Jerry Jones isn't going anywhere. During a recent interview with longtime Dallas Cowboys beat writer Clarence Hill Jr., Jones made it clear that he will remain the team's general manager for the foreseeable future and has no plans to step down to let someone else run the team.
If you're a Cowboys fan, that may make you either reassuring or uneasy. Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb are mired in contractual uncertainty and the team hasn't been to the NFC Championship Game since before Lamb was born. But Jones is confident there's no one better to do the job than him.
Here is Jones' impassioned explanation as published on the new city-specific website DLLS:
“I've done it all. So I'm very confident that if anybody can figure out how to do it all, I can figure out how to do it,” Jones said. “I've been out there all the way through Sunday, and I've worked very, very hard. And there's no guy that's cutting and shooting and can't tell you how hard he's worked. So absolutely, there's no one that can come in here and do all the signings … and be a better GM than me.”One.”
Jones also explained why his experience makes him the only person for the job. Via DLLS:
“I have hundreds of [bad days]Jones said, “I get emotional about it sometimes. Well, driving this thing, that's what I want to do in the final decision. Now, when I can't, when I'm old and I can't even do it… but I'm a long way from not being able to do it.
“The reason I don't let anybody else be GM is because I don't have anybody I can let do it right. And they have to come to me and because I know where you have to pay for it.”
Jones insisted he has “a lot of confidence” in his kids, but they would only take over if he got hit by a car. No, really. He said he's confident they could get the job done “if I got hit by a car here tonight.”
So as long as Jerry Jones is breathing, they will be at the negotiating table. If that means dealing a replacement for Prescott or Lamb, they wouldn't be the first players they've left behind in Dallas.