{"id":171402,"date":"2026-03-31T08:18:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171402"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:18:24","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8breaking-jerry-jones-just-declared-war-on-history-the-cowboys-owner-says-he-wants-to-retire-with-the-most-super-bowls-ever-and-the-league-cant-decide-if-its-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171402","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: JERRY JONES JUST DECLARED WAR ON HISTORY \u2014 the Cowboys owner says he wants to retire with the most Super Bowls ever, and the league can\u2019t decide if it\u2019s bold vision or pure madness. This isn\u2019t just talk\u2026 it\u2019s a line drawn that puts Dallas under massive pressure. \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47"},"content":{"rendered":"
FRISCO, Texas \u2014 At 83 years old, Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones still has dreams.<\/figure>\n
\n

\u201cMy goal in life is to retire as the owner that won the most Super Bowls,\u201d Jones said during an end-of-season news conference Wednesday. \u201cThat\u2019s my goal. To be retired in the NFL as the owner that won the most Super Bowls. We\u2019ve got three. How many more do I have to go as a single owner? [New England Patriots\u00a0owner Robert Kraft] has got how many? Six? So, I got work to do. Got work to do. But at least I\u2019m up to the second rung in the ladder.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n
\"Jerry<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Cowboys just completed their 30th season since winning their last Super Bowl, finishing a disappointing 7-9-1 in Brian Schottenheimer\u2019s first year as head coach. The Cowboys are the only team in the NFC not to have made it to a conference title game since 1995, and they have missed the playoffs the past two seasons.<\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Defensively, the Cowboys just allowed a franchise-record 511 points and are in the early stages of finding a new coordinator after firing Matt Eberflus on Tuesday. There are personnel holes at every level of the defense as well. Offensively, the Cowboys finished seventh in points per game and second in yards with a 4,000-yard quarterback (Dak Prescott), two 1,000-yard receivers (CeeDee Lamb,\u00a0George Pickens) and a 1,000-yard running back (Javonte Williams).<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\"Cowboys<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Pickens and Williams are set to be unrestricted free agents, although the team\u2019s priority is to keep both on long-term deals. Without an agreement with Pickens, the Cowboys will likely use the franchise tag to keep him for 2026.<\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cEvery team has holes,\u201d Jones said. \u201cYou have to. Just the way it works. But I see six teams that weren\u2019t in the playoffs last year that are in the playoffs this year. I know it can happen. I know how close it is. And I think we can get in here and get the defense in shape quicker than it might look.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\"Cowboys<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Jones cites defensive tackles\u00a0Quinnen Williams,\u00a0Kenny Clark\u00a0and\u00a0Osa Odighizuwa\u00a0as the strength of the unit. Linebacker\u00a0DeMarvion Overshown\u00a0is viewed as a building block, but he has missed more games (32) due to injury than he has played (19) in his first three seasons. Cornerback\u00a0DaRon Bland\u00a0has a Pro Bowl on his r\u00e9sum\u00e9, but he is scheduled to have his second surgery on his left foot in as many seasons next week.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys have two first-round picks in the upcoming draft \u2014 the No. 12 selection and another wherever the Green Bay Packers\u2019 pick (from the trade of Micah Parsons) ends up. In 2005, the Cowboys had two first-round picks and parlayed them into Hall of Fame pass rusher DeMarcus Ware and Marcus Spears, which began a scheme change from a 4-3 to a 3-4.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys are in the process of setting up interviews with potential coordinator candidates, but Schottenheimer said the team is not married to one scheme over another. He said the goal is to find the best teacher and communicator.<\/p>\n

Since 2014, the Cowboys have had a former head coach as the defensive coordinator, but Jones said that that is not a requirement and that the team could look at a first-time coordinator as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re looking for a guy that has the ability to instruct and get guys to believe and get guys to buy in,\u201d Schottenheimer said. \u201cWe\u2019re salesmen. When you\u2019re up there in front of the players, you\u2019re selling them on what you\u2019re doing offensively, defensively, special teams \u2014 why it\u2019s going to work.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n
\n

Belief was lacking in what Eberflus was selling, although his tenure was also hurt by the trade of Parsons. The Cowboys were unable to find a sustainable pass rush, which impacted the secondary.<\/p>\n

Filling the holes on defense will have to come from more than just the draft. The Cowboys have not spent massively in free agency in years, although Jones hinted that it could be possible this year in part because of the flexibility created by trading Parsons. He said had the Cowboys signed Parsons, they would not have been able to afford to retain Pickens.<\/p>\n

\u201cBottom line is this [offseason] is, yes, very important,\u201d Jones said. \u201cThey\u2019re right. We want to, while Dak is playing the game and got it down the way he\u2019s got it, we want to get out here and basically do better than what we did this year. So, combination of those things gives us the incentive to, dare I say it, bust the budget to try to get something done now. Yes. Yes. We\u2019ll do some dramatic things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones turns 84 in October. Catching Kraft, who has a chance for a seventh Super Bowl with the Patriots back in the postseason, looks daunting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know whether it\u2019s his gold jacket, all the things he\u2019s accomplished from the value of this franchise, I think he\u2019d give a lot of that up for one more Super Bowl,\u201d executive vice president Stephen Jones said. \u201cIt\u2019s not just me. It\u2019s my brother [Jerry Jr.]. It\u2019s my sister [Charlotte]. It\u2019s Schotty. It\u2019s [vice president of player personnel Will McClay]. Everybody in this organization wants to get the job done.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FRISCO, Texas \u2014 At 83 years old, Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones still has dreams. \u201cMy goal in life is to retire as the… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":171405,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: JERRY JONES JUST DECLARED WAR ON HISTORY \u2014 the Cowboys owner says he wants to retire with the most Super Bowls ever, and the league can\u2019t decide if it\u2019s bold vision or pure madness. This isn\u2019t just talk\u2026 it\u2019s a line drawn that puts Dallas under massive pressure. \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171402\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: JERRY JONES JUST DECLARED WAR ON HISTORY \u2014 the Cowboys owner says he wants to retire with the most Super Bowls ever, and the league can\u2019t decide if it\u2019s bold vision or pure madness. This isn\u2019t just talk\u2026 it\u2019s a line drawn that puts Dallas under massive pressure. \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 - NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FRISCO, Texas \u2014 At 83 years old, Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones still has dreams. \u201cMy goal in life is to retire as the...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171402\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-31T08:18:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/avtcb1-8.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"KING\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"KING\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171402\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171402\",\"name\":\"\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: JERRY JONES JUST DECLARED WAR ON HISTORY \u2014 the Cowboys owner says he wants to retire with the most Super Bowls ever, and the league can\u2019t decide if it\u2019s bold vision or pure madness. This isn\u2019t just talk\u2026 it\u2019s a line drawn that puts Dallas under massive pressure. \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 - NEWS USA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171402#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171402#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/avtcb1-8.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-31T08:18:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-31T08:18:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c39bbfd04943c9a6066d47398d20dc83\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171402#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171402\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171402#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/avtcb1-8.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/avtcb1-8.png\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1350},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171402#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: JERRY JONES JUST DECLARED WAR ON HISTORY \u2014 the Cowboys owner says he wants to retire with the most Super Bowls ever, and the league can\u2019t decide if it\u2019s bold vision or pure madness. This isn\u2019t just talk\u2026 it\u2019s a line drawn that puts Dallas under massive pressure. \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS USA\",\"description\":\"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c39bbfd04943c9a6066d47398d20dc83\",\"name\":\"KING\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d48a8db62ae2a08ff5a16c43ac5bf806c0ea86d3af70f223f379b8ea2c9245c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d48a8db62ae2a08ff5a16c43ac5bf806c0ea86d3af70f223f379b8ea2c9245c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"KING\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: JERRY JONES JUST DECLARED WAR ON HISTORY \u2014 the Cowboys owner says he wants to retire with the most Super Bowls ever, and the league can\u2019t decide if it\u2019s bold vision or pure madness. This isn\u2019t just talk\u2026 it\u2019s a line drawn that puts Dallas under massive pressure. \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 - NEWS USA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171402","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: JERRY JONES JUST DECLARED WAR ON HISTORY \u2014 the Cowboys owner says he wants to retire with the most Super Bowls ever, and the league can\u2019t decide if it\u2019s bold vision or pure madness. This isn\u2019t just talk\u2026 it\u2019s a line drawn that puts Dallas under massive pressure. \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 - NEWS USA","og_description":"FRISCO, Texas \u2014 At 83 years old, Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones still has dreams. \u201cMy goal in life is to retire as the...","og_url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171402","og_site_name":"NEWS USA","article_published_time":"2026-03-31T08:18:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":1350,"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/avtcb1-8.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"KING","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"KING","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171402","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171402","name":"\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: JERRY JONES JUST DECLARED WAR ON HISTORY \u2014 the Cowboys owner says he wants to retire with the most Super Bowls ever, and the league can\u2019t decide if it\u2019s bold vision or pure madness. This isn\u2019t just talk\u2026 it\u2019s a line drawn that puts Dallas under massive pressure. \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47 - NEWS USA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171402#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171402#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/avtcb1-8.png","datePublished":"2026-03-31T08:18:24+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:18:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c39bbfd04943c9a6066d47398d20dc83"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171402#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171402"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171402#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/avtcb1-8.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/avtcb1-8.png","width":1080,"height":1350},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=171402#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: JERRY JONES JUST DECLARED WAR ON HISTORY \u2014 the Cowboys owner says he wants to retire with the most Super Bowls ever, and the league can\u2019t decide if it\u2019s bold vision or pure madness. This isn\u2019t just talk\u2026 it\u2019s a line drawn that puts Dallas under massive pressure. \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udc47"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/","name":"NEWS USA","description":"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c39bbfd04943c9a6066d47398d20dc83","name":"KING","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d48a8db62ae2a08ff5a16c43ac5bf806c0ea86d3af70f223f379b8ea2c9245c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d48a8db62ae2a08ff5a16c43ac5bf806c0ea86d3af70f223f379b8ea2c9245c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"KING"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com"],"url":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=171402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171406,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171402\/revisions\/171406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/171405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=171402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=171402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=171402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}