{"id":349173,"date":"2025-12-16T15:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T15:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/349173\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T15:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T15:39:10","slug":"jerry-jones-says-cowboys-wont-tank-for-better-nfl-draft-pick-as-playoff-hopes-fade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/349173\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Jones Says Cowboys Won&#8217;t Tank for Better NFL Draft Pick as Playoff Hopes Fade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Despite the team&#8217;s long odds of making the playoffs, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones isn&#8217;t shifting his focus to prioritize draft positioning over the final weeks of the 2025 NFL season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;We will not try for draft position,&#8221; he said Tuesday on 105.3 The Fan (via ESPN&#8217;s <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/toddarcher\/status\/2000943794188071250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Todd Archer<\/a>). &#8220;We will not be looking at anything like that. We&#8217;ll be playing football under whatever the circumstances are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Make Bleacher Report one of your preferred sources on Google by selecting Bleacher Report on the &#8220;source preferences&#8221; page\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=bleacherreport.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">For more from Bleacher Report, check out our\u00a0<a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit 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