Fans and commentators alike are enraged by Jerry Jones and the Cowboys‘ inaction on the contract extensions of three of their best players. Furthermore, Jones’ most recent remarks about not feeling a sense of “urgency” regarding CeeDee Lamb’s contract merely fueled the flames. Particularly unhappy with these developments was journalist Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk, who is known for being vocal.
During an NFL on ESPN program, Florio boldly declared that the Cowboys are “cheap, shortsighted, and not as smart as they think they are” when it comes to compensating their young players. He made the more contentious claim that Jerry Jones, the owner, “doesn’t really care about winning a Super Bowl.”
Is Mike right about Jerry Jones ?
Lifting the Lombardi Trophy is not Jones’ top aim, according to Florio. Rather, he thinks the emphasis is on keeping the Cowboys as the most well-liked team in American sports. The squad still goes by the nickname “America’s Team” even though they haven’t played for the NFC Championship since 1995, thus it appears that this tactic is working.
The expert even brought out a startling statistic: the Cowboys participated in 16 Super Bowls within the first 30 years of the NFL. They haven’t appeared in any events in the previous 28 years. Networks, meanwhile, continue to beg for copious coverage of Dallas both in the regular season and off.
What did Florio learn? Jerry Jones is a genius at maintaining the Cowboys’ prominence and knows how important drama and mystery are to the NFL.
