Dallas Cowboys owner and GM Jerry Jones loves the spotlight. So much so that, he has often overshadowed his team’s players and coaches. Starting from press conferences or player transactions, Jones is a constant fixture when it comes to the media dealings of the team.
Now, as the Cowboys played the Week 4 game against the New York Giants on TNF and won it–their first victory this season, Jerry Jones’ love for attention once again came under fresh scrutiny. During a post-game live stream on the Nightcap podcast, former NFL star, Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson openly criticized Jones’ habit of interfering in every major team event and micromanaging players. Shannon Sharpe and Ocho urged the GM to let the team, particularly its stars like quarterback Dak Prescott, shine on their own .
Chiming in, co-host Sharpe agreed with Johnson but came up with a more poetic analogy. He compared the Dallas Cowboys to the “Sun”– the star at the center of our Solar System entity that doesn’t need to do anything extra to prove its brilliance. Similarly, the Cowboys are already an established team in the NFL.
It does not need to be over-marketed or over-managed, especially by Jones: As the conversation continued, Johnson now came up with another interesting comparison from the cinematic world. He likened the Dallas Cowboys to “Blue Magic”– the high-grade brand of heroin that Denzel Washington, who portrayed the character of Frank Lucas in the 2007 movie, American Gangster, smu.