- Joined
- Apr 7, 2013
- Messages
- 123,046
Jerry Jones believes Cowboys are better, won't say Super
3m
Todd Archer, ESPN Dallas Cowboys reporter
IRVING, Texas -- There was a time Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones would have talked brazenly about his team’s Super Bowl chances.
Those days appear gone.
Despite coming off a 12-4 record and having a productive offseason, even with the loss of the NFL’s leading rusher, DeMarco Murray, the Cowboys are viewed as one of the NFC’s best. Of course, it’s only May and many things can change between now and Sept. 13 when the Cowboys open the season against the New York Giants.
“Let’s don’t confuse how good we feel about our team with putting it around the neck of something that if we did know and could beat those kinds of odds, then life would be a lot different for all of us,” Jones said after the Salvation Army’s Inspiring Hope Luncheon at AT&T Stadium on Wednesday. “That’s a statement that is real hard to live up to. No one knows it better than we do.”
Quarterback Tony Romo was willing to almost half-heartedly predict a Super Bowl for the Cowboys in 2015 after accepting the Nancy Lieberman Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dream Ball Gala last month.
“I understand completely what he’s saying,” Jones said. “He’s got a lot of confidence. He feels good about our defense. No one in our organization was hollering defense more than Tony.”
The Cowboys addressed the defense in free agency mostly by signing the best pass-rusher available in Greg Hardy, but the team is not sure how many games he will play pending an appeal of a 10-game suspension.
The Cowboys used their first two picks -- and five of eight overall -- on defensive players in last week’s draft, taking cornerback Byron Jones and defensive end Randy Gregory.
Romo knows how pressure on the quarterback affects his ability. The Cowboys had just 28 sacks last year.
“Let me just say this, you know what we all think of Rod Marinelli and his ability to scheme and work his defense,” Jones said. “One thing you can’t dial up very effectively, very many times is that pressure. You do that with personnel … I think certainly we’ve done enough to make a big difference on our pressure.”
Time will tell if it will be at a Super Bowl level.
-----------------
I know some will say Jerry is getting smarter. I doubt it.
If I just screwed the pooch in an offseason where I let my top rusher go and did nothing but add Darren effing McFadden, I wouldn't be talking Super Bowl either.
3m
Todd Archer, ESPN Dallas Cowboys reporter
IRVING, Texas -- There was a time Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones would have talked brazenly about his team’s Super Bowl chances.
Those days appear gone.
Despite coming off a 12-4 record and having a productive offseason, even with the loss of the NFL’s leading rusher, DeMarco Murray, the Cowboys are viewed as one of the NFC’s best. Of course, it’s only May and many things can change between now and Sept. 13 when the Cowboys open the season against the New York Giants.
“Let’s don’t confuse how good we feel about our team with putting it around the neck of something that if we did know and could beat those kinds of odds, then life would be a lot different for all of us,” Jones said after the Salvation Army’s Inspiring Hope Luncheon at AT&T Stadium on Wednesday. “That’s a statement that is real hard to live up to. No one knows it better than we do.”
Quarterback Tony Romo was willing to almost half-heartedly predict a Super Bowl for the Cowboys in 2015 after accepting the Nancy Lieberman Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dream Ball Gala last month.
“I understand completely what he’s saying,” Jones said. “He’s got a lot of confidence. He feels good about our defense. No one in our organization was hollering defense more than Tony.”
The Cowboys addressed the defense in free agency mostly by signing the best pass-rusher available in Greg Hardy, but the team is not sure how many games he will play pending an appeal of a 10-game suspension.
The Cowboys used their first two picks -- and five of eight overall -- on defensive players in last week’s draft, taking cornerback Byron Jones and defensive end Randy Gregory.
Romo knows how pressure on the quarterback affects his ability. The Cowboys had just 28 sacks last year.
“Let me just say this, you know what we all think of Rod Marinelli and his ability to scheme and work his defense,” Jones said. “One thing you can’t dial up very effectively, very many times is that pressure. You do that with personnel … I think certainly we’ve done enough to make a big difference on our pressure.”
Time will tell if it will be at a Super Bowl level.
-----------------
I know some will say Jerry is getting smarter. I doubt it.
If I just screwed the pooch in an offseason where I let my top rusher go and did nothing but add Darren effing McFadden, I wouldn't be talking Super Bowl either.
