Well, that certainly didn’t take Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys long, did it?
As the first week of the 2025 training camp comes to an end, we’ve learned one thing.
Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys are incapable of learning. This includes the front office, the coaches, and the players too.
The worst of it is, the stupid seems to be spreading to the fans, influencers and the media too.
Negative Motivator
Yet again, the Cowboys front office is playing a game of contract extension chicken with one of its top players to open camp. This year it’s Micah Parsons’ turn.
It’s becoming a familiar formula for the Cowboys.
Hold off getting a deal done until other teams set the market.
Next, wait until the last possible second before signing a contract. End up paying out tens of millions of dollars more than they would have if they’d attended to business earlier.
They’re even pulling on Parsons, what they did with Dak Prescott.
Bring in a potential replacement, James Houston in Parsons’ case with Trey Lance being the pigeon two years ago, to try to “pressure” the player into folding.
Only so far, it’s always the Cowboys that fold. I’m betting they’ll fold again in the final week before the season opener.
As an aside, someone needs to remind Jones that it’s Micah, and not Michael, Parsons that he’s going to be paying over $40 million a year.
If It Didn’t Work The First Time…
In 2023 when Mazi Smith was the first-round pick, he was immediately tasked with dropping weight to be a pass rusher. He got shoved around the entire season.
Last year, Mike Zimmer had him put the weight back on to try to be a run-stopper.
Smith had a much better sophomore season as a result.
So what are the Cowboys doing with Smith this year? They’re having him drop the weight off again to be more of a pass rusher.
This poor guy is going to end up giving Taco Charlton a run for his money as the Cowboys’ worst-ever first-round bust.
Are The Fans Coming Back?
During the first few days of camp, the stands were pretty empty.
There was a time when every day of camp was filled with Cowboys fans in the stands, some even being turned away.
Saturday’s attendance was better, but still. The fan base is going to need to see more than an early playoff exit this year if the Cowboys want to win them back.
First Take Not Always The Best
ESPN’s First Take showed a clip of George Pickens catching a pass from Dak Prescott in the first practice of this year’s camp.
Only one problem. They showed the clip several hours before the actual first practice of camp.
The clip they ran was Brandin Cooks, who wore the No. 3 jersey before Pickens, two years ago.
Pretty embarrassing to be the sports leader and botch something this badly.
Prescott In Post-Season Form
And finally, it’s nice to see Prescott in playoff form this early in the year. Prescott has been throwing picks around like Don Rickles threw insults.
His first one of camp was thrown right to Marshawn Kneeland in the flat, which went for a Pick Six.
Right on cue, the Dak Defenders blamed the running back.
But Prescott clearly stared down his target and never saw Kneeland sitting right there before hitting Kneeland with the ball right between the 9 and the 4 on his jersey.
ESPN may call themselves the “Sports Leader,” but they are no,such thing.
maybe 25 years ago, but not for quite some time now. ESPN is garbage.
a Dallas Cowboys fan, since the 70’s with Jerry Jones as the Cowboys owner and G.M. the Cowboys won’t get any better it will get worse every year and all the sports media group also needs to wake also about the Cowboys
Dude…. You really need to go back and look at the responses you get on your stupid comments!! You really don’t have any idea what your talking about!! You are completely clueless!! As I’ve said before, Jerry has 3 Super Bowl rings on his hand, so how is it on Jerry that the team don’t get better!? Just to be clear for you clueless people…. It’s not on Jerry!! If you were really a fan since the 70s, then you would know that Stephen got more control over the team right after Jerry put the team together to get his 3rd Super Bowl win, and ever since then, the team has never been back to even the championship game…. So what does that tell you!? Obviously you don’t have any idea, so I’ll tell you!! Stephen Jones is the problem, not Jerry!! We didn’t have any problems getting to the championship game before Stephen took over!! And since Stephen took over, he changed the way we do a lot of things and those things obviously don’t work!! But the point is, the problem is NOT Jerry, it’s Stephen!! And if you were a real fan, you would know that!! Just like this stupid writer!! He don’t know what he’s talking about either!! He’s so bad at his job that he don’t even look like a Cowboys fan!! And you are just as bad as he is, if not worse!!
I have said it before, jerry always always does something to negatively effect the progress for the next year. Usually it isn’t this early. Jerry wants to skirt the rules and negotiate directly with players to possibly sneak in some fine print. All he had to do was talk to the agent. Sometimes billionaires try to imitate a president. Just pay the players jerry so they can focus on football. Do your media circus on the asthma field.
You seriously don’t have any idea what your talking about do you!? Jerry has already said that it takes 2 to get a contract done!! Jerry is ready to get it done, so it sounds like it’s Micahs agent that’s messing around acting stupid!! And he’s probably doing it because he got his feelings hurt because Jerry said he didn’t know who he was!! And it’s obvious that Jerry is ready to get it done, he just signed Jake Ferguson out of nowhere and it obviously got done quick, so I don’t see why Jerry would have any problems doing the same thing for Micah, unless Micah or his agent are holding off and taking their time getting it done!! And that’s how it is with all the players!! And your garbage take about the fans is exactly that…. Garbage!! A true fan don’t leave when the team is having a bad year or whatever it may be!! A fan is there cheering on their team no matter what!! That’s something you could learn about!! Your obviously a bandwagon fan, if your even a fan at all!! As much crap as you talk about the team, it sounds more like you are an eagles fan Washington fan…. A fan of a rival team of the Cowboys!! Cause your definitely not a true fan of the Cowboys…. There’s no way!! And your take on Dak is garbage too!! First off, you do realize he hasn’t been in any kind of football environment since week 8 of last year right!? That’s 9 or 10 months ago!! That’s almost a whole year without doing any kind of football activities!! How did you think he was gonna come back…. Being perfect, throwing perfect completions on every pass, not making any mistakes at all!? Secondly…. It was 1 interception, it happens!! Even his backups threw some interceptions in practice!! It 6 happens to all QBs!! And then lastly…. You do know that Daks not the only QB in the NFL that throws interceptions in the playoffs right!? You do have enough sense to know at least that much right!? Even the so called best QB in the NFL throws interceptions in the playoffs!! He threw a couple just in the Super Bowl last season!! So why is Dak the only one these idiots write about when it comes to throwing interceptions in the playoffs!? It’s because the writers are idiots!! Like I said, every QB in the NFL does it, and some of them are supposedly ranked higher than Dak, but they get no flak for the mistakes they make, it’s only Dak that has to listen to these idiots!! But I’m not the idiot writing this garbage, so I’m not the one looking stupid!! And all of you idiots that are wanting Dak gone will be wishing we still had him when he’s gone and we’re stuck with another Branden Weeden or Kyle Orton again for years after Dak leaves!! You idiots did the same thing with Romo, and was ready for him to come back when Dak didn’t take us to the Super Bowl after his first 2 or 3 years starting for us!! The same idiots that wanted Dak to stay the starter after he had the start he had in his rookie year!! And when things don’t go y’alls way, y’all decide now he’s not good enough!! Like I said earlier…. Bandwagon fans!! Only fans when they’re doing good!! I’m done!!
You mad, bro?
Show me how many playoff games that Brady or Mahomes has thrown multiple first-half interceptions in. How many did Aikman throw in his playoff runs?
Prescott has done this in his last two playoff games. His decision making against the 49ers in the playoff game at AT&T the year before the two-INT loss in SF was bad too. As was his decision making in the first half against GB the following year.
At what point will you finally admit that he is one of those players that’s very good in the regular season, but just can’t get it done when it matters most? This year? Next year? The year after he retires and still hasn’t won a divisional round game?
a Dallas Cowboys fan, since the 70’s anything I say is the truth about Jerry Jones an the Cowboys also you must be on Jerry Jones payroll