Last week, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones caused a ruckus on his weekly appearance on the team鈥檚 flagship radio station by bristling at a question and making veiled threats to have the broadcasters fired.
Jones, 82, also is the team鈥檚 general manager and was unhappy about being asked about the 3-3 club鈥檚 offseason moves, a topic that has been discussed near and far for weeks.
鈥淭his is not your job,鈥 he curtly told the two hosts and a contributor. 鈥淵our job isn鈥檛 to let me go over all the reasons that I did something and I鈥檓 sorry that I did it. That鈥檚 not your job. I鈥檒l get somebody else to ask these questions. I鈥檓 not kidding.鈥
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Jones, who has been appearing on the station for a decade and a half, also referred to them on the air as 鈥測ahoos,鈥 then later told The Athletic: 鈥(The) facts are that if I鈥檓 going to be grilled by the tribunal, I don鈥檛 need it to be by the guys I鈥檓 paying.鈥
That led to a wave of criticism of Jones in the national sports media, and the hosts stuck up for themselves.
鈥淔or (expletive) sure it鈥檚 a fact that I don鈥檛 get paid or compensated by Jerry Jones,鈥 Shan Shariff said.
But things were much calmer Tuesday, when and touched on the controversy at the outset 鈥 but did not apologize.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 have anything to say about last week,鈥 Jones said. 鈥淚鈥檓 surprised that last week got the attention it got.鈥
One of the main points of contention for those who have criticized the Cowboys鈥 offseason moves is the fact they didn鈥檛 sign running back Derrick Henry, who was a free agent and had expressed interest in playing for them.
Henry has led the NFL in rushing twice and is at the top so far this season, his first with Baltimore. Included is a 151-yard, two-touchdown outing in a victory over Dallas on Sept. 22. Meanwhile, the 鈥橞oys are last in the league in rushing 鈥 averaging 77.2 yards per game.
鈥淚鈥檝e obviously been asked that Derrick Henry question almost every day since we started training camp,鈥 Jones said in the interview this week. 鈥淎nd so that鈥檚 a get-in-your-(expletive)-type question.鈥
But he did address the topic.
鈥淲e, in my mind, we鈥檙e not playing very good football right now, at all,鈥 he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 beyond whether or not we have Derrick Henry or not. Derrick Henry is having a career year. I don鈥檛 know if he鈥檇 be having that career year in our situation.鈥
The Cowboys have a pass-happy approach, and Jones indicated Henry would not be having near as many carries had he signed with them.
鈥淗e certainly probably wouldn鈥檛 have attained the level of impact that he鈥檚 having,鈥 Jones said. 鈥淎nd then he鈥檚 a real good complement to the type of offense that they (the Ravens) run. We don鈥檛 run that type of offense at all.鈥
He also moved into financial issues.
鈥淒errick Henry didn鈥檛 fit because principally of managing the (salary) cap,鈥 Jones said, 鈥渁nd in anticipation of the players that we were going to sign weeks later or in anticipation of the players we鈥檙e going to be signing in the future.鈥
MU vs. Illinois
Missouri and Illinois unfortunately haven鈥檛 met on a football field since 2010, the finale of four consecutive season-opening matchups in St. 亚洲无码. But they will be going head to head Saturday, albeit in the national television spotlight and not on the gridiron.
Both are 6-1 this season and have marquee matchups that will be played in the showcase 2:30 p.m. time block.
No. 20 Illinois is at No. 1 Oregon in a game to be shown by CBS (KMOV, Channel 4 locally). It will be the Illini鈥檚 second consecutive appearance in the network鈥檚 feature slot, as they were there last week for their 21-7 victory at home over Michigan. CBS鈥 top broadcast crew again draws the assignment 鈥 Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (commentary) and Jenny Dell (reporter).
No. 21 Mizzou heads to No. 15 Alabama, and ABC (KDNL, Channel 30) shows that one with Joe Tessitore (play-by-play), Jordan Rodgers (analysis) and Katie George (reporter) having the broadcasting duties.
It鈥檚 the middle game on a marquee day of college football telecasts on that network. At 11 a.m., it has No. 12 Notre Dame at No. 24 Navy, then after MU-鈥橞ama, it shows No. 8 亚洲无码iana State at No. 14 Texas A&M.
Last week, the Illini also were in the 2:30 p.m. CBS slot, and their 21-7 victory over Michigan was seen in 2.5% of the St. 亚洲无码 market, according to viewership-tracking firm Nielsen. That鈥檚 less than half the rating (5.3) Mizzou drew that day for its wild 21-17 victory over Auburn that was engineered by quarterback Brady Cook鈥檚 storybook return from a hospital to lead two drives that ended with fourth-quarter touchdowns.
MU out-rated the Illini despite its contest beginning at a less advantageous time (11 a.m.) and being shown on a cable network (ESPN) that is seen in fewer homes than is KMOV.