The Dallas Cowboys seemingly aren’t all that close to returning to the NFL mountaintop after they failed to reach the playoffs and finished this season with a record of 7-9-1.
Nevertheless, Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones confirmed while speaking with reporters on Wednesday that he is pursuing more than one last Super Bowl championship at the age of 83.
Jerry Jones wants to stand alone among NFL owners
“My goal in life is to retire as the owner to win the most Super Bowls,” Jones explained, per Jon Machota of The Athletic.
As Machota noted, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft tops the list with six Super Bowl rings, while Jones has three.
“I got work to do,” Jones acknowledged.
History suggests Jones has quite an uphill battle ahead of him. The Cowboys haven’t appeared in even a conference title game since they won Super Bowl XXX in 1996, and Dallas’ last postseason victory occurred in January 2023.
More recently, the Cowboys fired defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus on Tuesday. According to Machota, Jones said on Wednesday that head coach Brian Schottenheimer will be involved in the hiring of Eberflus’ replacement: