That sound you hear is Dallas Cowboys fans throwing things around their homes in complete disgust. Why?
It was reported on Thursday that owner Jerry Jones will be alone in his own house for the 2020 NFL Draft tonight, meaning no one will be able to stop him from making draft picks.
“One of the things I’m not going to miss is when I came out of those draft rooms over the weekend, my old shins used to have big old bruises on them,” Jones said. “That was from Stephen kicking me under the table for three straight days relative to some of our decision-making. I know that we have a serious conference here, but I think I’m going to kind of miss that physical punching that goes on. I told him one time, I asked him where he got his strength when he was 16 years old, he had his uncle down, about to kill him, choked him. He was a big boy, that uncle. And I said, ‘I don’t feel that when I’m rasslin with you.’ He said, ‘Well, you don’t squeeze your daddy as hard as you can.’ The point is, I’m going to miss a little of that punching around at the table as we’re conducting this draft.”
That is exactly how he wants it and even asked his scouting department to not disturb him.
This is a big deal because it was back in 2014 when Dallas Cowboys VP of player personnel Stephen Jones had to talk his father Jerry out of using the team’s first-round draft pick to select Johnny Manziel out of Texas A&M. After finally listening to reason, the team selected Notre Dame guard Zack Martin with the 16th pick in the first round instead of the former Heisman Trophy recipient.
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Manziel didn’t last long and has been out of the league for several years, while Martin was signed to a six-year contract extension that was worth $84 million and $40 million guaranteed back in 2018.
