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This Is All Bullshit
The NFL loves nothing more than a hollow branding opportunity. Just look at the self-satisfaction on the face of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones when he knelt, uselessly, with his team before the performance of last night’s national anthem. That’s the look of a man who knows he’s taken something that has ...
Superman Metaphors Are Jerry Jones's Kryptonite
The Arkansas Razorbacks are remaking their football team’s alternate uniforms in the style of the Dallas Cowboys, in honor of alum and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones making the Pro Football Hall of Fame. They shared a clip today of Jones getting a little emotional while reflecting on his time playing foo...
Report: Jerry Jones Is Holding Up Roger Goodell's Contract Extension
Roger Goodell has made as much as $44 million in salary in a single year as NFL commissioner, and in his time on the job has reportedly made more than $200 million. The NFL’s compensation committee is currently working out a proposal to extend Goodell’s existing contract beyond its current 2019 expi...
The NFL Set Itself Up For This
No matter what the NFL does, it devolves into a bunch of dudes arguing about whether or not a woman is a liar. It happened with Janay Rice. It happened with Nicole Holder. It happened with Molly Brown. And it’s happening now. The best case for the NFL just packing up and admitting, “We have no clue ...
Jerry Jones Shares A "Jerry-ism" On The Topic Of Colin Kaepernick
Friday night Tony Romo shared the following photo from Jerry Jones’s Hall of Fame party:...
Jerry Jones Is A Great Guy Until He Fires You
Jerry is really personable. I mean, you’ve got to like Jerry Jones. If you’re around him, you’ve got to like him, unless you hate the Dallas Cowboys, which some people do. But as a person, he’s likeable. He’s fun to be around. His whole family is working with the team. They are a great family. I’m p...
NFL Relocation Fees Are Revenues The Players Will Never Touch<em></em>
NFL owners are poised to rake in a fortune from the recent franchise relocations of the Rams, Chargers, and Raiders. Those owners naturally won’t be sharing a penny from that windfall with the players....
Why NFL Owners Won't End Marijuana Testing Even Though They Don't Want It Anymore
One other fascinating item about the NFL’s recent owners-only meeting that Mike Florio detailed last weekend over at Pro Football Talk: Cowboys owner Jerry Jones—who seems to have more pull than anyone in the NFL these days—wants the league to be more chill about testing players for marijuana. But e...
The Raiders Are Moving To Las Vegas And It Stinks
As expected, the NFL owners have voted to allow the Oakland Raiders to move to Las Vegas, and it was overwhelming: Adam Schefter first reported the vote was 31-1 in favor, with the Dolphins’ Stephen Ross the only holdout....
Jerry Jones Wants Tony Romo Kept Under Glass
The Dallas Cowboys’ enviable quarterback question, which rookie Dak Prescott effectively answered with his play, has been flipped on its head: Why not use backup Tony Romo as you would, you know, the backup, and protect Prescott for the games that really matter?...
Jerry Jones Isn't Really Helping This Whole QB Controversy
After Sunday’s loss to the Giants, both owner Jerry Jones and coach Jason Garrett were adamant that Dak Prescott is the starter and Tony Romo is the backup. On Monday, Garrett reaffirmed his support of the rookie, declaring that Prescott is his quarterback. On Tuesday? Well, Jerry Jones just can’t h...
The Cowboys Still Won't Commit To Dak Prescott
Rookie QB Dak Prescott has a seven-game track record that should be more than enough to secure him the starting job. Yet the Cowboys are still taking things week by week, refusing to make the choice until there actually is a choice. Prescott will be the starter next week against the Browns, owner Je...
Fan Tosses Helmet At Jerry Jones, Hits Him In Head<em></em>
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones took a helmet to the head before today’s game against the 49ers in Santa Clara. It seems that an overeager fan wanted the team memorabilia signed. ...
Jerry Jones Bought Himself A Helicopter Because That's What Rich Old Bastards Do
We all know Jerry Jones loves the finer things in life: tailored suits, his state-of-the-art football stadium, feeling up women in bathrooms. Now we can add “shooting pigs out of a helicopter” to that list....
Jake Plummer Has Some Thoughts For "Billionaire Asshole" Jerry Jones
Former NFL QB Jake Plummer has reinvented himself as an advocate for medical marijuana as a safe, effective treatment for the pain and depression that so many players find themselves faced with when they leave the league. (Plummer even ran QB camps to raise money for research.) So Plummer definitely...
The Cowboys <i>Really</i> Wanted Paxton Lynch
Tony Romo is 36, and increasingly banged up, and it’s time to start thinking about his replacement. It was no surprise that Dallas entered the draft planning to take a successor, but the surprise afterward among the Cowboys’ front office was who they ended up with: Dak Prescott, their third choice a...
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Wrestlemania Kicks Off In Front Of Half-Empty Jerry World After Ticketing Mishap [UPDATE]
Irate fans chanted “LET US IN! LET US IN!” as a stadium ticketing issue kept tens of thousands of pro wrestling fans from entering the stadium in Dallas before tonight’s Wrestlemania kicked off at 6 p.m. local time....
Jerry Jones Is The Reason The Rams Are In Los Angeles
The best thing you’ll read this week—and the most revealing look at the dynamics of the men who actually run the NFL I’ve read in years—is this ESPN The Magazine feature by Seth Wickersham and Don Van Natta Jr., a tick-tock of the gossip, the cajoling, the backroom deals, the conniving, and finally ...
Cowboys Look To Squelch Reporters With Strict New Media Policy
The Dallas Cowboys are suddenly very interested in controlling what media members can and can’t report from the team’s facilities, and have instituted an absurd new set of rules that reporters have to follow while at practices if they don’t want to get their credentials yanked....
Jerry Jones Says Rushing Tony Romo Back Was Worth it
Way back in September, when the Cowboys were 2-0 and looking like they could win a weak NFC East, Tony Romo broke his collarbone. The injury held him out for eight weeks, during which the Cowboys went 0-7. With the NFC East a shitpile at that point (for the record, it’s still a shitpile), the 2-7 Co...