{"id":17594,"date":"2025-01-06T03:12:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T03:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=17594"},"modified":"2025-01-06T03:12:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T03:12:45","slug":"jerry-jones-announces-major-front-office-decision-after-the-cowboys-fail-to-make-the-playoffs-during-disappointing-2024-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=17594","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Jones Announces Major Front Office Decision After The Cowboys Fail To Make The Playoffs During Disappointing 2024 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a>\u00a0owner\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/jerry-jones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerry Jones<\/a>\u00a0wasted little time making one thing clear after the club\u2019s regular season concluded on Sunday: Jerry the GM isn\u2019t going anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Calls for Jerry Jones to relinquish the general manager duties grew significantly during a disappointing 2024 season that saw Dallas finish 7-10, missing out on the playoffs for the first time since 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Per The Athletic\u2019s Jon Machota, Jones told reporters\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jonmachota\/status\/1876022897178775928\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">after the game<\/a>\u00a0that he will retain his duties as the Cowboys\u2019 general manager. Jones has kept himself in the GM and president chairs since he purchased the football team in 1989.<\/p>\n<p>Also of note for Cowboys fans: Jones stated that he has not made a final decision on head coach Mike McCarthy, whose five-year contract is up.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has not made a decision on the future of the team\u2019s head coaching position. When asked about the possibility of other team\u2019s wanting to interview Mike McCarthy, Jones said he\u2019s fine with that. He said he wants to work with people who want to be here.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Machota (@jonmachota) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonmachota\/status\/1876022897178775928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After a season that fell well short of expectations, it\u2019s obvious that significant changes must be made in Big D. But any drastic changes will be made by the man who rarely likes to do that: Mr. Jones himself.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-jerry-jones-fails-to-accept-responsibility-again\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jerry Jones Fails To Accept Responsibility Again<\/h2>\n<p>Jones stated last January that Dallas would have an \u201call-in\u201d approach to the offseason. Yet he didn\u2019t sign\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/derrick-henry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Derrick Henry<\/a>\u00a0because Jones claimed they could not afford him.<\/p>\n<p>He waited way too late to extend quarterback\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/dak-prescott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dak Prescott<\/a>\u00a0and wide receiver CeeDee Lamb, causing unnecessary drama and distractions. He refused to make a coaching change after last year\u2019s humiliating playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers.<\/p>\n<p>But hey, at least the Cowboys keep on selling tickets.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Dallas Cowboys\u00a0owner\u00a0Jerry Jones\u00a0wasted little time making one thing clear after the club\u2019s regular season concluded on Sunday: Jerry the GM isn\u2019t going anywhere. Calls for Jerry Jones to &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17596,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17594\/revisions\/17596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}