Jerry Jones isn’t ready to pull the plug on the Jason Garrett era in Dallas just yet.
Following Monday’s 28-14 loss to the Titans at home in Arlington, Texas, the typically chatty Cowboys owner gave a short reply to questions about whether he would be willing to make an in-season coaching change.
“No,” Jones said, according to ESPN, as his Cowboys sunk to 3-5.
Jones made it clear, though, that everyone within the organization should be held accountable after the Cowboys’ latest defeat.
“I think we realize we have eight games to go, we’ve got a long way to go in this season,” he said. “We want to play better than we played tonight, so I certainly think each individual and coach and front-office person is going to have to do better, including me.”
Garrett began his tenure with the Cowboys midway through the 2010 season, after Jones relieved then-coach Wade Phillips of his duties following a 1-7 start. That is the only time Jones has fired a coach midseason. To date, Garrett’s record sits at 70-58, which also includes two playoff appearances and a lone postseason win.
Ahead of the trade deadline, Dallas added veteran receiver Amari Cooper, shipping a 2019 first-round draft pick to Oakland in return. And while Cooper did score a touchdown in his first game as a Cowboy, it wasn’t enough to win.
“I don’t like the way we played tonight,” Jones said. “Had we played a lot better tonight and had the loss, then I would be more positive about that. We’ve got to play better. We’re not anything if we don’t play better.”
With a primetime game against the Eagles set for Sunday night, Garrett will have a shorter week to try to right the ship.
“We have to play better. We did not play good for whatever reason after that first spurt of energy in the early part of the game. We didn’t play very well,” Jones said.
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