Perhaps the last remaining football team in the NFL that Vikings fans can make fun of is the Cowboys. A team with Super Bowl aspirations in the preseason -- just like the Vikings -- Dallas is an even more dismal 1-6. So while the Vikings might have a better record than just four NFL teams right now (!), the Cowboys are one of them. But, you know, owner Jerry Jones is sorry!
"I'm embarrassed. Of course I am," Jones said after the Cowboys' 35-17 loss to the Jaguars on Sunday afternoon. "And, to every fan, I should have and do take the ultimate, ultimate responsibility. I do. That's the way we're structured. That's the way I run it. There's no question that I have the plan and executing it to have the best players and the best coaching that we can have. I'm dumbfounded that we are 1-7."
Jones misspoke during his post-game speech. The Cowboys are actually 1-6.
"You couldn't get me to say it, but you know that I thought we had a team here that could be one of the top competitive teams in the NFL," Jones continued. "I'm very, very, very sorry to our fans. You should have better than this. You can tell by the way some of the things that we've done to certainly make the Cowboys everything you want them to be, you should be able to tell that I won't rest until we've figured some things out to get us in a different spot. ... What it is, I don't have that."
But he's also not about to fire coach Wade Phillips. So he must not be that sorry.
"I am not in any way for making changes," Jones said.
