Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones famously said that his team was "all-in" before the 2024 season began. Jones then dragged his heels on contract extensions for quarterback Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb, which likely cost the team additional money when those deals were finally struck. Elite pass-rusher Micah Parsons is next on the extension list, as his rookie contract expires after the 2025 season.
Jones further fumbled his proclamation before it even had a chance to bear fruit by sticking with head coach Mike McCarthy despite McCarthy's many schematic and situational foibles. McCarthy is in the last year of his contract with the team, and unless Jones would prefer to rule with a puppet general as he has so often before, McCarthy will be out the door sooner than later. Brett Davis-Imagn Images How can we be so sure of that? Because, per multiple reports , Prescott is now seeking season-ending surgery on his recent hamstring injury.
That leaves either Cooper Rush or Trey Lance as the Cowboys' starting quarterback for the rest of the season — a season in which the team could only manage a 3-5 record when Prescott was available. Now, as things appear to be falling apart in all possible ways, Jones and his son Stephen, who serves as the franchise's executive vice president, CEO, and director of player personnel, will have a lot to handle once the 2024 season is over. And that season going to be over for the Joneses far sooner than they would have liked.
If said Joneses are to re.