Seth Vigdor
Jerry Jones has said and done many dumb things in his life and while perhaps signing and publicly defending Greg Hardy probably ranks high up there, his recent comments about Tony Rono’s injury being worth the risk also ranks up there with the more insanely dumb comments he’s made. In fact, it’s dangerously dumb.
I mean, we all know Jones is losing his marbles and genuinely hope he never gives up power, almost making the Eagles, Giants and Redskins division favorites over them each and every season. But, even for him, this is all sorts of ridiculous.
Here’s the quote:
“I don’t think push is the word for it,” Jones said Friday on Dallas’ 105.3 The Fan (via dallascowboys.com). “We felt the risk was worth the potential for having him be the impact he can be and really having a fairytale turnaround and doing something that was special. And to me, that’s what we’re about, that’s what sports is about. You shouldn’t ever quit trying to do something extraordinary.
“The dream was if Tony could have come in and been the catalyst and had the results we had the week before in Miami against a great team, a really great team — Carolina is so impressive — if we could have done that, it could have been the beginning of something special.”
His dream? Shaking my mother f—ing head. You’re not dreaming that you just read that a delusional man thought that Tony Romo could essentially ride back on a magical unicorn, with golden slippers on and take the then 2-7 Dallas Cowboys on to the Super Bowl. This dude is nuts. He’d continue to ramble about what’s now a nightmare.
“I had a nightmare last night,” Jones said, “and I was hoping when I woke up this morning it was just that.”
Well, Jerry, when you rush back your quarterback, who breaks his collarbone virtually every season, from injury unnecessarily, shit like this will happen.
His dreams and nightmare comments come just four days after he came out and put Tony Romo’s name into the MVP discussion as part of another dream he had.
“If a player comes in, wins the first two, is out seven and you lose all of those, and then for whatever the reason, (he) comes back, and you win big and are a heck of a football team, that is going a long way toward that definition and probably the most dramatic example of it in the NFL. If it happens …”
I hate the Cowboys and all that they stand for, but I have some advice for the players on that team – except Greg Hardy, in which case he can stay his course in Jerry’s world. My advice to the rest of the team is, run! Don’t turn back, just run as fast you can like the boogeyman is chasing you. Jerry Jones has completely gone bat-shit crazy.