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Jerry Jones is a glass half-full kind of guy.
Where others including players on his own team see a literally glaring problem with a simple fix, he sees upside.
Two days after extolling the virtues of the giant westward-facing window at AT&T Stadium, the Dallas Cowboys team owner doubled down on Tuesday while continuing to insist that the blinding sunlight that it provides is some sort of home-field advantage. Jones made his case on his weekly radio appearance with 105.3 The Fan.
“Every venue has certain things that at certain ways and times in the contest can create and advantage,” Jones said. “That really goes on the category of home-field advantage. … I don’t want to adjust it for one reason because it is an advantage for us.”
Jones made his case in the aftermath of a 34-6 loss at home to the Philadelphia Eagles that sent an already-spiraling season further into the muck. The sun was a topic of conversation because it almost certainly cost the Cowboys points in the loss.
Cowboys receiver CeeDee Lamb broke open for what should have been an easy touchdown. But he lost the ball looking back at the sun and never got his hands on it.
A touchdown there wouldn’t have made much of a difference in the 28-point loss. But the missed opportunity certainly didn’t help the Cowboys’ cause.
After the game, Lamb was asked if the stadium would be better off with curtains to mitigate the impacts of the late-day sun.
“Yes, 1000%,” Lamb said.
The scenario prompted this response from Jones in his postgame media scrum:
“We know where the sun’s going to be when we decide to flip the coin or not,” Jones said. “So we do know where the damn sun’s going to be in our own stadium.”
Jones said this as if opposing teams don’t win coin flips and also have awareness of the setting sun.
Jones then went into a bizarre unprompted rant about tearing the stadium down in a clear sign of simmering frustration over the failing Cowboys season.
Jerry Jones doesn’t appear to be willing to concede that opposing…
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Publish date : 2024-11-12 20:30:24
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