Dallas Cowboys: Jerry Jones Apologizes To Fans, but Don't Expect Changes

After the Cowboys were ran over by the Jacksonville Jaguars, a team that has one of the worst defenses in the league and an inconsistent QB, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones apologized to Cowboys fans everywhere for his team quitting. 

"You couldn't get me to say it, but you know that I thought we had a team here that could be one of the top competitive teams in the NFL," Jones said. "I'm very, very, very sorry to our fans. You should have better than this. You can tell by the way some of the things that we've done to certainly make the Cowboys everything you want them to be, you should be able to tell that I won't rest until we've figured some things out to get us in a different spot. ...What it is, I don't have that."

Give Jones some credit. He didn't have to say this to the media and the fans, he could've hid behind his office door and cried or thrown everything around. Instead he took responsibility for his team being a complete failure, so much that he gave them an extra loss saying they're 1-7 (they're actually 1-6, but all signs indicate by this time next week they'll be 1-7).

However, if you're expecting things to change immediately, you can forget it. Jones also said that he won't make any coaching changes midseason. "I am not in any way for making changes," Jones said. "I have always thought our best chance to win, when you've got three-day weeks and you've got to get ready to go to play a team, the best chance to win was to continue to be coached and continue to do some of the same things. There's not enough time to change."

Head coach Wade Phillips is lost on why his team is playing like they don't care and why he can't seem to inspire them. While it's clear that the Cowboys have quit, Phillips won't, but a coach who just sits there with that disappointed look in his eyes isn't going to get a lot of respect or faith from his players. 

This means there will be more games like yesterday. Games where Jon Kitna plays great but throws three interceptions that weren't his fault because his receivers can't catch. Games where Barber is stuffed at the goal line twice because of terrible blocking and confusion on where the running back is going. 

Games where Miles Austin finished with 117 yards receiving, but only 15 of them come in the second half. 

Games where the Cowboys running backs average 2.3 yards a carry, which is high because of Jon Kitna's eight-yard scramble, and the run defense gives up 149 yards rushing (4.4 yards a carry).

The Cowboys schedule gets harder from here on out starting with Green Bay, a team that shut out the Jets yesterday, and with the Cowboys playing like their season is already over, you'll see a lot of blowouts, so get used to it. 

I accept Jones' apology and you should too. There's no way he saw this coming, and we all know Jones is arrogant and a bit too involved in the Cowboys, but he wants to win.

Even with the Cowboys having the third-hardest schedule in the league, Jones, like most of us, thought coming in the season the Cowboys would be confident and would be ready to take the next step. Instead they'll go down as the most talented team to go 3-13...or worse.