Jerry Jones reacts to Dallas Cowboys’ dominating win over the Los Angeles Rams
Jerry Jones took a measured tone with the Dallas Cowboys’ dominating 44-21 win over the Los Angeles Rams.
The Cowboys’ owner and general manager said the win should validate all of the work the team put in the past week trying to snap a three-game losing streak.
Here is a portion of Jones’ post-game comments from the team’s official transcription:
Thoughts on the game
Well, of course that’s just what the doctor ordered to get you out of whatever you’re in. I must say, I’m going to have to get me a new coin flip caller out there. But, seriously, I’m really proud because that does renew the team’s confidence and its work. We have all the respect in the world for the Rams. You know we do. Almost this time last year, they taught us a lesson in the running game, and we know they are well coached and a good team. So, this one was richly deserved and came along at a good time for us.
On the impact of this game for the team
I just know that they’re going to get this shot of inspiration, shot of confidence and what their hard work can do when it pays off. I think that everybody has soul searched as you should be. We saw a lot of pride out there tonight and hopefully we’ll see that as we go forward, into really our second season here. What this does remind me is that the season is not over, and that’s a plus thing. We’ve got a long road ahead, but we have a huge challenge coming up here this weekend in Philadelphia. But this is what the doctor ordered.
On his confidence:
Well, I’m not so sure that my confidence level is so meaningful here at this junction. What’s meaningful right here is for these guys to go out and see some rewards from doing the kinds of things that you’d expect: good practices habits, good health, good players. You’d expect them to have a better go at it than we did against a couple of those teams the last two or three weeks. This did that today, and again, all the respect in the world to the Rams.
On the impact of a win:
Well, this is a team that played in the Super Bowl last year, the Rams I’m talking about. This is a team that has really outstanding players that are known to be well coached. So, a win like this has that credibility as far as once you see a player do it, you know that they can do it and once you see a team do it, you know they can do it. It went like that for us, but it seemed like the first three or four significant things that happened out there tonight were going to be not nightmarish, but not the way and of course we played through that. This is a great way for us to, not get over, but for us to put into perspective what the last three or four weeks mean and how to make something good happen. It is possible for this team to be a part of a team that they can remember all their lives in a positive way.
On the team’s performance:
Physical, physical. I know firsthand from knowing what their goals were for practice this week. Especially in the fronts, but really the offensive line, their theme this week was physical, be physical. And boy they were physical. They played up against a really fine defensive line, and I think that set the tone. We had a couple of great plays by great leaders. Witten’s one-handed catch and then Sean’s interception. All of those kinds of things were inspirational, and I think we’ll be as we get ready to play Philadelphia. The thing about it is, this really is for us a day at a time season now. Certainly, a week at a time season the entire season can be really made into something successful if we can go up there and beat Philadelphia.
On facing adversity:
We’ve seen how we have played on balance for several weeks. And when I see a team that can take it on the chin the way this team has and then turn it around and have a game like today against a team like the Rams. That shows me that it’s there. I’ve seen it. I’ve seen these guys individually and I’ve seen them as a team really handle adversity. We all know they’ve been handling it, in the form of sports adversity, NFL adversity and Super Bowl goal adversity. I thought they responded well out there with their backs against the wall.
