Asked & Answered, Week 5: Is it possible to get a worse birthday present for Jerry Jones?

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Every week in the NFL season brings a host of new questions … and answers some old ones, too. Let’s run down what we learned in Week 6 … and what we’ll be wondering about in Week 7 and beyond.

ASKED: Is it possible to get a worse birthday present for Jerry Jones?

What do you get a football plutocrat for his 82nd birthday? Well, if you’re the Dallas Cowboys, you scoop up a big steaming pile of dog crap, stick it in an old pizza box, wrap it in a silver-and-blue ribbon, and throw it right at his front door. That’s exactly what the Cowboys did for Jerry Jones on Sunday, losing to the Detroit Lions in a 47-9 debacle that somehow wasn’t even that close. The Cowboys have the highest-paid player and the broadest, most engaged fanbase in the league, and they’re still not able to put a respectable product on the field week in and week out, year in and year out. Half the league literally can’t have a memory of the Cowboys’ last Super Bowl win, because it happened before they were born.

But before we go too far down the road of “look how those terrible Cowboys treated poor ol’ Jerruh!”, well — who hired these guys? Who signs their checks? Jones has for years now insisted he’s in “win now” mode, and yet it’s clear the people in the building aren’t winning now. Jones doesn’t have the patience for a total rebuild, and with the money he could spend, he shouldn’t. Problem is, pointing fingers is easy; making the necessary changes is very, very hard. The reasons for Dallas’ problems are many and varied, but it all starts with Jones — and it’s ending there, too.

Put another way: when even the Detroit Lions are clowning you, it’s time to rethink your entire worldview.

ANSWERED: Welp, so much for the Saints

Hey, remember all the way back in Week 2, when everyone — including, well, us — was saying that the Saints’ Klint Kubiak-led offense was revolutionizing the game and a surefire bet to go…

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Publish date : 2024-10-14 14:05:21

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