Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is feeling the pressure. Coming off the Cowboys’ third consecutive loss, with the past two coming on national television, Jones erupted into am expletive-filled tirade on 105.3 The Fan on Friday morning.
In his weekly interview with the Dallas’ sports station, Jones’ frustrations erupted on the radio hosts. When asked if he felt embarrassed by the team’s recent performances, the Cowboys’ owner immediately went after the hosts.
Jerry Jones is pissed. pic.twitter.com/mg9zhY8bHB
— NFL Update (@MySportsUpdate) December 6, 2019
It didn’t end there for Jones. When the radio show hosts persisted in getting answers to the team’s recent collapse, including a humiliating effort against the Chicago Bears, Jones questioned the hosts’ knowledge and blamed some of the issues on the team paying its top players.
Jerry takes another shot at the mid day show hosts “if you know… and you may not, so let me inform you. Ten players take up a big chunk of your cap (paraphrasing).”
— Connor Livesay (@ConnorNFLDraft) December 6, 2019
This is ugly, you can’t hang up on the owner of the Cowboys, but this is pretty embarrassing from Jerry.
He clearly kept taking exceptions to the questions from the hosts, blasting them for what they were asking and defending his position.
Jones’ rage led to him unleashing numerous expletives, ultimately forcing the station to cut off the interview after it ran out of dump time following all of his cursing.
Yep – exactly what happened. Jerry Jones is back on https://t.co/2PVVv69HdX https://t.co/XO1Ol1yjaS
— 105.3 The FAN (@1053thefan) December 6, 2019
Jones did show support for one person, head coach Jason Garrett, expressing why he wouldn’t fire him midseason despite the team’s struggles.
Jones: "As far as quitting on Jason Garrett, when you quit on the coach, you quit on yourself." @1053thefan
— 105.3 The FAN (@1053thefan) December 6, 2019
He ultimately ended the interview laughing when the host suggested he go fix things before finishing with a remark about solving the country’s problems.
Jerry Jones concludes testy appearance on @1053thefan on light note. Told to “go fix this thing, all right?” He laughed for a few seconds. “Yeah, and then I’ll move on to the country’s problems.” He dropped expletives earlier in appearance. Technical issues cut call at one point.
— Michael Gehlken (@GehlkenNFL) December 6, 2019
Needless to say, Jones is feeling the heat from the fan base with the Cowboys’ promising start now spiraling out of control. Troy Aikman’s belief that Jones is to blame for this team’s issues might be right.
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