On Sunday, when the Cowboys lost 47-9 to the Lions, Jerry Jones' football team was served a big frugal pie for the elderly owner's 82nd birthday.
Jones called the loss — the Cowboys' worst home loss since Jones bought the team in 1989 — “humiliating” and at the same time as the team tries to figure out what's next. He said it was “very concerning”.
The Cowboys have struggled at home all season, but Sunday's loss was on a different level.
“We have to evaluate and yes we have a bye week, but there's nothing magical about a bye week,” Jones said. “Within three days of some of the events that have afflicted us today, we could do something else. This is very alarming, very humbling, and one of our great It was a shame for all the fans, especially the fans in the stadium, who obviously love the Cowboys.”
Sunday's miserable loss was the most points the Cowboys have ever allowed in a game in which they failed to score a touchdown. According to Ed Warder.
Dallas was held to just 53 yards.
“It was shocking. I thought we could have done more in that football game, and I thought we could,” Jones said. “We just didn't really do them today and we don't have a lot of answers. What are we going to do about it? We're going to go to work.”
After Lions back David Montgomery scored a rushing touchdown in the second quarter, Jones looked miserable during the game as a Fox broadcast played in the owner's box at AT&T Stadium.
The Cowboys' owner denied the idea that he is considering firing head coach Mike McCarthy.
“Oh, I don't even think that, I don't think that, so it's clear, I don't think that,” Jones said, According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “Do you think I'm an idiot? Do you? Okay? Well, given the timing as we sit here, I'm not going to make any assumptions about what I think about coaching changes. But I’m not like that at all.”
Jones didn't want to lay the blame at the head coach's feet, but added that the players would agree that McCarthy doesn't deserve all the blame.
The Cowboys will play two games on the road after their bye week.
