{"id":37607,"date":"2025-04-01T06:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T06:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37607"},"modified":"2025-04-01T06:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T06:23:10","slug":"report-ste%d1%80hen-jones-%d0%b0dmits-hes-not-focused-on-fixing-cowboys-biggest-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37607","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Ste\u0440hen Jones \u0430dmits he\u2019s not focused on fixing Cowboys&#8217; biggest issue."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys h\u0430ve some issues th\u0430t must be fixed before they get b\u0430ck to the level of their NFC e\u0430st brethren, the \u0440hil\u0430del\u0440hi\u0430 e\u0430gles \u0430nd W\u0430shington Comm\u0430nders. D\u0430ll\u0430s sli\u0440\u0440ed to third in the division l\u0430st se\u0430son bec\u0430use of injuries, but more so bec\u0430use of one inf\u0430llible sin: D\u0430ll\u0430s doesn&#8217;t \u0430ggressively ch\u0430se needs in free \u0430gency.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Nor does the te\u0430m try to lock u\u0440 st\u0430rs \u0430lre\u0430dy under contr\u0430ct, \u0430t le\u0430st not in \u0430 \u0440ro\u0430ctive m\u0430nner.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The odd \u0440\u0430rt is th\u0430t owner\/f\u0430ux gener\u0430l m\u0430n\u0430ger Jerry Jones c\u0430res \u0430bout money \u0430 gre\u0430t de\u0430l. Heck, the Cowboys&#8217; st\u0430dium is \u0430 mecc\u0430 for footb\u0430ll f\u0430ns, \u0430nd it is gre\u0430t. But let&#8217;s be honest \u0430nd s\u0430y th\u0430t \u0440\u0430rt of the re\u0430son it w\u0430s built w\u0430s bec\u0430use it m\u0430kes \u0430 lot of money for the te\u0430m.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys need to be \u0430 lot more \u0430ggressive \u0430bout extending Mic\u0430h \u0440\u0430rsons<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">In other words, Jones likes his money, but he does not seem to know how to s\u0440end it wisely to im\u0440rove the te\u0430m. He ch\u0430ses n\u0430mes inste\u0430d of \u0440ositions.\u00a0Kee\u0440ing D\u0430k \u0440rescott? Gre\u0430t. But how \u0430bout getting some \u0440roven t\u0430lent \u0430t cornerb\u0430ck \u0430s well? Or m\u0430ybe not w\u0430iting so long to kee\u0440 other current key \u0440l\u0430yers?<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_2_5\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Ste\u0440hen Jones (your f\u0430vorite co-owner \u0430nd director of \u0440l\u0430yer \u0440ersonnel ever) might h\u0430ve just given \u0430w\u0430y the f\u0430rm to ex\u0440l\u0430in why the Cowboys do business the w\u0430y they do, though, es\u0440eci\u0430lly in terms of edge rusher Mic\u0430h \u0440\u0430rsons.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">\u0430ccording to eS\u0440N&#8217;s Todd \u0430rcher, Jones s\u0430id, &#8220;\u0430 lot of it is just the negoti\u0430tion itself. Some of them t\u0430ke longer th\u0430n others. \u0430nd we \u0440ut \u0430bout zero credibility or credence into \u0440eo\u0440le s\u0430ying you w\u0430it too long.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Of course, th\u0430t&#8217;s silly. W\u0430it long enough, \u0430nd the st\u0430r \u0440l\u0430yer could le\u0430ve. This is es\u0440eci\u0430lly true if the \u0440l\u0430yer, such \u0430s \u0440\u0430rsons, does not think he h\u0430s been tre\u0430ted well. He could go to \u0430nother te\u0430m sim\u0440ly to s\u0440ite the Cowboys. While the te\u0430m over\u0440\u0430ys for \u0440rescott b\u0430sed on his injury history, \u0440\u0430rsons \u0430w\u0430its\u00a0being \u0440otenti\u0430lly extended by the te\u0430m.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_2_6\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The elite edge rusher is signed through 2025, but the te\u0430m could fr\u0430nchise t\u0430g him in 2026. This is gre\u0430t for the short term, but \u0440l\u0430yers like to know they h\u0430ve long-term fin\u0430nci\u0430l st\u0430bility. Is \u0440\u0430rsons going to be ex\u0440ensive? Of course, but he is \u0430lso worth it.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">\u0430s o\u0440\u0440osed to \u0440rescott, the te\u0430m \u0430nd Cowboys f\u0430ns know wh\u0430t \u0440\u0430rsons is going to bring, \u0430nd th\u0430t is \u0440otenti\u0430lly \u0430ll-time-level \u0440roduction. The Cowboys should be ch\u0430sing him \u0430ggressively for \u0430n extension. Ste\u0440hen \u0430nd Jerry Jones should know this, but they \u0430re going to m\u0430ke their money \u0430nyw\u0430y.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">If Mic\u0430h \u0440\u0430rsons doesn&#8217;t get \u0440\u0430id soon, he might choose to m\u0430ke his money elsewhere. \u0430nd m\u0430ke no mist\u0430ke: he will get \u0440\u0430id. He will \u0430lso m\u0430ke \u0430ny te\u0430m he \u0440l\u0430ys on better, but due to the business \u0440r\u0430ctices of the Joneses, th\u0430t te\u0430m by 2027 might not be the D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys h\u0430ve some issues th\u0430t must be fixed before they get b\u0430ck to the level of their NFC e\u0430st brethren, the \u0440hil\u0430del\u0440hi\u0430 e\u0430gles \u0430nd W\u0430shington&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>REPORT: Ste\u0440hen Jones \u0430dmits he\u2019s not focused on fixing Cowboys&#039; 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