Jerry Jones opens up on Cowboys' shortcomings during 2025 season

The Dallas Cowboys’ Super Bowl drought accrued to 30 years arsenic the squad was eliminated from playoff contention connected Saturday and past mislaid to the Los Angeles Chargers connected Sunday.

The Cowboys showed tremendous bosom during the play aft the defence was gutted erstwhile prima walk rusher Micah Parsons was traded to the Green Bay Packers. Dallas picked up large wins implicit the Kansas City Chiefs, Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants, arsenic good arsenic a necktie with the Packers.

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Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones earlier a crippled against the Minnesota Vikings astatine AT&T Stadium connected Dec. 14, 2025. (Kevin Jairaj/Imagn Images)

Ultimately, the Cowboys mislaid their past 3 games and recovered themselves connected the extracurricular looking successful connected the playoffs erstwhile more. Dallas dropped to 6-8-1 aft the nonaccomplishment to Los Angeles, and squad proprietor Jerry Jones opened up astir immoderate of the team’s shortcomings.

"I truly americium amended erstwhile I’m getting my a-- kicked than I americium erstwhile I’m having success," helium said, via The Athletic. "I’ve seen immoderate of the decisions I’ve made work.

"We get 1 squad that gets to spell to that Super Bowl each year. Two that get to spell to those (conference championship) playoff games. I’m looking guardant adjacent twelvemonth to getting backmost successful that title crippled and possibly beyond. And past I’ll beryllium close astatine the apical of the database of however agelong it’s been since you’ve been to one. And that’s however you bash it. Right astatine the top. And this volition each spell away."

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Dallas Cowboys backmost Dak Prescott (4) prepares to walk during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Los Angeles Chargers, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, successful Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Jones did instrumentality distant immoderate positivity from the 2025 season. He acknowledged the squad "underachieved" but determination were immoderate things that the squad could transportation guardant into 2026.

Particularly, Jones said helium was impressed with however Dak Prescott played during the year.

Prescott has 4,175 passing yards and 28 touchdown passes this season. He’s starring the NFL successful completions (378) and passing attempts (552). Both George Pickens and CeeDee Lamb eclipsed 1,000 receiving yards for the season.

"I americium pleased with what we person successful Dak, precise pleased going forward," helium said, via the team’s website. "Nothing we've done truthful acold this play gives maine thing but optimism astir going guardant astatine 1 of the key, if not the cardinal position."

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Dallas has the Washington Commanders and the New York Giants near connected its schedule.

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