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Jerry Jones: I Wouldn’t Have Signed Dak Prescott Contract If Cowboys Weren’t Win-Now – Julia Stumbaugh, Bleacher Report
Cowboys owner isn’t entertaining a rebuild in Dallas.
Jerry Jones says the decision to sign Dak Prescott to a four-year, $240 million contract last September was a sign the Dallas Cowboys are a win-now team.
“I wouldn’t have signed Dak Prescott, the highest-paid player in the NFL, if now wasn’t when we wanted to win,” Jerry told The Athletic’s Dianna Russini ahead of Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans. “This is a shocker, to be here at this Super Bowl, and not have the Cowboys here. I didn’t plan on that when I made that agreement.
“So we’re going to do everything we can do get there… I know what it takes to get there, and we’ll do those things.”
“I wouldn’t have signed Dak Prescott — the highest-paid player in the NFL — if now wasn’t when we wanted to win.”
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— Dianna Russini (@DMRussini) February 7, 2025
Jones gave a similar answer when Rob Maaddi of the Associated Press asked him how far he believed the Cowboys were to competing in a Super Bowl.
“The decisions I’m making are not based on rebuilding. They’re based on competing, and competing now,” Jones told Maaddi. “The decisions I made last year were based on competing now.”
Jerry Jones sees free agency to be ‘in line’ with other years, eyes Micah Parsons extension – Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The more things change, the more they stay the same in Dallas.
Free agency has been a talking point early in the Cowboys offseason once again after last year saw Jones and Dallas remain quiet with the open market. When discussing how the team could approach it in 2025, he sees paying one of his own — presumably Micah Parsons — as the top priority instead.
“Well, we spent the most money of anybody in the NFL on a player last year,” Jones said. “If we can do that again, that’d be pretty good.”
“I think you ought to look at free agency, not so much the criticism we got last year, but look at in years past and how we’ve done it will probably be more in line.”
As Cowboys manage salary cap, Eagles GM Howie Roseman spends for Super Bowl glory – David Moore, DMN
The Eagles are making their third trip to the Super Bowl in the last eight years. When will their salary cap bill come due?
“You get the best possible players and the best possible people on and off the field to try to win world championships,” Eagles executive vice president Howie Roseman said. “It’s not going to work every year because there are not the same picks or money. But I feel like every offseason we’re trying to find ways to get better and do better than the year before.”
The Eagles and Cowboys share one philosophy. Draft and develop. That’s a bedrock principle for both. The difference is Philadelphia pours more dollars into free agency year in and year out. Will Dallas alter its approach? Will the Eagles bill come due soon?
That’s really not at the forefront of Roseman’s mind as the Eagles find themselves in another Super Bowl.
“I don’t really want to be part of a doomsday strategy,” Roseman said. “We’ll just continue to try to get better and bring in talent.
“That’s our job. Every year, we have to bring in young, good talent. When we stop doing that we’re going to be in trouble.”
Cowboys’ free agency key to Schottenheimer’s success in 2025 – Todd Archer, ESPN
The Cowboys promise to be more active in free agency, but they’ve promised that before and didn’t deliver.
Last week, the Cowboys hired Brian Schottenheimer, their seventh head coach since winning Super Bowl XXX, and hope the first-time head coach can do what Chan Gailey, Dave Campo, Bill Parcells, Wade Phillips, Jason Garrett and Mike McCarthy couldn’t.
To get there [the Super Bowl], the Cowboys know they have to improve their roster in every possible way, including — get this — free agency.
“We’ll do a real deep dive on putting some personnel together, whether it be through the draft, free agency,” executive vice president Stephen Jones said. “I know typically that’s not been the way we’ve done this team, but we’ll certainly look at it and put really good, not only players, but good football character people with some of the men we have in this room right now.”
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“We want to improve significantly how we’re doing the cap,” owner and general manager Jerry Jones said.
Cap space hasn’t been the issue. Teams can maneuver the money around, but the Cowboys’ fear has been pushing too much money down the road and hurting themselves in the future, as it appears the New Orleans Saints will.
“I know that [if] the bank account’s full that doesn’t mean you got money,” Jerry Jones said. “It just means you haven’t paid your bills due 60 days from now. So you’ve got to look around the corner.”
But at least the Cowboys are talking about using free agency again, and that might help Schottenheimer succeed in Year 1.
“We’re not naïve,” Stephen Jones said. “I know our fans, they’re not going to believe, and there’s going to be pressure until we get the job done.”
As Jerry Jones watches another Super Bowl, he vows Cowboys are still in ‘win now’ mode – Calvin Watkins, DMN
Is “win now” the new “all-in”?
“If anything you should see, [it’s] that we’re not building for the future here,” [Jerry] Jones said Thursday night before the NFL Honors. “Brian’s hiring was not a future get a coach and get him ready to play. That’s not what that was. This is a hit the ground running [hire]. This gave us the best way to get our players that we’ve got right now and look at the future to get the benefit of a new coach and the enthusiasm that goes with it.”
The Cowboys, from the front office to the players, talk a good game. But the front office needs to spend money to upgrade the roster and it needs to make sure it’s managing the salary cap in a way that promotes success.
At times, the Cowboys act like a franchise that doesn’t know how to manage the cap.
Conor Riley hired as Cowboys’ offensive line coach – Patrik Walker, DallasCowboys.com
The Cowboys have a new head man in the trenches on offense.
It looks as if business may not simply be picking up for the Dallas Cowboys’ rushing attack in 2025 and beyond, but specifically for a couple of offensive players in particular, as the team has hired Conor Riley to Brian Schottenheimer’s staff as offensive line coach.
Riley hails from Kansas State and, yes, coached both Cooper Beebe and Deuce Vaughn in his time with the Wildcats; and he’s heralded as one of the top offensive minds and coaches in the country.
To that point, Vaughn produced a mind-bending 4,884 yards from scrimmage and 43 touchdowns, dominating as both a pure RB (109.7 rushing yards per game in his final two seasons) and as a WR out of the backfield (31.3 receiving yards per game and 9.3 yards per reception in his final two seasons), over the course of only 37 games under Riley’s scheme; and, as it stands, there is much to be determined at the position in Dallas, clearing a path for Vaughn to finally make an impact.
Prior to his time in Manhattan (no, not that one), Riley spent time as offensive line coach at North Dakota State University, setting records and winning a total of five national championships in the process before eventually being named offensive coordinator in his move to the Wildcats.
Cooper Kupp trade proposals: Could Cowboys make a play for Rams receiver? – Jon Machota, The Athletic
The oft-injured 31-year old has a big name and a big contract. Is that worth trading for?
Rams get: 2025 fifth-round pick and a 2026 sixth-round pick
Cowboys get: Kupp, Rams paying portion of Kupp’s 2025 salary
A fourth-round pick is probably what should be offered here, but the Cowboys traded theirs to Carolina in November for WR Jonathan Mingo. Dallas is far more conservative than the oddsmakers still continue to believe. The Cowboys are usually one of the Vegas favorites when a big-time player becomes available, yet they haven’t made a headline-grabbing move since trading a first-round pick to the Raiders for Amari Cooper in 2018. Seeing them among the favorites for Myles Garrett is laughable. But the compensation in this offer is similar to what Dallas gave up for Brandin Cooks two years ago.
Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones recently sounded like they could be willing to be more active in improving their roster beyond just the draft. A No. 2 wide receiver is needed to play alongside CeeDee Lamb. As long as Kupp is healthy, this could be a good fit in Brian Schottenheimer’s first season as head coach and offensive play caller. The fan base is certainly frustrated about the current state of the franchise. Apathy is setting in. Jerry Jones has proven that he enjoys making moves for wide receivers. This one could make sense to him.
