Jerry Jones has overseen his fair proportion of seasons which have fallen in need of, met or exceeded expectations. However, the Cowboys’ ongoing 2024 marketing campaign was not one thing he anticipated.
The Cowboys will enter Week 12 with simply three wins underneath their belt. After Dallas dropped a fifth consecutive recreation on Monday evening, the longtime Cowboys proprietor and common supervisor mirrored on his first 12 months of possession.
“We won one game my first year,” Jones stated after the Houston Texans’ 34-10 victory over the Cowboys. “One. And so have we had rough seasons? Yes. Yeah, I’ve been around. Certainly we have. And we’ve had other tough years. And this one, we didn’t anticipate the record. And the way we’re playing right now, we wouldn’t have anticipated that. But, not, this isn’t – y’all have heard me tell these old stories until you’re sick – but not, you stay in this league long enough, you’ll have times like this.”
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Jerry Jones earlier than the sport towards the Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Nov. 3, 2024, in Atlanta. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Photos)
The Cowboys will doubtless have an extended record of inquiries to reply and points to handle after the season.
However, proudly owning a 3-7 file does put the Cowboys in place for a top-10 draft decide. Head coach Mike McCarthy is within the final 12 months of his contract, and it stays unclear whether or not Jones would decide to convey him or any members of the present teaching employees again.
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Nonetheless, the uncertainty of McCarthy’s future has not spilled over to the locker room, in accordance with Jones.
“That losing the team stuff, that’s so overblown,” Jones stated. “These guys are so, first of all, they’re natural competitors. Secondly, they’re so proud of the fact that they are professional and disappointed in maybe the way they executed the play, but that’s not anything that’s brother or first cousin to give up…. Everybody’s certainly disappointed, but that’s a big difference in not knowing that you got to put the foot in front of the other to go.”
Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones solutions questions with new head coach Mike McCarthy throughout a press convention at Ford Middle on the Star in Frisco, Texas, on Jan. 8, 2020. (Matthew Emmons-USA At the moment Sports activities)
The Cowboys aren’t simply dropping, they’ve typically been dominated in video games. Groups visiting AT&T Stadium have outscored Dallas by an eye-popping 118 factors this season.
McCarthy expressed his frustration with the five-game skid, which matches the longest dropping streak he is skilled as an NFL coach.
“Explain it? I think it’s very frustrating. It’s frustrating for everybody. Frustrating for the players, frustrating for the coaches. I know it’s disappointing for the fans,” McCarthy stated. “But we just, we have a lot of moving parts going on, and we just have to be cleaner and more detailed in certain spots. We’re not playing well enough, not executing well enough, coaching well enough to overcome some of the mistakes we’re making in critical times of the game.”
Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy walks off the sphere after the Philadelphia Eagles recreation in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024. (AP Picture/Jeffrey McWhorter)
Dak Prescott was formally positioned on injured reserve earlier this week, however he was in attendance for the Cowboys-Texans recreation. McCarthy acknowledged the rash of accidents the Cowboys have battled this season, but in addition stated he stays steadfast in his perception within the locker room.
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“I feel in times of adversity, the confirmation comes into what you know from your past experiences but also just trust the people in the room, the people that are doing the work. And I do,” McCarthy stated. “I believe in this locker room. Our leadership, most of it has been injured. There is good coming out of this.
“You do not see it as a result of we’re not profitable video games, however there’s younger males which are getting a possibility to do extra. And I do imagine that can pay ahead. It must hurry the hell up as a result of we want it in six days. However that is simply the fact of what we’re going by. I do imagine as a result of not solely what they do for the group however the vitality and the hassle they offer me. I’ve each motive to imagine that we will play higher.”
The Washington Commanders will host the Cowboys on Sunday, before Dallas returns home for its annual Thanksgiving Day game.
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