Jerry Jones was in no mood to play nice during his latest radio appearance, and if anyone expected him to cower after the Cowboys' 47-9 thrashing by the Detroit Lions, they clearly haven't been paying attention.
Jones didn't just push back at questions about his offseason approach; he practically threatened the jobs of the hosts.
"Listen, let me tell you what I'll do about it, I will let us sit down and look at the decisions we've made over the last several years. OK? I'll look at it," Jones said Tuesday on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas. "Now if you think I'm interested on a damn phone call with you over the radio and sitting here and throwing all the good out with the dishwater, you'd have got to be smoking something over there this morning. I'm not. And I really don't ... and I don't even want our listeners listening to me talk about. This is not your job. Your job isn't to let me go over the reasons that I did something and I'm sorry that I did it. That's not your job.
"That's not your job or I'll get somebody else to ask these questions, men. No, no. I'm not kidding."
Jones, clearly frustrated, didn't stop there. He emphasized that the Cowboys have what it takes to win, pointing to the star-studded roster, from Dak Prescott to CeeDee Lamb. He stood behind his players, mentioning how they've executed before — even though they didn't show it in that blowout loss to the Lions.
And for those thinking about Mike McCarthy's future? Jones shut down any ideas of an in-season coaching change, reminding everyone that he made that mistake once before with Wade Phillips. "I won't be making any others during the season," he said firmly.
Sure, the Cowboys are sitting at 3-3. Sure, their defense has struggled, and they're turning the ball over way too much. But Jones isn't giving in to the doubters, and he sure isn't about to let a few bad games change the way he does business. He's Jerry Jones, after all — the guy who still believes, deep down, that his Cowboys are Super Bowl contenders, no matter what happened last Sunday.
And as usual, he's not about to apologize for it.
