A Dallas Cowboys football blog

Stephen Jones claims Cowboys do not have a “culture problem” at NFL Combine

2 Comments

The time of the year has come when we hear the same recycled material from the front office over and over again.

That started on Tuesday, the second day of the NFL Scouting Combine. Stephen Jones was bombarded with several questions all of us fans have been wondering about since the playoff loss to the Packers.

Update on Dak Prescott’s New Contract

We did not get a whole lot from this, which was anticipated, but Like at the Senior Bowl, Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones declined to give an update regarding Dak Prescott’s contract, or any other player.

He didn’t say whether the two sides have begun talks, and wouldn’t even mention if the team is to meet with Prescott’s agent this week at the combine.

As I noted, this was a given. A deal of this size is expected to take another month or so.

Jones did say he wants Prescott to be the Cowboys’ signal caller long-term.

He also said that he not only wants to get a deal done with Prescott but also CeeDee Lamb and Micah Parsons.

Injury Updates

Both Trevon Diggs and DeMarvion Overshown both tore their ACLs in 2023, but will be back for camp, Jones said.

Overshown was early in camp and could have been a massive boost with the Dallas awful linebacking core. Him coming back will allow the Cowboys to pass on a linebacker in the first round and draft something else of need that early.

When the loss to Diggs happened, it felt like the entire world was ending.

Trading for Stephon Gilmore proved valuable because he had to take over the role of CB1. Gilmore is set to be a free agent, but has already said on a local Dallas radio station that he wants to return to Dallas to try and get a ring.

He said the core is there, and wants to run it back.

No Culture Problem?

Jones said that he feels good about the culture, but they always wanna be better.

I honestly would like to know… If you have not been to a NFC title game in over 25 years and fewer than 5 playoff wins since 1996, what is this then?

They change coaches, they add players here and there. Signing Terrell Owens who was a firs team All Pro in Dallas. Trade for Amari Cooper, but they could have done plenty more.

Maybe you don’t think the team has one, because you are more concerned about talking to the press than winning championships. We brought up the fact they have won 36 games over three years, blah, blah, blah.

Yet all three of those resulted in one playoff win, and before you bring up the fact they can’t win because of Prescott, I agree to an extent, but this team didn’t win anything with Romo either!

Maybe I am just sick of losing all the time, but at some point, this team has to get it right, I hope.

I am sure it is only a matter of time before we hear from Jerry. Mike McCarthy and Mike Zimmer are not attending in person this year, so we will get nothing short of a lot of gibberish over the next week.

Shane Taylor

Staff Writer

Shane Taylor is a Dallas Cowboys fan from the Midwest. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and works at a Junior College in the Institutional Effectiveness department. Taylor has written for two publications in his lifetime. The first was as a Sports Reporter for Journal Star while in college. He also spent a year as a Regional News Reporter for Shaw Media. When he is not working or writing for Inside The Star, he enjoys bowling competitively. Feel free to connect with him on his social media outlets listed below!

Follow this author:

Subscribe
Notify of
guest

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

2 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments