Jerry Jones likens Cowboys defensive coordinator search to Trump's remarks about 'running' Venezuela

Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones likened his hunt for a caller antiaircraft coordinator to President Donald Trump’s remarks astir "going to tally the country" successful Venezuela aft dictator Nicolás Maduro was seized by the U.S. subject past week. 

Jones made the notation during his end-of-year property league connected Wednesday, which followed the organization’s determination to occurrence first-year antiaircraft coordinator Matt Eberflus aft conscionable 1 season.   

Dallas Cowboys antiaircraft coordinator Matt Eberflus looks connected successful the archetypal fractional against the Green Bay Packers astatine AT&T Stadium. The photograph was taken successful Arlington, Texas, connected Sept. 28, 2025. (Jerome Miron/Imagn Images)

Jones was specifically asked by reporters if first-year caput manager Brian Schottenheimer would person a accidental successful picking his ain antiaircraft coordinator for adjacent season.  

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"Trump conscionable said it, I’m moving Venezuela," Jones said, eliciting laughs from the room, including from Schottenheimer himself.

Jones clarified that some Schottenheimer and his son, Cowboys CEO Stephen Jones, were heavy progressive successful the determination to prosecute Eberflus and they volition beryllium progressive successful uncovering his replacement. 

"We’ll marque it the aforesaid mode we’ve made each the calls astir present connected staff. I wouldn’t marque a telephone if Stephen didn’t hold with the call… I wouldn’t bash that. 

"We’ll bash it the aforesaid arsenic we hired Flus, we’ll bash it unneurotic and travel up with arsenic bully arsenic we can." 

Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones attends the premiere of Netflix’s "America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys" astatine the Egyptian Theatre successful Los Angeles, California, connected Aug. 11, 2025. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

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Trump said aft past week’s subject strikes successful Venezuela that the United States is "going to tally the country" successful Venezuela until what helium described arsenic a safe, due and judicious modulation tin instrumentality place.

He framed the relation arsenic impermanent but necessary, saying the U.S. does not privation to let "somebody other to get in" earlier conditions are stable. 

"We’re going to tally the state until specified clip arsenic we tin bash a safe, due and judicious transition," helium said. 

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Jones’ beardown attack came aft the Cowboys were officially eliminated from the playoffs successful Week 16 with the Philadelphia Eagles’ triumph implicit the Washington Commanders. Dallas closed retired its play with a Week 18 nonaccomplishment to the New York Giants and with the astir points allowed and fewest passes intercepted successful franchise history.

Kavontae Turpin of the Dallas Cowboys is tackled by Raheem Layne #43 of the New York Giants during the crippled connected January 4, 2026 astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey.   (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"This surely is an illustration of what tin hap to you successful this crippled of football. You guys person heard maine accidental that a batch of times. It has fleeting moments of euphoria, and those are made peculiar by having hard times," Jones said Wednesday. 

"I americium disappointed that we aren't successful the playoffs and aren’t successful bully signifier to beryllium successful the playoffs. So, that is simply a disappointment."

Fox News Digitals’ Morgan Phillips contributed to this report. 

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