If there’s one thing Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has, it’s candor when he talks about his team’s goals. He expects no less of it and wants the Cowboys to be at the top. Finally securing the postseason after a three-year absence, now comes the real challenge for the Lone Star team. See if they have what it takes to gain access to Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium and finally return to keep the Vince Lombardi trophy.
According to Jones, he believes success this season is only going to come with a Super Bowl win. “Without a doubt, there is no middle ground,” said the owner of the franchise through 105.3 The Fan. “You come into this with the expectation of being in the postseason. The league is designed to be 50-50. And therefore it is important that everything is configured to be so. It’s that competitive and fair the way it works, the way you get players and acquire talent.”
“The point is that to get here you have to stand out. And once you get here the outcome is unpredictable,” Jones continued. “A lot of this has to do with the availability of your players at the moment. We’re in pretty good shape right now, and we should be excited and planning everything around that. You only have one winner here, and that’s whoever gets the Super Bowl.”
From Jones’ point of view, everything suggests that if the team doesn’t get to California in February and win the game, the season will be a bust. Certainly, that is the goal of a franchise as big as the Cowboys, but in order to get there, it will have to go through several tests. The first one will be at AT&T Stadium this Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers. Team that despite being in sixth position in the NFC, has won eight of its last eleven games. Therefore, you have to be careful not to underestimate him, especially because of his great game on the ground. In addition, they know how to come back from games, as was seen in week 18 against the Rams. Where, despite losing the match by 17-3 at halftime, they ended up winning 27-24 in overtime.
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“They’re very confident and they’ve won some really big games against really good teams,” Jones said. “They play in a very strong division, where the playoffs have shown that there are three of them out of the four teams that are in the NFC West, where Seattle was not far behind. So they already have a few tests on them, they are ready for the postseason. They will be a very tough opponent.”
Jones’s words weigh on the simple fact that this regular season for the Cowboys has been very special. They have finished with a 12-5 record, leading their division and third in the NFC. Additionally, Quarterback Dak Prescott set a franchise scoring record for a QB. As if that were not enough, on the defensive side, rookie Micah Parsons finished with 13 sacks while cornerback Trevon Diggs had 11 interceptions. Both players helped a defense that finished seventh in the league in points allowed after finishing 28th last year.
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On offense, the group finished first in the NFL in points scored (530) and total yards (7,082). So a great presentation is expected against the 49ers with all these positive aspects that the organization handles.
Sunday will be the first time in three years that the Cowboys have been seen in the postseason. It is hoped that they will continue to advance and emerge victorious from the wild card round. Therefore, let them win all four games so they can have their sixth NFL title. But for this, they will have to fight against the best teams in the league to obtain it.
