Dak Prescott Sympathizes With Cowboys Fans Frustrated By Latest Jerry Jones Comments

Though nan Cowboys clasp nan NFL’s No. 1 classed passing discourtesy and No. 2 classed scoring discourtesy this season, they person often been held backmost by their defense, which is second-last successful nan NFL successful full yards, passing yards and points allowed per game.

Despite nan team’s protect woes, Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones hasn’t needfully been prioritizing fixing things connected that broadside of nan ball.

When asked connected 105.3 The Fan astir perchance trading for a linebacker to boost nan defense up of nan deadline adjacent week, Jones replied, "Not necessarily. Not astatine all. But perchance so. Now, really astir that for an answer?"

In an question and reply pinch The Wall Street Journal this week, Jones said, “There’s $100 cardinal coming worth pinch [natural] state retired there. That’s why I’m talking to you connected nan telephone alternatively than trying to hole our defense pinch nan Dallas Cowboys.”

Cowboys backmost Dak Prescott said Thursday of those comments from Jones to WSJ, “I don’t cognize nan afloat discourse of it. I do cognize a portion of it. But being a instrumentality and you conscionable perceive that aliases publication that, yeah, of course. … That tin decidedly beryllium frustrating,” via Jon Machota of The Athletic.

“But successful that sense, I would conscionable say, nan feline has ne'er really lied astir who he is aliases what he’s trying to do,” Prescott added. “Hopefully he was talking astir successful that 1 peculiar moment. Maybe successful those 5 minutes is what he was alluding to, and having a chance astatine a $100 cardinal opportunity I deliberation you mightiness return 5 minutes arsenic good to reply a call. Hopefully that’s what he means, right? But I could spot really it could beryllium frustrating.”

Per Machota, Prescott did besides admit Thursday that trading for a subordinate tin “definitely help,” but that he tells his teammates successful nan locker room to what they tin to “shut that talk up.”

For now, Prescott and nan 3-4-1 Cowboys stay focused connected their upcoming Monday nighttime matchup against nan Cardinals.

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