Blogging The Boys
In Wednesday’s postmortem press conference for the Dallas Cowboys’ 2025 season, Jerry Jones, Stephen Jones, and Brian Schottenheimer covered a lot of topics. One of the biggest sound bites from the media session was Jerry’s expressed goal of finishing his ownership run with the most Super Bowls in NFL history. While highly unrealistic at this point, the brazen statement also reflected just how misguided Jones’s effort to achieve that feat is, and how little he even understands his own motivation.
There were several moments on Wednesday when Jones tried to reassure Cowboys fans that he was as passionate about winning as anything else. But this particular notion of retiring with more Super Bowls than any other owner was hyperbole at best. New England’s Bob Kraft currently sets the bar with six, meaning Jerry would need four more championships to pass him.
Interestingly, Jones’ three Super Bowls from the 1990s put him in second place. Even though franchises like Pittsburgh and San Francisco are right up top with the Cowboys and Patriots for most total championships, their wins spanned different owners. So, at least in terms of competition for his goal, Jones only has one guy to beat.
In the very same press conference, though, Jerry displayed some of the very things that have prevented him from building on that early success. When asked if Brian Schottenheimer would be allowed to choose the next defensive coordinator, Jones made clear that he was the final arbiter of that decision. He quickly threw in that Schottenheimer would be heavily involved in the process, and that he was in on the hiring decision of Matt Eberflus as well.
But Jones’ first response, and instinct, was territorialism. Just as it’s been for over 30 years, the Cowboys are Jones’ favorite toy. He’s only going to share, or even pretend to, so much. His response shows his continued desire to get primary credit for whatever the team achieves.
Another continued theme in the conference was Jones’ effort to justify the Micah Parsons trade. It was why they were able to obtain Quinnen Williams and Kenny Clark, why they now have the cap space to re-sign George Pickens and Javonte Williams, and why they have the extra resources to quickly renovate the defense. He was defensive about how his failed negotiations with Parsons were characterized, and clearly, it’s still gnawing at him as it worked its way into multiple answers.
Yes, the team does have extra cap space and picks from the Parsons deal. But much of what the team has done and will do would have been capable through other means, and you’d still have the elite pass rusher that your defense so sorely missed. But this article isn’t about evaluating that trade, rather the man who seems hellbent on proving the naysayers wrong.
But again, that’s been Jerry Jones since 1994. His entire handling of the Cowboys since Jimmy Johnson’s exit has been about trying to prove he could’ve done this without him. Even when...
