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JERRY JONES has responded to huge gaps in the Dallas Cowboys stands by making a candid confession AND a defiant promise.
The billionaire owner of the struggling NFC East team spoke out after a fifth straight loss as Houston Texans won 34-10 on Monday Night Football.
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Images on social media revealed large sections of empty seats at the AT&T Stadium, while many fans had bags over their head.
The Cowboys now have a dismal 3-7 record, meaning the play-offs look a distant hope, let alone the Super Bowl.
Jones admitted results are simply not good enough but vowed improvement will come.
He said of the worrying crowd pics: “I’ve seen it with most teams. I think that certainly our fans are avid.
“I’m disappointed that we’re bringing the team that we are to the field. We got to improve on that. That’s not acceptable.
“We’ve been the sixth-winningest team in the NFL. In the last 15 years, we’re the fifth-winningest team in the NFL.
“We haven’t been to the Championship play-off game. We haven’t been to a Super Bowl, but we’ve been around that rim. And we’ve been up there with the best of them.
“Rest assured we’ll be figuring out ways to look for what we’re doing wrong and improve on that.
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“The bottom line is we’ve got to get better. We will get better. There are better days ahead.”
Head coach Mike McCarthy’s position appears to be hanging by a thread, amid suggestions Deion Sanders could come in from the Colorado Buffaloes to replace him.
And Jones confirmed he has loads of concerns about his team.
But he insisted he has never doubted the Cowboys’s spirit and commitment.
Jones’s anxieties include: “execution… “communication in the (offensive) line”… and “having two people in the same spot on routes”.
But he added: “You don’t need to worry about anybody in that locker room giving everything they got and more.”
Jones also backed quarterback Cooper Rush despite calls to bring in Trey Lance.
However, some facts are stark.
Dallas have now lost more games in a row since a seven-match horror run in 2015.
And they’ve slumped to defeat in all five contests at home.
McCarthy said after Monday’s mauling: “I mean, we’re all frustrated. I think there’d be something wrong if they weren’t frustrated.”
‘Match made in heaven’
By Sunni Upal, Deputy U.S. Sports Editor
Deion Sanders becoming head coach of the Dallas Cowboys is a match made in heaven.
It’s been 30 years now since the Cowboys last won a Super Bowl and something has to change.
This is “America’s Team,” but it has become a laughing stock and needs someone to restore them to their past glory.
That candidate who takes over from Mike McCarthy at head coach must have some magic and inspiration.
Step forward, Deion Sanders.
Sanders, 57, is one of the best players to have ever stepped on the field and was on Dallas’ team the last time they won a Super Bowl.
He is quite literally ‘Prime Time’ and that spark is exactly what the Cowboys need.
As for Deion, now is the perfect time for him to move on as well.
He has taken the Buffaloes to new heights both in terms of results and popularity.
His son, Colorado Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders, is also in his senior year in college.
Sanders could probably land a head coaching job on a legitimate national championship contender if he wants to stay in college.
But a chance to coach the Dallas Cowboys may not come calling again.
