It’s been almost three decades since the Cowboys have won a Super Bowl and Jerry Jones has been at the helm for every single year. The noise has gotten louder, criticism more common, and the questions have zeroed in on the owner of the most valuable franchise in sports.

Jones was interviewed by Stephen A. Smith, the ESPN personality notorious for hating the Cowboys, and was asked about the 29-year drought in Dallas. Jones, as usual, was less than direct with his message to the fans.

“I want those fans to enjoy winning. We’re the sixth-winningest team in the last 20 years not counting Super Bowls in the NFL,” Jones said.

“Let me add this… more first-team All-Pro than anybody other than the Ravens and the Chiefs since 1996,” Smith interjected.

Jones, the acting general manager since he bought the team in 1989, does have a track record of drafting and developing good players. He also has seen a lot of regular season success past the 1990’s.

“I hang my hat on that. That gives me a little bit of a base to step forward on Monday or Wednesday and go to work and get it,” Jones said. “I know that we’ve been where we’ve had a chance to reach one of those Super Bowls.”

In short, Jones believes he’s done his part as an acquirer of talent and the manager of football operations to get the Cowboys back to the promised land. But he even admitted he understands the frustration from fans that Dallas hasn’t made it.

Jerry Jones talking to Stephen A. Smith about the criticism he receives for the Dallas Cowboys’ 29-year Super Bowl drought pic.twitter.com/NXEbpXzHol

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“We haven’t and boy do I get it,” he added.

It’s a subject that’s only gotten more tense as the years have gone on. Criticism has ratcheted up on the Jones family in recent years because of tense contract negotiations with Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, and Micah Parsons.

But no matter what Jones says or does, postseason success will define his final years at the helm of the Cowboys.