Take a Bow, Jerry—the Dallas Cowboys Flamed Out Again
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones wants all the control over America’s Team—even when it means taking
credit for another dreadful playoff exit.
Following the most recent postseason loss of the Dallas Cowboys, Jerry Jones didn’t even bother to
resort to one of his customary word salads. His usual cryptic answers to questions from reporters were
no longer there. Sportswriters were left wondering if the owner of the Cowboys was going to fire the
team’s head coach or order a big pepperoni. This time, Jones’s unwavering optimism gave way to an
uncommon display of dejection following Sunday’s 48–32 home playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers.
“This one’s burned into our soul out here tonight,” he said. “I say this to our fans, how much you deserve
us to not have this ending. . . . This seems like the most painful [loss] because we all had such great
expectation and we had hope for this team.”
If you’re a Cowboys fan of a certain age, this is your normal—a meager five playoff victories, all in the
Wild Card round, in 28 seasons since winning Super Bowl XXX on January 28, 1996. All that past glory
—five Super Bowl trophies, twenty consecutive winning seasons, the Ring of Honor—are grainy images
and tattered ticket stubs from a distant past.
Is the Dallas Cowboys’ Super Bowl drought caused by a Texas granny’s curse?
The Dallas Cowboys of 2024 are the most amazing sports team in North America in this sense. Even if
they lose badly in the playoffs, the team would still be worth $9 billion, according to the most recent
estimate from Forbes, making it the most valuable sports franchise in the world. In a sport that
commands television viewership unlike any other, the Cowboys lead in profitability—the one metric that
matters more than victories and defeats these days.
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