Fans of the Dallas Cowboys are disappointed after their poor start to the 2024 season – and fingers are being pointed at owner Jerry Jones.
Dallas opened their season with a win over the Cleveland Browns, but followed that up with consecutive defeats to the New Orleans Saints and the Baltimore Ravens. Now, they’ve got a crucial Thursday Night Football game against the New York Giants coming up.
With tensions high, a poll from WFAA-TV in Dallas shows that 70 percent of voters blamed Jones for the rough beginning to the campaign.
Jones didn’t scold the fans for their feelings, telling the ‘Shan and RJ’ show on 105.3 The Fan, ‘That’s very fair.’
‘It’s well known that no decision is ultimately made here for what I either have acquiesced [to] or approved it. That’s very fair.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says it’s ‘very fair’ for fans to point fingers at him
How could you think otherwise, whether it be who’s out there coaching, whether it be who’s out there playing, whether it be the stadium you’re walking into? Whatever it is here, that’s the way it is.
‘Now, let me just say this. Do I have a huge amount of input in making those decisions? When they’ve done their homework, they’re very influential input to me, and we’ve got a lot of people in the Dallas Cowboys that have done their input.’
This season is not unique when it comes to criticizing Jones – who has taken the brunt of criticism after taking over the team as owner and general manager in 1989.
But fan frustration has been particularly high following a loss to the Green Bay Packers in the playoffs in January – bringing Dallas’s Super Bowl drought to 28 seasons.