Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Had "50 Concussions" In College

During one of the segments in the debut of Costas Tonight on NBC Sports Network, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones chimed in on a topic that had been addressed before he took the stage. Jones, who played college football at Arkansas, said that he has had "50 concussions." He then joked that, if he hadn't suffered so many blows to the head, he would have been the President of the U.S. instead of the owner of the Cowboys.

Source: Sports Illustrated

 

That's 49 too many you asshat.

 

explains a lot actually...

 

That explains why he has not fired himself as the GM

Droid x. 49ers

 

he is a good GM

 

He makes good choices about 80% of the time and the other 20 is heckin awful

 

If that was the case they would have won more then 1 playoff game in post aikman, Smith, Irvin

Droid x. 49ers

 

yeah it's all his fault. :icon_rolleyes:

 

He is the owner/GM who's fault is it? He is a genius when it comes to certain aspects of the organization. But not the GM

Droid x. 49ers

 

how about the players on the field. Seems pretty obvious.

 

He doesnt do as bad as some thinks. Has his strengths and minus's, but alot of his strengths get negated by some big time weakness like rewarding mediocrity and being trigger shy at times (should have fired Phillips in 2008). Relys on Ciakowski in the draft, whom is the only scouting director with a board with 450 names (which is why we hit on UDFA's), but is very checkered in the early rounds

 

Very true. He needs to bring in some scouting help.

Droid x. 49ers

 

exactly. Alot of it is he needs some help in the personnel dept. and in FA.

 

He has a good scouting department. Problem with the draft has been him. 2009 was a great example, where he reached for players to fit needs in the early rounds. Its gotten better the past two years where he has strickly followed his board and gotten guys like Lee and Murray in rounds he used to fail miserably in (2nd and 3rd)

 

Another thing to remember is that he really isnt as hands on as we was. He's still HMFIC, but Stephan Jones makes most of the financial decisions and Garrett has a huge say in personnel acquisitions

 

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LMAO at this comment.

 

i understand where JJ is going with this and i think there would be a LOT of current players that would agree with JJ on this ....... most of them say that they understand the health risks (now and in the future) but just accept it as part of the deal.

Unfortunately, many of them change their minds when they leave the league and can barely walk, have brain issues, and/or are in constant pain for the rest of their lives.