Jones: Goal is to be owner with most Super Bowls
Mike Florio and Chris Simms break down Jerry Jones' recent comments about his career goals and the way the Dallas Cowboys will approach their defensive coordinator opening.
Video Transcript
My goal in life is to retire as the owner who won the most Super Bowls.
Bowls.
That's my goal.
To retire in the NFL as the owner that won The most Super Bowls.
We've got three.
How many more would I have to go as a single owner?
Bob's got how many?
Six?
So, I've got to...
I've go- got work to do.
... Got work to do.
I've got work to do, but at least I'm up to the second rung of the ladder.
But my goal is to have retired and won the most Super Bowls as an individual.
Owner.
That says so much about where the Cowboys currently are.
And it's funny when he realized how many more he needs.
He's doing this like, "Shit.
I've written a check now that there will be" "Insufficient funds."
He's 83.
He's not going to w-...
There are few things of which I am confident.
The Cowboys are not going to win four Super Bowls, with the Patriots winning no additional Super Bowls in the remaining time that Jerry Jones has left to be the owner and general manager of the Cowboys.
I would, I would write a bigger check than the check that Jerry would write to guarantee Another Super Bowl that they aren't winning, four more in Jerry's lifetime.
No, I would agree with that, for sure.
Right.
And, you know, I...
I...
It's got to eat at Jerry Jones.
We know he's a competitor.
He's built some good football teams there.
In Dallas, they've dropped the ball.
I just think he's a...
I think he's a huckster.
I think he's full of crap.
I think him saying that with a straight face is Evidence he's full of crap, and it's all about getting people to renew their season tickets.
And believe in the Cowboys.
I don't think he believes it.
Well, I don't know if he believes it, but I do think he wants other Super Bowls.
That's for sure.
To win four more?
Yeah, that'd be hard for me to think he's going to be...
I believe in that.
But I do think it eats at him.
It does.
And the whole Jimmy Johnson thing eats at him.
And the whole Robert Kraft thing eats at him.
I I guarantee it does.
Robert Kraft and he are considered the two, you know, most powerful owners, most influential owners, and Robert Kraft has passed him by.
Said bye-bye, then got on a private jet and passed him by again.
I mean, it's not even close what the Patriots have done compared to the Cowboys over The last 30 years, I mean, the Patriots are the new Cowboys.
They are.
That's just the other way to say it.
The Cowboys of the '60s, '70s, and '80s...
They're called the New England Patriots now.
The Cowboys are an NFL meme for the most part now.
So, they're not really comparable.
And yeah, I'm with you there on that.
They're not going to win four Super Bowls.
The biggest takeaway from the entire exercise.
Does it underscore that if Jerry Jones is in the Hall of Fame, Robert Kraft should be in the Hall of Fame.
Oh, by the way, And the vote is coming soon.
Jones also was asked this question about the fact that they fired Matt Eberflus as defensive coordinator.
Will Brian Schottenheimer, the head coach of the team, get to hire the next guy?"
Here's what he said.
Schottenheimer had everything to do with hiring Matt Eberflus last time, And that's not done, done as a negative.
It had every... No way in the world he's here if Shotty didn't want him here.
Okay.
Okay, let me be real clear about that.
And he can tell you in his own words there.
No way in the world that Stephen didn't want him Here.
But I particularly had a party when we got him, to have him come in.
And if you want to criticize me for anything, It is that maybe I should be... Making a lot of uninformed calls or an uni- contribution to the decision called.
But I've done it with consistency since the day I walked through the door here.
We'll do it the same way as we hired Flus.
We'll do it together and come up with as good as we can.
Yeah.
But can I tell you something?
Whoeverchallenge flag.
Whoever set, whoever set up, Whoever set that up...
He's banging the shit out of the table.
Yesterday, you were constantly hearing that my...
He's doing this all day long.
Anyway, um, uh... We didn't include the Venezuela line.
I thought the whole reason we had that in there was to include the Venezuela line.
But I digress.
Hey, we know Jerry's in charge of Everything.
He's in charge of everything.
I've got people suggesting the Cowboys are one of the teams that's calling about Harbaugh and that Jerry would have the audacity to demote Brian Schottenheimer to offensive coordinator. . Jerry's going to do whatever he wants to do.
Right, right.
I mean, listen, we talked about that, Right?
I said I could understand them maybe calling a John Harbaugh, even though I'm a fan of Brian Schottenheimer.
But you know, yeah, that's the problem though.
Th- th- th- like, let's... Like, again, that, That's the problem.
They were winning Super Bowls when Jimmy Johnson was running the team.
A guy who's been in football forever.
This is just a rich guy who decided, "I like football and I want to show everyone I know it."
now."
That, that's, that's all it is here.
And yes, He's got an eye for talent, certainly.
But again, To make the comparison, all right, with Robert Kraft and the Kraft family, They let the football people run football, right?
And then the Krafts run whatever other business they want, and they keep their eyes on it and They...
They're always informed and know what's going on, and they make a decision when they have to with an informed decision.
It's not the way it goes down in Dallas.
And they're the only organization that Functions like that, and that's why I... You know, I don't think that's the best way to do business in football.
Sorry.
I still don't think he's as tormented as you would suggest.
It would be sad to think he has amassed billions of dollars and he's allowing himself In his golden years, to constantly be bothered by the fact that he can't even get to an NFC Championship game.
I just think it's all part of the grift and He's laughing his way to the bank.
That dawned on me a couple of years ago.
I don't know.
... And I'm sticking with that.
Rich people, uh, You know, they want things that money can't buy.
Th-that's one thing I've learned.
And then, And then, win championships if they can.
And I just keep going back to that Netflix Cowboy special.
That was awesome.
But when Jerry Jones had to talk to the psychologist, he said, You know, "Talk about 10 people that you want to forgive and get over."
I mean, And he tells a funny story, which is amazing because I still can't get over person number One, which was Jimmie Johnson.
So I haven't been able to get anywhere else.
After that, I think it does eat at him in a big way.
I think he's a competitor and he wants to die with the most toys.
And he isn't going to do that right now.
He also... As it looks.
Right?
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