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The Dallas Cowboys are, simply put, absolutely putrid on the defensive side of the ball. But team owner Jerry Jones says he’s not really concerned.
Instead, Jones is focused on making billions of dollars drilling for oil in East Texas.
Dallas ranks second to last in both points per game allowed (31.6) and yards per game allowed (404.6), ahead of only the Cincinnati Bengals. First-year defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus looks absolutely lost, and, frankly, he doesn’t have the personnel at his disposal to fix the issue even if he were capable of doing so.
That’s especially true after Jones traded away superstar pass rusher Micah Parsons just prior to the start of the season. Parsons ranks sixth in the league with 6.5 sacks through seven games and tied for third in pressures.
Despite all of that, Jones still can’t bring himself to focus on the football team that was once the NFL’s glamour franchise, but has since been turned into a laughingstock.
Jerry Jones Says He’s Focused On Drilling, Not Winning Football Games.
Jones recently sat down with Benoît Morenne of the Wall Street Journal to discuss Comstock Resources, a drilling company with which he has invested over $1 billion, with the hope of a much larger return.
Comstock has recently begun drilling in East Texas in areas that are said to have some of the deepest oil reserves in the world.
“There’s $100 billion present value with gas out there,” Jones said in the interview. “That’s why I’m talking to you on the telephone rather than trying to fix our defense with the Dallas Cowboys.”
Therein lies the catch. And it has always been the catch for Jones when it comes to the Cowboys.
If they somehow win a Super Bowl and he gets to take credit, great. But it’s not a priority. The Cowboys are an investment opportunity. And so long as gullible fans continue to line his pockets, nothing will change.
And that philosophy looks set to continue whenever his son Stephen, the team’s current general manager, takes over in the future.
Sorry, Dallas fans. But that’s the harsh reality.