Jerry Jones opened up about one of the star players getting into a heated altercation with a reporter, and the answers that Jones gave were quite surprising. The Dallas Cowboys are in the middle of a season to forget, and their players are clearly getting a bit upset with how the team is doing. Trevon Diggs got into a heated dispute with a reporter and said some pretty awful things.
Jones did not admonish his player’s behavior, and on the other hand, he tried to back Diggs up.
Jerry Jones Backs Trevon Diggs
Jones was asked about the viral interaction that took place between Diggs and a reporter:
Cowboys DB Trevon Diggs confronted a reporter for a tweet he put out about Diggs play:
Diggs: “You don’t know football..You can’t do nothing that I do.”
Reporter: We could talk about it more.
Diggs: “TALK ABOUT DEEZ NUTS.”
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— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) October 28, 2024
Clearly, Diggs went too far, and this would be unacceptable action from a winning team in the NFL, but with Jones always talking smack, he couldn’t admonish his players for acting a fool. Instead, Jones tried to explain why Diggs said that.
During his weekly Tuesday interview on 105.3 The Fan, Jones was asked if he thought the altercation indicated his players are focused on the wrong things. The Cowboys owner replied, “Not at all” before explaining why the tense exchange didn’t bother him.
“They’re disappointed that they didn’t make a play or that they are more aware than anybody about what they might not have done – where they busted an assignment, could have made a play – so it doesn’t surprise me at all,” Jones said. “I have absolutely no commotion dealing with emotion.”
Jones expressed the team’s disappointment so far on the season and he said you have to know when to “bite your lip where you need to.” However, this is unacceptable when it comes to winning organizations those would no doubt come with a fine, but in Jerryville it is hard to punish players for doing the same thing as the owner. Jerry continued by saying:
“The bottom line is this is an emotional game, and it doesn’t alarm me in any way to see the manifestation of emotion,” Jones said.
Jones was comedically asked:
“Are you familiar at all with deez nuts?”
He responded with:
“Well, you know …. In that context, no. I’d have to hear it said in context,” Jones said. “If you want to know what it looks like, I’m sitting here with a half-smirk.”
The Cowboys are a laughing stock of the NFL. With all that talent and all that promise they barely have any success to show for it whatsoever. It all starts at the top with JOnes, and with an owner like that, it is hard to imagine this team ever being a real contender.
