Cowboys owner Jerry Jones keeps putting his foot in his mouth, and the Detroit Lions just keep proving him wrong.
As if the dysfunction of the Dallas Cowboys couldn’t get any more delicious, owner Jerry Jones just keeps putting his foot in his own mouth. And I’m not even talking about his ridiculous takes on the sun and the moon and the complete disregard he has for the performance of his own players.
No, he keeps saying stuff that the Detroit Lions almost immediately prove to be false.
This week, the Cowboys got blasted by the division rival Philadelphia Eagles. In the game, Dallas turned the ball over five times: four fumbles lost, plus a late-interception from third-string quarterback Trey Lance when the game was already well over.
Here’s what Jones had to say after the game.
“The last two games here (at home) we’ve had five turnovers each game. We played a good team that was out there today. We’ve got some more of them to play, too, but you can’t win games turning the ball over five times,” Jones said.
It’s funny you say that, Jerry. Because just a few hours later, the Detroit Lions would, in fact, win a game against a “good team” while turning the ball over five times. Despite Jared Goff throwing five interceptions, the Lions clawed their way back into the contest and ended up winning it with a 52-yard field goal as time expired.
You see, if your team is actually good enough, they can overcome when one unit is struggling. But if you’re the Cowboys—and not a good football team—you can’t overcome those mistakes. The two games they had five turnovers in resulted in 47-9 and 34-6 losses.
Believe it or not, this is the second time this year Jones has been proven wrong by the Lions.
Back during the offseason, Jones was catching heat for the Cowboys’ lack of extensions for their key players. Wide receiver CeeDee Lamb was one of the last receivers to get an extension this offseason (August), and they couldn’t come to terms with Dak Prescott until September. They never got a deal done for Micah Parsons. That delay arguably cost the Cowboys money, seeing as they had to reset the market from deals that already got done.
So what was Jones’ excuse?
“I just think it’s very unique that you have a top quarterback on your team as well as two players on either side of the ball that feel like, and rightfully so, they’re the best non-quarterback players in the league. It stresses the cap,” Jones said back in July when none of the deals had been done yet.
Of course, the Lions didn’t have that problem at all. They got mega-contracts done for Jared Goff, Penei Sewell, and Amon-Ra St. Brown all done in April. Sure, the finances of each team are far from identical, but the overall point stands. While the Cowboys were twiddling their thumbs and trying to figure out the market to get the deal they wanted, the Lions wasted no time to show that they valued their players.
No wonder one team is 8-1 and the other is 3-6.
