Jerry Jones has odd take on how Eagles built their Super Bowl LVII team
The Philadelphia Eagles are set to take on the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII after running roughshod through the NFC playoffs.
The Dallas Cowboys, their division rivals, are coming off yet another disappointing playoff showing in a loss to the San Francisco 49ers. For Dallas, this represented the 27th consecutive season that it has failed to reach the NFC Championship Game.
Despite this, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones seems to be even more chirpy than usual. In talking to the media from the site of the Senior Bowl in Alabama on Wednesday, Jones probably regrets the following comments, via Jon Machota of The Athletic:
“In essence, we’re seeing a couple of teams (Eagles and Rams) that have had some real success putting it all out there and paying for it later. Don’t think that doesn’t pop in my head and get my eye, as far as doing it, and I know how to do that.
“It’s part of what you put in that computer and what comes out. We’ll see how it comes. But that’s pretty impressive to have two teams in the last two years empty the bucket and get to the Super Bowl.”
Technically, Jones is right when it comes to the Los Angeles Rams. General manager Les Snead has taken pride in the fact that he doesn’t use draft picks. Trading for the likes of Matthew Stafford, Jalen Ramsey and Von Miller in recent years is a prime example of that. It came back to haunt them during an ugly five-win 2022 season.
