Cowboys’ Jerry Jones justifies not pursuing Derrick Henry: ‘I don’t know if he’d be having that career year in our situation’

The Dallas Cowboys are a team with myriad problems.

Running the ball is principally among them. They Cowboys rank last in the NFL with 77.2 rushing yards per game, an anchor on an offense that was projected as explosive with Dak Prescott throwing the ball to All-Pro receiver CeeDee Lamb.

Instead, the Cowboys boast the league’s 20th-ranked scoring unit (21 points per game) and most recently lost for the third time in three home games via an embarrassing 47-9 defeat to the Detroit Lions. It’s added up to an increasingly agitated Jerry Jones as the Cowboys owner makes his regular media rounds.

Jerry Jones talks Derrick Henry

On Tuesday, Jones addressed the Cowboys run game on his weekly radio appearance with 105.3 The Fan. He did so fresh off another showcase Monday night by a Baltimore Ravens offense featuring running back Derrick Henry, who was a free agent in the offseason and available for the Cowboys to pursue.

Jones explained on Tuesday why he doesn’t believe that Henry would be a difference-maker for the Cowboys this season.

#Cowboys owner Jerry Jones today on not signing Derrick Henry, via @1053thefan: “Derrick is having a career year. I don’t know if he’d be having a career year in our situation… We don’t run that type of offense at all… Derrick didn’t fit, principally due to managing the cap.” pic.twitter.com/q8QPMB0zRd

— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) October 22, 2024

“We, in my mind, we’re not playing very good football right now, at all,” Jones said. “It’s beyond whether or not we have Derrick Henry or not. Derrick Henry is having a career year.”

Jones then appeared to acknowledge that the Ravens have a superior offensive scheme to the Cowboys’.

“I don’t know if he’d be having that career year in our situation,” Jones continued. “And that’s really something you really do have to look at. Because if he had not had as many carries as our running backs have had, then he certainly probably wouldn’t have attained the level of impact that he’s…

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Publish date : 2024-10-22 18:51:23

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