Jerry Jones is absolutely fuming, and who can blame him? The Dallas Cowboys owner just cannot wrap his head around how his team coughed up a win against the Baltimore Ravens in Brazil, especially after being “in such a good position to win that game.”
No Excuses, Just Mistakes
Jones wasn’t pulling any punches on “Shan and RJ” on 105.3 The Fan this past Tuesday, September 29. He made it crystal clear: there’s “no explanation that you’re satisfied with. None.” That’s the kind of blunt honesty you rarely hear from owners, but after a last-second collapse like that, you get it. He’s saying the team itself doesn’t have an explanation they’re happy with either, and he’s right. They totally blew it. Jones added, “We made mistakes during that time, there’s no question about it.”
The Improbable Ending No One Saw Coming
Think about it: the Ravens got into field goal range for the game-winning kick with just seven seconds left in regulation. Seven seconds! How does that even happen? Jones knows it’s because “we made mistakes during that time,” and he’s not letting them forget it. “There’s an evaluation of how to not make the same mistakes again, which is what you should be doing,” he said. You can’t get that game back, no way. But Jones insisted, “What you can do is use it , if there’s any aspect of it that you want to just not even think happened. Any aspect of it, use it to get better.” It’s about taking that hard lesson and building on it.
So what’s the deal for the Cowboys now? They’re clearly reeling from this Brazil blunder. While our own Seattle Seahawks kicked off their season at Lumen Field with Soundgarden and Pearl Jam rocking the halftime show, the Cowboys are left picking up the pieces from a last-second collapse. Jones is putting the ball in their court: learn from the mistakes. That’s the only path forward for Dallas if they want to turn this early season nightmare into a motivator. It’s a wake-up call, plain and simple.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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