Jerry Jones, the 83-year-old owner and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys, is facing renewed criticism amid the team’s disappointing 2025 season. But that’s neither here nor there, you see, because he’s still the best man for the job.
In his mind, anyway. Because of continuity … or something.
“When you get a new general manager, he’s always thinking about, let’s get a new coach or let’s get a new quarterback or let’s get a new tackle,” Jones said in a radio appearance on 105.3 The Fan.
“Anytime you can create continuity, and of course, that’s what we’re dealing with on our defense right now, too. Anytime that you start mitigating continuity, you’re gonna pay a price. That’s not good when you’re turning it over.”
Continuity in Big D has led to yet another underachieving season at 6-7-1, with the Cowboys likely to miss the playoffs for the second straight year. Dallas has not advanced past the divisional round since 1995.
If that kind of continuity is a good thing, the Cowboys need a little less of it.
Jerry Jones definitely thinks Jerry Jones is great
The Dallas Cowboys owner has echoed these thoughts in the past. He very clearly thinks he’s the best man for the job of resurrecting America’s team. I mean, sure, it’s taken 30 years, and they’re still no closer to returning to the Super Bowl, but he’s super-good at his job, you guys. And don’t let anyone tell you otherwise, least of all him.
Jones, in an interview with DLLS over the summer, boldly declared that no one on the planet can do a better job of running the organization than he can.
He has been the club’s GM since 1989. And in the interview, he showed he doesn’t much care what fans, or anybody for that matter, think of him. Jones is the head honcho, and he declared as much in a profanity-laced tirade.
“I’ve done it all. So I have an ordinate amount of confidence that f***, if anybody can figure out how to get this s*** done, I can figure out how to get it done,” Jones said. “I’ve been there every which way from Sunday, and have I busted my ass a bunch, a bunch.”
“And there’s nobody living that’s out cutting and shooting that can’t give you a bunch of times they busted their ass. So hell no, there’s nobody that could f***ing come in here and do all the contracts … and be a GM any better than I can,” he continued.
“Plus, I’m where the buck stops. When it f***s up, I got to cover it.
Jerry Jones has likely had to cover things with more than a few bucks yet again this season.
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He came in like a wrecking ball
I mean, I guess? If continuity means just five playoff wins in almost 30 years, I’d hate to see what a lack of continuity looks like.
Jones came in like a whirlwind in 1989 and shook up the entire city when he dumped legendary coach Tom Landry in favor of Jimmy Johnson. The two swiftly built a dynasty that won three Super Bowls in four years in the early ’90s.
However, post-1990s, the team has experienced significant playoff droughts and controversies, with Jones often criticized for his personnel decisions and the team’s failure to return to an NFC Championship game, much less a Super Bowl. The glory days of the ’90s have remained in the ’90s.
Since winning the Super Bowl in 1995, the storied franchise has just five playoff wins. Fans often note that the only consistent entity during that time has been Jones as general manager.
That’s continuity. The continuity of losing.