{"id":46910,"date":"2025-05-09T03:11:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T03:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=46910"},"modified":"2025-05-09T03:11:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T03:11:29","slug":"breaking-cowboys-owner-jerry-jones-is-stepping-down-as-general-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=46910","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is stepping down as general manager.."},"content":{"rendered":"

Cowboys Jerry Jones \u2018Stepping Down as GM\u2019 Rumors Swirling<\/h1>\n
\u201cJerry Jones no longer calling Dallas Cowboys shots after George Pickens trade\u201d is the headline … and it is very, very wrong.<\/div>\n
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FRISCO – The headline is an eye-catcher.<\/p>\n

If its proclamation is true, it ranks as one of the biggest sports stories of the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cJerry Jones no longer calling\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0shots after George Pickens trade\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

That\u2019s a monster headline.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a monster story.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also uproarious, with Jerry\u2019s own top staffers getting a good laugh from it.<\/p>\n

Cowboys owner and GM is finally, at age 82, giving up those roles that he\u2019s held – with the tightest of grips – since 1989 purchasing of \u201cAmerica\u2019s Team\u201d?<\/p>\n

Nope.<\/p>\n

Cancel the celebratory parade.<\/p>\n

Or, lay off the mourning period.<\/p>\n

Jerry isn\u2019t going anywhere.<\/p>\n

Dallas pulled off a major trade this week with the Pittsburgh Steelers for wide receiver George Pickens, following up what many critics grade as a fruitful NFL Draft.<\/p>\n

The Fort Worth-Star Telegram seems to be suggesting that these moves represent a changing of the guard, with COO Stephen Jones having \u201ctaken on a bigger role this offseason.\u201d<\/p>\n

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