As Jerry Jones enters the silver anniversary that celebrates 25 years since he bought the Dallas Cowboys, the owner/general manager admits that he does have one regret; not winning a Super Bowl yet with quarterback Tony Romo. Jones, however, places the blame on himself not his franchise quarterback.
Jones sat down and did an interview with KRLD-FM Dallas/Fort Worth to discuss his moves while owning the team and admitted that he doled out some highly-priced contracts that he probably shouldn't have while adding that he believed his team would have won more championships if not for the current financial system in the NFL.
"We should have been knocking on the door and we haven't and I have no excuses, it starts here," Jones told the program, according to ESPN. "But we have not. I know that to the extent that we have a healthy Romo, our best chance to get back to the Super Bowl is a healthy Romo."
Romo, who began starting regularly under center for the Cowboys in 2005, has led the team to just one playoff win (2009) while the team has failed to even make the postseason in the last four years.
The Cowboys have lost the NFC East on the final day of the season for the last three years. Dallas has had very talented rosters in the past, especially from 2007-10, but still the team has only notched one postseason victory while losing in the divisional round twice after getting a first-round bye.
The Cowboys are 136-136 since 1997.
"Now for us not to having got it done during those years is a mess up," Jones said of the 2007-10 period per ESPN. "You got to get it when you're high like that. When you're high up on it. You can't miss your bus when you got your quarterback and you got good talent around him and if you miss that bus in the NFL."
The Cowboys are currently $20 million over the $130 million projected salary cap for next season, and are looking to restructure deals with some of their players and may even release linebacker DeMarcus Ware, according to various reports.
"All of that boils down to management of a cap, management of certainly having players that deserve to get the money that you got," Jones said, according to ESPN. "When I look back on it, we probably paid some people that we probably would have been better off not paying."
Romo went 342-for-535 (63.9%) for 3,828 yards with 31 touchdowns and 10 interceptions in 2013 while the Cowboys finished 8-8 and lost 22-20 to the Philadelphia Eagles in the final game to once again miss the playoffs on the final day of the season.
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