The Dallas Cowboys haven’t played in the NFC championship game since the 1995 season…but do Jerry and Stephen Jones know that?
Cowboys reporters were seriously concerned during the team’s introductory press conference for head coach Brian Schottenheimer when owner Jerry Jones went on a mostly incoherent and rambling tangent about the surprising hire. Jones appeared to brag about how “risky” hiring Schottenheimer was while also trying to convey to fans that this year would finally be the year.
Then, Jones’s son, Stephen, who serves as the Cowboys’ executive vice president, seemed to downplay the current state of the franchise by gaslighting fans into thinking they weren’t actually in an NFC championship drought.
“Obviously we're also evaluating where it didn't go right in terms of, you know, this drought that... (air quotes).... people say we're in in terms of a championship game or a Super Bowl,” Jones said.
Dallas Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones:
— RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa) January 27, 2025
"Obviously we're also evaluating where it didn't go right in terms of... this drought that... (air quotes).... people say we're in... in terms of a Championship Game or a Super Bowl"
(🎥: @dallascowboys) pic.twitter.com/coCtE7ybB6
When probed further about the alleged 29-year drought, Jones said, “I'm not saying this to say we're happy with that, but I think over the past 15 years, we're the sixth-winningest team in this league. But we're not getting the (ultimate) job done."
Fans had a field day with Jones’s use of air quotes:
It is just an opinion that they haven’t been to a championship game??? https://t.co/vaPW8eX3nN
— Bob Sturm (@SportsSturm) January 27, 2025
Hahaha why would he use the air quotes? That tells you how they view this "drought" https://t.co/p6tZiGOfih
— Craig Miller (@junior_miller) January 27, 2025
Gonna start using air quotes when people say I’m “unemployed” https://t.co/9ZrMSb04Ah
— Nathan Karseno (@nathankarseno) January 27, 2025
When leadership doesn’t even acknowledge they’re in a drought you know it’s bad. https://t.co/AA1wIOFP1P
— kyle (@kylehouser34) January 27, 2025
Stephen Jones embarrassed himself literally in the first 20 seconds of talking
— Blogging The Boys (@BloggingTheBoys) January 27, 2025
He referred to the drought as something "people" say they are in
A DROUGHT IS DEFINED AS A LACK OF SOMETHING YOU ARE IN A DROUGHT THIS IS JUST A FACT
Stephen Jones, Brian Schottenheimer and Jerry Jones at the Cowboys press conference pic.twitter.com/U7w1TvNDyj
— Tom Downey (@WhatGoingDowney) January 27, 2025
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This article was originally published on www.si.com as Cowboys Trolled by Fans for Air-Quoting Their Very Real NFC Championship ‘Drought’.
