Jerry Jones declined his usual NFL Combine appearance which feels strange.
The 2025 NFL Combine continued on Saturday with more 40-yard dashes being run and more jumps being taken in the vertical. At long last the combine finally began to be about the actual draft prospects.
We say this because the early part of the week in Indianapolis was filled with all sorts of news and notes regarding the current state of NFL teams. Consider that as just one example the Los Angeles Rams saw all sorts of rumors fly around their quarterback in Matthew Stafford, only to agree to a new deal with him before the business week even concluded. This is what happens when the most important and influential people in the NFL are in the same place. Conversations are had. Steps are taken. Information is found out. That is the game.
Jerry Jones has an annual tradition of speaking to members of the media while on the team bus in Indy as opposed to behind a lectern in the middle of the standard chaos. Strangely, that did not happen this year.
Jerry Jones declined multiple opportunities to speak with the media this week
It is in no way abnormal for Jerry Jones to avoid the standard protocol for general managers at the NFL combine. As noted, he does his speaking while on his bus with the reporters who are invited to be in attendance.
This is traditionally an important opportunity for information about the team to flow. It is so commonplace and assumed to be happening every year that as the week began we noted what we wanted to see from the specific instance in question.
Consider that last year Jerry spoke on the pending contractual situations (at the time) for Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb. We know how those things turned out, but the point here is that Jerry took the opportunity he had to speak and push the narrative that he wanted about those situations.
It was reported on Friday that Jerry would not be doing his usual bus sit down which was strange enough. What’s more is that on Saturday, The Athletic’s Jon Machota added that Jerry also declined to speak while leaving the team’s hotel in Indianapolis.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones will not hold his annual meeting with the media at the combine this weekend. Schedule got too crowded, per team official.
But the buzz is still buzzing in Indy ⬇️ https://t.co/jNmmhEN6Vd
— Nick Harris (@NickHarrisFWST) February 28, 2025
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones didn’t hold his usual combine bus interview with reporters in Indianapolis. He just declined to talk while leaving the team’s Indianapolis hotel. He said he would talk when he gets back to Dallas. Strange times
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) March 1, 2025
This is literally multiple instances in which Jerry Jones declined to speak to the media. Say what you will, you surely have a lot to add, but that is incredibly uncharacteristic of him in general let alone at a time and in a place where he is known to offers his thoughts and opinions.
No one is trying to suggest that this has to mean something. For what it’s worth, 105.3 The Fan’s Bobby Belt added that it definitely feels strange enough that you have to wonder if something is up.
There’s been some odd vibes around the Cowboys this trip. Definitely seems like they’re up to something. https://t.co/TeNLo2euiA
— Bobby Belt (@BobbyBeltTX) March 1, 2025
Belt added in a second post that Jerry cancelled media availability on local radio prior to trading for Amari Cooper 6.5 years ago (wow, cannot believe it has been that long). Jerry’s defense (after the fact, obviously) was that he couldn’t keep his mouth shut (he said this tongue in cheek) and that he didn’t want to ruin anything.
Maybe this is something along those lines or maybe it is nothing. Whatever it is or isn’t it feels fair to say that this is all uncommon behavior from Jerry Jones.
What do you think is going on?
