Is Jerry Jones dangerously close to losing the Dallas Cowboys fan base?

Riding a three-game losing streak at the worst time, Dallas Cowboys’ owner Jerry Jones needs to talk less and act decisively before he loses the fan base.

The Dallas Cowboys are a clown show, both on and off the field. Riding a three-game losing streak with just three games remaining, their grip on a playoff spot loosens by the moment.

The offense is struggling for many reasons. There is just no consistency from drive to drive. After experiencing several slow starts early in the year, the offense has led the last two games with a touchdown drive, only to not score until much later in the game.

The defense cannot stop anyone from doing anything. Over the last two weeks, the Dallas Cowboys defense made quarterbacks Josh Allen and Mitchell Trubisky look like reincarnations of Steve Young. Dallas defenders appear to be allergic to tackling and seem preoccupied with celebrations when they do actually make a play instead of making more of them.

The special teams play is abysmal at best. Kicker Brett Maher has missed at least one kick in each of the last three games. The Dallas Cowboys had a punt blocked against New England which led to the only touchdown scored in the game. They have the worst kickoff return average and are among the worst in punt returns as well.

All of this leads to the same monotone, boring press conferences from head coach Jason Garrett and some serious bipolar commentary from owner Jerry Jones.

One week, Jones is telling everyone that the coaching staff needs to do a better job. The next week, he’s nearly in tears talking about how much he believes in the same staff getting the same results.

One moment, Jones is telling anyone with ears how the Dallas Cowboys just need to get into the tournament and they can do damage. The next, he’s admitting this team has no shot at doing anything until they can prove they win an actual game on the field.

In between all this nonsense and verbal garbage, he’s holding court immediately after games giving medical updates on players as if he holds a secret medical license. If he’s not doing that, he’s talking in so many circles that even he loses track of what he’s trying to say.

What is not occurring is any palpable action to make this team better or shake things up to put a scare into anyone. There have been multiple times during this soon-to-be lost year when a change could or should have been made, only for things to stay the same.

Heading into 2019, the decision was made to let Garrett coach the final season of his contract without an extension. The idea was to make Garrett earn the right to stay. Not shockingly, he has done nothing to earn that right.

The Cowboys have not one, but two three-game losing streaks. They haven’t beat a single team with a winning record all year. There is, of course, that pathetic loss to a then winless Jets team in mid-October.

It was that game in which the guillotine should have come down on Garrett’s head. Instead, more egregious coaching mistakes have derailed other games. Take the Patriots game for example. Anyone who has ever heard of weather knew the game would be played in a heavy rainstorm.

Did Garrett have his team practice the week leading up to the game with water-soaked balls? Nope. Did Garrett have quarterback Dak Prescott practice or play while wearing gloves. Nope. Of course, the Cowboys have their worst offensive performance of the year, struggling to score just nine points.

One week later, his team comes out flat and uninspired on Thanksgiving, taking a brutal beatdown by the Buffalo Bills. Somehow, Garrett remained employed, only to have another uninspired effort last Thursday when it looked like the team quit. Somehow, Garrett remains employed.

We all know what will happen. Garrett will finish the year and then not be retained in 2020, allowing the contract to expire. That’s the easy way out. A cowardice move by Jones so he doesn’t have to get his hands dirty.

If you don’t want to fire your lame-duck coach, at least get a new kicker. Maher has the worst percentage of made field goals of anyone with 15+ attempts. He’s only made 20% of his kicks from 40-49 yards which is the most common range for kickers.

Instead, the Cowboys held a joke of a tryout for new kickers last week. Nick Rose, Austin MacGinnis and Tristan Vizcaino were given a shot to supplant Maher. Only one of those three has ever kicked in an NFL game. Meanwhile, options like Kai Forbath, Blair Walsh and Matt Bryant never had their phone ring.

Forbath has made 85.8 percent of his career kicks. Bryant has made 85.6 percent while Walsh has made 82.3 percent. Maher meanwhile is under 75 percent. Guess who will be kicking for Dallas next week against the Rams?

Whether the task is as small as changing a struggling kicker, as necessary as firing an underperforming special teams coach or as difficult as firing your hand-picked head coach of almost a decade, Jones continues to show he’s all talk and no walk.

The tired act is wearing thin on a very loyal Dallas Cowboys fan base. Maybe he just does not care because the brand is a literal cash cow making Jones richer by the second. Regardless, there are many who care about this team who are starting to care less and less.

Obviously there are many things that need to change in Dallas. It is entirely possible that the owner’s methods of handling this team are at the forefront.