{"id":12951,"date":"2024-11-02T01:56:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T01:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=12951"},"modified":"2024-11-02T01:56:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T01:56:36","slug":"jerry-jones-gets-incredibly-honest-about-the-state-of-struggling-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=12951","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Jones Gets Incredibly Honest About the State of Struggling Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The\u00a0Dallas Cowboys<\/a>\u00a0have limped through the first eight weeks of the 2024 season to a 3\u20134 record heading into a matchup Sunday against the\u00a0Atlanta Falcons<\/a>\u00a0at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.<\/p>\n

It hasn’t been pretty. Dak Prescott, fresh off signing\u00a0a four-year contract extension<\/a>\u00a0in September, has registered a career-worst 84.5 passer rating through seven games and\u00a0doesn’t look as mobile<\/a>\u00a0as he used to. The Cowboys’ offense ranks dead last in rushing yards per game (74.1) and has coughed up the ball 13 times, the fourth-most turnovers in the NFL.<\/p>\n

Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones openly discussed his team’s shortcomings during a radio appearance Friday on\u00a0105.3 The Fan<\/em><\/a>\u00a0in Dallas.<\/p>\n

“Well, I think we’re having a rougher go than I anticipated,” Jones said. “Let’s put it like that… But having me in the loop has to be there. It is rougher and I did not anticipate the challenges that we’re having with this team, but I am reminded of teams that I’ve seen that have had a lot of success and put themselves in position to take a shot and they were 3\u20134.<\/p>\n

“When I look at the whys that we’re here, I really have a tough time getting past just sheer youth, sheer inexperience on the offensive line. And I have a tough time getting past that turnover [ratio]. … It really is a plus that we’ve won three games.”<\/p>\n

Jones has one more chance to improve the Cowboys’ roster before the 2024 NFL trade deadline at 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday. Although he’s swung big midseason deals in the past\u2014the Amari Cooper trade in 2018, for example\u2014Jones said earlier this month that Dallas\u00a0won’t be too active at the deadline<\/a>. But the 82-year-old appeared to walk back those comments on Friday.<\/p>\n

“We look for all meat and bone out here that can improve our team,” Jones said.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys square off against the Falcons on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET\u2014a matchup that Prescott called a “must-win game<\/a>” on Thursday. It appears his boss agrees.<\/p>\n

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