Perhaps the most perplexing aspect of AT&T Stadium, otherwise known as “Jerry World,” is the glare from the sun that bursts through the windows and shines directly onto the field. Time and time again the glare has impacted players’ visibility during games, yet Jerry Jones refuses to make any changes to account for the sun.
Rather than install curtains, Jones has previously said he feels it’s a home-field advantage to have that type of stadium factor impacting games. Well, the glare ended up benefitting the Chiefs early into Thursday’s Thanksgiving game, as a pass from Dak Prescott to George Pickens fell incomplete, at least in part due to the impact of the sun’s glare.
While running his route, Pickens could be seen fighting off the glare of the sun, and as a result, the ball fell incomplete a few feet away from him. It’s arguable that the pass would’ve been difficult to catch even without the glare, but it was clear that Pickens was struggling to track the ball.
The sun playing a factor early in the game.#DallasCowboys pic.twitter.com/8hdU5jgjmL
— Brandon Loree (@Brandoniswrite) November 27, 2025
Later in the first half, Chiefs punter Matt Araiza was forced to use his hand as a shield to block out the sun while preparing to kick the ball away.
As is the case whenever the glare casts onto the field at AT&T Stadium, NFL fans took to social media to express their disbelief that this issue hasn’t been fixed.
Jerry Jones building a stadium that blinds his own players & costs them points is so on brand pic.twitter.com/mXiTN4JI0R
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) November 27, 2025
Jerry silly as hell
— Jourdan Lewis (@JourdanJD) November 27, 2025
The infamous sun glare at AT&T Stadium arguably costed the Cowboys four points on that drive.
This tweet is for all the people that ask why so many of us constantly bring it up.
It literally may have costed them points. It is so dumb.
— RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa) November 27, 2025
Don't think George Pickens saw that ball through the sun glare.
— Sam McDowell (@SamMcDowell11) November 27, 2025
Cowboys getting blinded by the sun in their own stadium never gets old pic.twitter.com/OpsuwEqk2d
— Z (@thomzay11) November 27, 2025
Cowboys always playing with the sun in their face at home is so so so incredibly stupid and it’s on them
— Ryan Megee (@RMegee12) November 27, 2025
It is possible to cover those windows with curtains—they’re even used during other events held at AT&T Stadium, such as concerts or WWE matches. However, for whatever reason, Jones seems hellbent on keeping the sun shining in when his Cowboys take the field, regardless of the impact on the game.
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