in 2014 which is when he promoted McClay to the top scouting coordinator job.

Jerry is still 1st in line when cameras and microphones are present...

The 2011 Brandon Carr 50M contract started the process of Stephen convincing Jerry to take less chances with big contracts.

Jerry pushed for the Dez and Zeke contracts which failed. That boosted Stephen's ability to limit Jerry from making big, risky moves.

They paid Dak and CeeDee because they were good character risks.

Stephen was worried that Micah would flake out after getting a mega contract. Once Micah and his agent irritated Jerry personally, Stephen's point of view gained steam and they traded Micah.
- Stephen probably wanted to trade Micah before Jerry got mad at the agent.

Back when Randy Gregory was a free agent, Stephen did not want to re-sign him but Gregory was one of Jerry's pet cats (Because Jerry pushed to draft him).
- Stephen manipulated the negotiations to irritate Gregory's agent and succeeded in getting Gregory to sign elsewhere despite Jerry's desire to keep him.

In the first interview after the Taco pick, Stephen said "I think we're going to regret not drafting Watt".
- I took that to mean that Marinelli convinced Jerry to "break the tie" between the ones that wanted Taco and the ones that wanted Watt.
- McClay definitely wanted Watt.

Jerry was also the tie breaker on the Mazi pick.

They had consensus on Tyler Smith and CeeDee.
- i.e. No tie breaker required.

The tie breaker picks all seem to fail.

Most of the consensus picks seem to be good.

 

[J_Allen]

For a good reason. All that hard work paid off. The Cowboy are a cash cow for him now. He doesn't need to do all that stuff he did back in the day. The heavy lifting isn't needed. All he has to do now is go make big deposits in the bank.

$1.27 Billion in revenue last year from ticket sales, merchandise, and sponsorships, up from $1.2 Billion in 2023

 

[J_Allen]

In the first interview after the Taco pick, Stephen said "I think we're going to regret not drafting Watt".
- I took that to mean that Marinelli convinced Jerry to "break the tie" between the ones that wanted Taco and the ones that wanted Watt.
- McClay definitely wanted Watt.

Jerry was also the tie breaker on the Mazi pick.

They had consensus on Tyler Smith and CeeDee.
- i.e. No tie breaker required.

The tie breaker picks all seem to fail.

Most of the consensus picks seem to be good.

You would think we would stop listening to coaches. Campo convinced us not to draft Jason Taylor because his legs were too skinny and Zach Thomas because he was too small. Incredible. And who can forget Gailey convincing them not to draft Moss. We're in the Super Bowl in 1998 had we taken him.

 

[StarLord]

He got old and complacent which others have covered. I would add I think he's gotten more and more afraid over the years. His decisions seem to be rooted more in a fear of failure rather than on a chance to succeed. I think the years of failure, stacking one after the other has compounded this. There are no more taking actual chances because he could be embarrassed, but if he does just a enough, timidly, to be around the rim.. well that's good enough for him.

 

[Rockport]

Culture has changed him, just look at his teeth, the more money he gets, the yellower his smile is!!! He's Ole Yeller!!!!!

Post your picture.

 

[Whyjerry]

That guy has been gone for 30 years and I would argue he never existed. His whole reputation was built by Jimmy Johnson.

 

[StarLord]

I don't get it I skimmed through there but what do you mean by afraid to sign anyone what are you talking about 90 per cent of the players get signed this year alone do we need to go over who they signed because I might forget there were so many

Turpin, Osa, Tyler smith, hunter, bland, furgy, and ?

I mean I realized that some of the big players have also been responsible for dragging some of these things out their agents are somewhat responsible but they've signed just about everybody we let one guy go and this is what we hear about?

Free agents they haven't done it in a while but they have made big trades I wouldn't say that George Pickens was a big trade but it was an impact trade he basically stole him I know it might be a rental for one year but a 3rd round pick They got Amari Cooper on a first round pick and changed that season that was a first round pick that is pulling the trigger.

Not sure what your whole entire rant and ramble was supposed to mean I skimmed it it's the same thing you complain about everyone complaints about here he's not a big player in free agency and I don't think he ever will be but it's not like he sat on his hands all the time he signs a lot of players he resigns almost all players except now Parsons and every once in a while there'll be one that becomes controversial but it is not all on Jerry i'm not sticking up for Jerry but come on this whole Parsons ordeal was set off by the agent That deal was all but done in March it just needed to be signed off on The agent got **** hurt jerry didn't like his attitude david didn't like the reply back it went cold he's gone I don't understand how you don't see this any different than some of the other stuff that's gone on in the NFL with Antonio Brown and Bell just off 1 team but players don't all get resigned Tyree Kill and a bunch of players off that Kansas City Chiefs original start to this dynasty have been cut or traded they hardly make any big news in the offseasons with trades...

Yes Howie Roseman does it all the time most teams don't though I don't get it yes every once in a while would be nice if he pulled the trigger on a free agent but I don't get it 90% of our players who come up for a new deal get it and they usually get it early or on time it's not messy it's not messy at all Trayvon Diggs was all but quiet Tyron Smith very quiet Most players get their deals without having to beg for it but don't think that other people aren't involved 2/3 of this are agents and players...

So I don't get it they do make trades I I'm trying to understand this whole post but II just don't get it's the same old nonsense that you compressed all into one pose about Jerryd not a gambler anymore and Jerry doesn't make any big free agent splashes anymore..

After the books you constantly write on here, you can't be bothered to read something fully? That's wild.

 

[ShortRound]

 

[VaqueroTD]

Acting GM: Stephen Jones
Meddling Owner: Jerry Jones

Stephen started taking over football operations in 2014 which is when he promoted McClay to the top scouting coordinator job.

Jerry is still 1st in line when cameras and microphones are present...

The 2011 Brandon Carr 50M contract started the process of Stephen convincing Jerry to take less chances with big contracts.

Jerry pushed for the Dez and Zeke contracts which failed. That boosted Stephen's ability to limit Jerry from making big, risky moves.

They paid Dak and CeeDee because they were good character risks.

Stephen was worried that Micah would flake out after getting a mega contract. Once Micah and his agent irritated Jerry personally, Stephen's point of view gained steam and they traded Micah.
- Stephen probably wanted to trade Micah before Jerry got mad at the agent.

Back when Randy Gregory was a free agent, Stephen did not want to re-sign him but Gregory was one of Jerry's pet cats (Because Jerry pushed to draft him).
- Stephen manipulated the negotiations to irritate Gregory's agent and succeeded in getting Gregory to sign elsewhere despite Jerry's desire to keep him.

In the first interview after the Taco pick, Stephen said "I think we're going to regret not drafting Watt".
- I took that to mean that Marinelli convinced Jerry to "break the tie" between the ones that wanted Taco and the ones that wanted Watt.
- McClay definitely wanted Watt.

Jerry was also the tie breaker on the Mazi pick.

They had consensus on Tyler Smith and CeeDee.
- i.e. No tie breaker required.

The tie breaker picks all seem to fail.

Most of the consensus picks seem to be good.

I've thought about that a lot and wonder myself. Because it always seems like for every Jerry *** decision, there's a story about Stephen Jones wanting to do the right thing. No one will ever admit when they wanted to go the wrong way, but someone always lets it slip when he was going the right way. And I also remember Bill Parcells and his heartfelt praise about his GM skills. Sometimes I do think he gets a bad rap because he has to be the fall guy in the media for the Jerry Shenanigans and he unfortunately doesn't have 1/10th the charisma. But he may surprise some people if Jethro croaks and Stephen takes the reins.

 

[VaqueroTD]

After the books you constantly write on here, you can't be bothered to read something fully? That's wild.

 

[Ironicalicon]

Jerry is pretty old in every way and we see him at least once a week.