With 10 regular season games left on the schedule, Jerry Jones isn't throwing in the towel.
The Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager spoke with 'Shan and RJ' on 105.3 The Fan on Tuesday morning about his 'faith' in the team turning things around after losing 30-24 to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday to drop below .500 at 3-4.
"I have a lot of faith in these players. I have a lot of faith in this coaching staff," Jones said on 105.3 The Fan. "The big thing is, that's what we've got. And that's the reality. ... The coaching staff has got their eye on the things we need to improve on. We need to improve on communication across the board, and we can. ... We'll have some players coming back (from injury) that will play critical roles for us. We ought to get better. We're seven games into a seventeen-game season, let's get this thing turned around and have a storybook ending to a rough start."
Jerry Jones' message is quite similar to the one his son, Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones, shared with the K&C Masterpiece on Monday when Stephen also expressed his confidence in a turnaround.
"This team is made up of a lot of the same players that won 12 games the last three seasons," the younger Jones said. "Right now, we’re just going through adversity. We’ve had more than our share of injuries it feels like this year, especially on the defensive side of the ball. … I think we have really good football players. At times, we’ve had spurts when we’ve played well, and obviously, at times we’re not playing well.”
As for their injured players, it's unknown if All-Pro pass rusher Micah Parsons and cornerback DaRon Bland will be able to go against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.
Stephen Jones said Monday that "It's just too early to tell for this week," and added that both players were hard at work in their rehab that afternoon.
Bland has missed the entire season after fracturing his foot in training camp, while Parsons has been sidelined for the last three games with a high-ankle sprain.