Due to an ongoing legal dispute between Jerry Jones and a woman who claims to be his biological daughter, the Cowboys front office is postponing their opening press conference until the weekend.
Jones, expected to testify in his case against the woman of whom he brought suit, will be arriving late to camp in Oxnard. The honors of the first press conference this year will go to coach Mike McCarthy on Thursday morning.
That might be for the better.
The Cowboys front office isn’t held in very high regard these days. After a disappointing finish to a promising season, the Cowboys decided to cut costs rather than strike while the iron was hot. They let multiple starters leave uncontested in free agency and did very little to replace them.
The front office’s traditional cost-conscious approach to free agency hit an all-time low with the Cowboys failing to even extend their top cornerstones Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb and Micah Parsons. As such, the typical “we like our guys” statement couldn’t even be applied this year.
After redefining the phrase, “all-in” in the most misleading way possible, Jones and the Dallas front office have enraged fans and baffled pundits. At nearly every media engagement over the offseason the front office has upset, rather than reassured, the Cowboys fanbase. Maybe that press conference postponement should be indefinite?
Until the Cowboys re-sign Dak Prescott and/or CeeDee Lamb, their words are going to ring hallow. Fans can see a disaster on the horizon and at this point want to see actual results, not more words.
A McCarthy led press conference on Thursday could be just what the doctor ordered. Real football talk is what fans need. Depth charts, rotations, schemes and expectations are what fans need to distract them from the front office’s failures over the offseason.
Looking back, most front office press conferences this time of year are empty calories anyway. It’s an annual exercise in words without deed. People just don’t believe it anymore.
If the front office isn’t going to do front office things, there’s no need for them to talk. To many, there’s no sense in rescheduling it until something has been accomplished.
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