The 2022 offseason has been full of questions and not a lot of answers for Dallas Cowboys fans. What will happen with the wide receiver room? Will the Cowboys survive without Tyron Smith? Will they be able to repeat their NFC East dominance or will the Philadelphia Eagles take over?
When a fan base has concerns about their franchise, you typically look to the owner or GM for answers. That leaves us looking to Jerry Jones for some sage wisdom.
In his first interview with the press ahead of Week 1, the Cowboys GM was asked if he is as optimistic about the 2022 Cowboys as he is about previous rosters. His answer involved “math.”
"I have to believe 1 and 1 is 3. I can’t operate where 1 and 1 is 2. Now we all know it is physically. But 3 is where you have to go. You have to have optimism to operate out in the world."
Jerry Jones was asked on @1053thefan if his optimism for the 2022 Dallas Cowboys season is the same as it is every year.
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His answer was... unique.
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Jerry Jones tries to change simple math to explain his optimism about the Cowboys
This certainly isn’t the first time Jones has left us puzzled. He tries to be a master of words, but sometimes that ends up just being a jumble of sentences that no one gets.
Instead of getting an answer to a simple question, most people heard this and were left even more confused. Personally, I’ve read this multiple times and still don’t really understand how this is an answer to what he was asked.
In theory… I think he is trying to say that the front office tried to put together the left side of the equation this offseason that “mathematically” equaled a two, but Jones is hoping that what they did will ultimately pay off to be more. In other words, Jones is being so overly optimistic that he hopes his risks will end up being more valuable than he expected. Again, just a theory.
There is certainly something to be said for being optimistic. But in all seriousness, has the front office done enough for one plus one to equal three? Have they done enough to improve the Cowboys’ roster since the loss to the San Francisco 49ers? Or, will this season be more realistic where one plus one really only equals two?
Hopefully, the Cowboys’ Week 1 performance gives us better clarity than this quote from Jones. Buckle up for another season of Jerry-isms.
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