Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones apparently threatened the radio hosts’ jobs during a contentious interview Tuesday morning.
Appearing on 105.3 The Fan, Jones became frustrated and annoyed with the questions he faced about Mike McCarthy and the lack of moves the Cowboys made in the offseason.
#Cowboys owner Jerry Jones fumed when asked about the team’s offseason moves again today @1053thefan:
“I’ll get someone else to ask these questions. I’m not kidding.”pic.twitter.com/tMcB3GlLpF
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) 15 October 2024
After Sunday’s embarrassing 47-9 loss to the Detroit Lions at home, many fans called for McCarthy to be fired as the Cowboys fell to 3-3 on the season.
Jones has made only one coaching move during the season, firing Wade Phillips in 2010 and bringing in Jason Garrett as head coach. The Cowboys owner said that won’t happen this time.
“I don’t want to do any others during the season,” Jones told 105.3 The Fan.
“We were 1-7 at the time – 1-7. I think as I recall we had been beaten the week before by about the same score – we were on the road, not at home – but about the exact score , which we got beat on Sunday. We got beat and then I made the switch and we had a win. Little difference there, man.”
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Jones said making a head coaching change in the middle of the season usually doesn’t go well.
“They’re not good, and they’re usually ineffective, and they’re just not good,” Jones explained. “They have to be – at that particular time (in 2010) I thought it was the thing to do. I think it had a positive effect, but we’ll never know, right?
“All Wade did was move over to Denver, he didn’t become the head coach, he became the defensive coordinator. And it was one of the few times in my 35 years in the NFL that I heard throughout the league that the one coach was responsible for them having the team (they did), and it was Wade Phillips who ran the defense for Denver when they won the Super Bowl.”
Jerry Jones threatens radio hosts’ jobs after being asked about lack of offseason moves
It’s been a struggle for the Cowboys through the first six weeks of the season. After being one of the best teams on both sides of the ball in 2023, Dallas now ranks 25th on defense in total yards and 30th on offense in points per game. fight (21). Quarterback Dak Prescott has thrown eight touchdowns and six interceptions on the season. The team has also had significant injuries to Micah Parsons, Demarcus Lawrence and Daron Bland.
I have never heard Jerry get so personal and irresponsible.@1053thefan #Cowboys
— Will Chambers (@_WillChambers) 15 October 2024
When asked why he didn’t make more offseason moves to improve the team, Jones became agitated and apparently threatened the radio hosts’ jobs.
“This is not your job. Your job is not to make me go through all the reasons why I did something and I’m sorry I did it. That’s not your job. I’ll have someone else ask those questions . I’m not kidding,” Jones said on 105.3 The Fan. “You’re not going to find out what the team is doing right or wrong. If you are, or any five or 10 like you, come to this (NFL) meeting I’m going to today with 32 teams here, you guys are geniuses.”
“Do you really think you’re going to sit here with a microphone and tell me all the things I’ve done wrong without going over the rights?”
Audacy owns 105.3 The Fan, but the radio station is the Cowboys’ flagship, and Jones makes regular appearances.
Dallas will next face the San Francisco 49ers on the road on October 27.
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