Everyone associated with the Dallas Cowboys will be rooting for Kansas City Chiefs to beat the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl 59. It's been eight years since the Eagles' last championship, but Sunday marks their third Super Bowl appearance in that span.
We don't have to tell you that the Cowboys haven't advanced as deep as the NFC Championship Game since their last Super Bowl victory in 1995.
There's no telling how much longer the drought will last, but Jerry Jones changing how he runs the team would go a long way. We could go on for hours about things Jones should change. If it were up to Cowboys fans, hiring an actual general manager and stripping Stephen Jones of his influence in the front office would be the first order of business.
That, unfortunately, is a pipe dream. Another area where Jones needs to change and is within the realm of possibility is how he negotiates contracts with his players.
Former Cowboys tight end Peyton Hendershot, now with the Chiefs, said as much during a conversation on Radio Row with R.J. Ochoa of Blogging The Boys.
Former Cowboys TE Peyton Hendershot rips Jerry Jones over handling of CeeDee Lamb's contract
"You just think about CeeDee Lamb and how much he does for our offense and what fall camp does for you and your season, and CeeDee wasn't at one of those," said Hendershot. "That's Dak's number one target. If he's not getting reps with his top target, how are you gonna go into the season and perform how you want to perform?"
"When you have a player of that magnitude like CeeDee, you want to take care of that. You want to get that solved so him and Dak get their connection going. That makes everyone else's job easier."
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What do you know? It turns out Cowboys player feel the same as fans when it comes to Jones negotiating contracts. While it takes two to tango at the negotiation table, there was zero benefit to delaying Lamb's extension.
Justin Jefferson reset the wide receiver market in early June when he secured $35 million per year from the Vikings. Numerous other upper-echelon WRs inked deals along the way, including the Eagles' A.J. Brown and Lions' Amon-Ra St. Brown.
The Cowboys had an opportunity to get out in front of those deals. Brown and St. Brown both signed their extensions all the way back in April. Lamb surely wanted to wait for Jefferson. The Joneses were never going to set the market themselves, but again that domino fell in early June.
And yet, Lamb didn't sign until Aug. 26, less than three weeks before the regular season. Just as Hendershot laid out, Prescott and Lamb weren't on the same page to start the season. That had a trickle down effect on the offense.
There was zero benefit to dragging out Lamb's negotiation, but the Joneses have repeated this cycle time and time again over the years. They wait until the eleventh hour to hustle and always end up getting taken to the woodshed by their players.
That does not bode well for Micah Parsons' negotiations this offseason.