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Jerry Jones has gotten his fair share of words after the loss to the Vikings on Sunday night, and one thing he touched on was the outlook for the final three games now that Dallas only has a 1% chance to make the playoffs.
Speaking with 103TheFan this morning, Jones touched on a lot of things, including what the plan would be for the final three games of the season.
Let’s just say he is not a fan of trying to tank for a better draft pick.
He said they have no plans to sit starters for a potential better draft pick. They’ll be playing to win these final three games.
I am all for playing your guys playing until the season is over, but if this team does not make any chances on the defensive side of the ball, what is the point?
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones on @1053thefan said they have no plans to sit starters for a potential better draft pick. They'll be playing to win these final three games
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) December 16, 2025
This team will find themselves in the same boat when next December rolls around.
Dallas currently holds the 14th pick as their own in the 2026 draft, and if things ended today, depending on what the Packers do in the playoffs, they would have the 23rd pick.
If you live under a rock and have not seen it, Micah Parsons tore his ACL on Sunday afternoon, so the Packers, once promised a possible Super Bowl this year took a huge hit with that loss to Parsons.
I truly have no idea how they will finish this season now, but I would guess they go 2-1 these last two games. They will probably lose to the Chargers on Sunday and beat the Commanders and Giants to finish the year 8-8-and-1.
That record of finishing .500 reminds me oh too much of Tony Romo and his days. This season feels like one of those.
The offense is great and scores nearly 30 plus a game, but the defense can’t stop the bleeding.
All I am saying is if someone like Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, George Pickens, DaRon Bland or someone else that will be a huge part of 2026 goes down like Parsons or Patrick Mahomes, I will be very upset.
You see how the Commanders shut down Daniels for the year because it is just not worth the risk if you want to win next season.
Nonetheless, I would like to see them play this week, and then once the Eagles win, they eliminate the Cowboys, shut em down for the final two games.
It is not worth the risk.
