Jerry Jones' Road to Perfection Is Paved with Humility

Jerry Jones has ruined the Dallas Cowboys.

Millions of people tune in every Sunday to watch arguably one of the most talented, star-studded teams in all of sports fumble around (pun totally intended) and get stomped.

Why is a team full of Pro Bowl athletes getting embarrassed by teams like the Rams? The answer lies within the infamous bowels of Jerry Jones' money-gobbling, power-hungry executive cabinet.

No other professional team in the history of sports has come under more media scrutiny than the Dallas Cowboys.

Jones loves it and openly invites this kind of attention to the practice fields and locker rooms.

The practice field is where teams prepare for war. When you allow 100s of nit-picking, instigating, propaganda-slinging reporters onto the field to get a rise out of any and all players within ear shot, it is going to be extremely difficult for your head coach to keep his players minds focused on football practice.

Jerry Jones is your problem, Cowboys fans.

The central

modus

operandi of the Cowboys used to be "simply win, at all costs, just win."

Father Jones has managed to inflate the "Cowboy" trademark to such epic proportions that Terrell Owens, who used to just be an athlete on a team, can't blow his nose without being accused of potentially having a coke problem.

This is not a football team to Jerry Jones. This is a business. The proverbial coal for its fire is national attention. As we've seen from the HBO documentary, Jones is very interested in exploiting every aspect of his franchise. He wants to sell drama where there is no place for it.

Is anyone aware that the Titans are 6-0? Is it because Kerry Collins is oh so talented? Maybe it's Alge Crumpler's dominance? Perhaps there are nothing but good little boys on this team who never complain about their quarterback or coach?

No.

They're out of the limelight. They have nothing to do but practice hard and win football games. There are no expectations, other than play hard, play together, don't make mistakes, and win. It's also no surprise that their turnover ratio is +6, to the Cowboys fantastic -6.

When you can focus at practice, you can remember that the coach said its bad to start moving before the rest of the offense. Apparently that’s called a penalty.

Wade Philips and his players are the ones left to confront the media, while Jerry Jones skulks off to calculate how much money he may have lost.

Tank Johnson and Wade Philips impressed me with their comments after the loss to the Rams. Their tone was of disappointment, not the disbelief that you would get from Mr. Jones. The players and the coaches are aware of the changes that need to be made, and the only way to make the changes is during practice.

Unfortunately, in this writer's opinion, Jerry Jones has thrust this team into a black hole of such intense strength that their very hearts will be sucked out of their chests as the media, like great white sharks, only grows stronger as the team starts to fall apart.

The only chance for the Cowboys is for a leader to emerge. I, personally, am hoping for a Jason Witten freak out, where he beats the hell out of several people in the locker room and ignites the spark that Dallas once had.

It’s the only way they will make the playoffs this year.