Califan007
September-19th-2011, 01:39 PM
Who knew the Cowboys were such gentle souls?
That was the feeling of owner Jerry Jones, who worried about his team’s mental state after rookie kicker Dan Bailey missed a chip shot early in Sunday’s 27-24 overtime win over the 49ers.
“At that juncture, we’re too fragile, and we’re still fragile,” Jones told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Monday. “I underline the word fragile. We’re still a fragile psyche with our team. Up and down all the way through me.”
This is the Dallas Cowboys, people. “America’s Team!” A living metaphor for our country’s swaggering and indomitable spirit. Fragile? We’re underlining fragile? Say it ain’t so, Jerry!
“This is all with a backdrop with what happened to us last year and with the slow starts,” Jones said. “I heard the commentators talking that this team really needs a win bad. The Dallas Cowboys need a win, and we need it early. We didn’t need to get back in some of that we experienced last year. Because it’s almost like slipping on a rut. We’ve seen the rut.”
Kidding aside, Jones has a point. Dallas started out 0-2 last year and was 2-7 before you could say “Jerry World.” After a brutal loss to the Jets in Week 1, the Cowboys needed a confidence lift. They got just that, and head into Week 3′s Monday night showdown with the 2-0 Redskins in a much healthier place.
That was the feeling of owner Jerry Jones, who worried about his team’s mental state after rookie kicker Dan Bailey missed a chip shot early in Sunday’s 27-24 overtime win over the 49ers.
“At that juncture, we’re too fragile, and we’re still fragile,” Jones told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Monday. “I underline the word fragile. We’re still a fragile psyche with our team. Up and down all the way through me.”
This is the Dallas Cowboys, people. “America’s Team!” A living metaphor for our country’s swaggering and indomitable spirit. Fragile? We’re underlining fragile? Say it ain’t so, Jerry!
“This is all with a backdrop with what happened to us last year and with the slow starts,” Jones said. “I heard the commentators talking that this team really needs a win bad. The Dallas Cowboys need a win, and we need it early. We didn’t need to get back in some of that we experienced last year. Because it’s almost like slipping on a rut. We’ve seen the rut.”
Kidding aside, Jones has a point. Dallas started out 0-2 last year and was 2-7 before you could say “Jerry World.” After a brutal loss to the Jets in Week 1, the Cowboys needed a confidence lift. They got just that, and head into Week 3′s Monday night showdown with the 2-0 Redskins in a much healthier place.