{"id":390291,"date":"2026-07-29T07:16:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/390291\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T07:16:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:16:19","slug":"jerry-jones-opens-dallas-cowboys-training-camp-with-drama-willing-to-make-trade-to-bolster-super-bowl-chances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/390291\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Jones opens Dallas Cowboys training camp with drama, willing to make trade to bolster Super Bowl chances"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leave it to owner Jerry Jones to add a little spark to what had been a largely quiet offseason for the Dallas Cowboys<\/a>, even while admitting he planned to do no such thing.<\/p>\n

Jones simply can\u2019t help himself.<\/p>\n

Of course, things started normally at the press conference on Tuesday to open Cowboys training camp for the 2026 season in Oxnard, Calif..<\/p>\n

Jones initially, made fun of the idea that the Cowboys had a quiet offseason, considering all the moves they made with the coaching staff, hiring nine new assistants, led by defensive coordinator Christian Parker.<\/p>\n

And Jones, who admitted last year that when things are quiet around the Cowboys he would often do something to stir the pot, played along with the perception.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never thought that there was anything quiet or subdued about the Dallas Cowboys,\u201d Jones said. \u201cI\u2019ve never thought of it that way, but I have been guilty of stirring it up. And you guys help me. And we have been a great team. I promise you that for the last 30 something years. And so that does happen and it is good. I do like the perception that we\u2019ve had a quiet uneventful off season and let\u2019s see how we can work in that. Perception is big. Perception is big. But what I will tell you is I don\u2019t plan on doing anything around here for the next few days to stir anything up.\u201d<\/p>\n

It certainly helped that there was no contract drama with receiver George Pickens, who signed his franchise tag and joined the team for camp with no plans of a hold out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI personally like the fact that the perception is that it\u2019s been a quiet, non-confrontational off season,\u201d Jones said. \u201cThat\u2019s good. I have really a lot of that where I live in my mind. I do, but I have some times when it\u2019s not fun too. So all that\u2019s good. I like the mood.\u201d<\/p>\n

And yet, a few minutes later when asked about Super Bowl chances, Jones bolstered quarterback Dak Prescott\u2019s Super Bowl or bust mantra for 2026<\/a> by adding his own drama to proceedings with a promise to add a difference-making player to make it happen.<\/a><\/p>\n

He said he feels that good about his team and their hopes of ending what is now a 31-year drought since their last Super Bowl title following the 1995 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d give up future to add substantive to where we are today as to a player, to give you an idea about would I invest something substantive to get the right kind of deal to improve us opening day. I would,\u201d Jones said. \u201cI feel that good about this team this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones then doubled down on his comments by saying he talked to a owner on Monday about making a \u201csubstantive\u201d trade.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019ve got a chance to be worthy of spending some future if we saw an opportunity,\u201d Jones said. \u201cThose kinds of conversations that are ongoing\u2026I talked about a situation yesterday with another team and another owner. Yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones comments only opened the door to widespread speculation on which owner he talked to and which player he was talking about.<\/a><\/p>\n

Drama.<\/p>\n

It also spawned a question about the failed trade attempt for Las Vegas Raiders defensive Maxx Crosby in March and whether it could be back in play.<\/p>\n

Crosby was initially dealt to the Baltimore Ravens, who then backed out the deal because of injury concerns.<\/p>\n

Jones still acknowledges that one of the key areas they could bolster a difference-making player is edge rusher\/defensive end.<\/p>\n

Listen to this exchange?<\/p>\n

Why did you walk away from Max Crosby when it fell apart with the Ravens and not revisit that then?<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n

Can you elaborate on that for me?<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, because there\u2019s nothing more to elaborate about, but we did not walk away,\u201d Jones said. \u201cThat\u2019s about all there is to say, but we understood his injury well. And so we thought he could help us then. And we\u2019re surprised the way that was resolved. But to basically take what happened with him after he came home back to the Raiders, to inject anything about what we\u2019re thinking or doing and because he went back to the Raiders would be a mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vice president Stephen Jones had to chime in and let Jerry Jones know that because Crosby is still with the Raiders he is getting close to tampering by continuing the conversation.<\/p>\n

When asked in general of Crosby was the type of difference-making player he was looking to add, Jones responded in kind.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s don\u2019t hypothetical here\u2026That is tampering,\u201d Jones said. \u201cIt really is. And so we don\u2019t want to talk like that and act like that. But that is a good example of what you can stand ready for if in fact you think the rest of your team is coming along well, then those things stay alive. It is a good indicator of how good we feel about the team, the fact that we could do things like you\u2019re talking about right there. I\u2019ve really got to emphasize here he is a Raider. He\u2019s a complete Raider, a happy Raider, everything in the book. And we shouldn\u2019t even be having this kind of discussion with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now regarding the discussions with the other owner, there is nothing imminent on the horizon, Jones said No trade is afoot for the Cowboys.<\/p>\n

But he is ready and willing to do something to light a fire under the Cowboys\u2019 Super Bowl chances after what has been a \u201cquiet\u201d offseason.<\/p>\n

The Super Bowl is the goal.<\/p>\n

Prescott has said as much and embodied the team\u2019s goal by arriving to training camp with Super Bowl t-shirt on.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s always been my mindset. It\u2019s the one thing I truly love about the Cowboys organization and the fanbase is it\u2019s that or nothing,\u201d\u00a0Prescott said<\/a> recently. \u201cAs I said wherever that was, that\u2019s what being a competitor is. If that\u2019s not how you\u2019re wired, if that\u2019s not how you think, whether you\u2019re a fan, whether you\u2019re a player, whether you\u2019re a coach, then I think you\u2019re in the wrong business and honestly I don\u2019t want you on my team. I love those expectations and they\u2019ll always be there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDak\u2019s feeling about it is more important than me feeling about it because Dak actually tangibly can cause his teammates to play at a higher level than I can,\u201d Jones said. \u201cSo when Dak is that positive about it, that adds some credibility to it. I too can say that the fact that Dak is looking at what he\u2019s looking at causes me to feel the same way. I think we\u2019ve got a chance to really be good. I love the excitement.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou guys don\u2019t expect us to be a contender in the Super Bowl,\u201d Jones added while pointing to the media. Y\u2019all don\u2019t? Why would you? I like that. I do. I like that. And I like what we put together to show you that we can do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also plans to add to it, if necessary to make it happen.<\/p>\n

Just don\u2019t ask about Maxx Crosby.<\/p>\n

Not yet.<\/p>\n

So dramatic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leave it to owner Jerry Jones to add a little spark to what had been a largely quiet…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-390291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}