FRISCO, Texas – Following the Cowboys' 28-20 loss to the New York Giants last Sunday to open the 2026 season, a disappointing way to open what had been a highly-anticipated start to the year.
Cowboys owner/GM Jerry Jones shared in that disappointment, as he said during his weekly interview on 105.3 The Fan. Now the question Jones posed for himself and his team going forward is: "Okay, what're we going to do about it? What is there to do about?"
Their next opportunity to answer that question comes on Sunday in their home opener against the Washington Commanders.
Let's dive into more of what Jones had to say on Tuesday:
Jerry Jones bothered by communication miscues vs. Giants
Communication was a big point of emphasis for the Cowboys over the course of the offseason. On Sunday however, there were several miscommunications on the defensive side of the ball that led to big plays, and points, for the Giants.
Jones was asked what bothered him more: The communication problems, or New York's ability to win more up front?
"Communication," Jones said. "The communication aspects of it. Just being out of position. Fundamentally between the two, communication..."
"I was taken back that the physicalness of it wasn't more obvious. We had some guys play hard, and we had some guys do some good things on both sides of the ball, offense and defense. But I was really surprised and dismayed, as all fans were, that we couldn't basically stop some of that outside stuff. I was frustrated that we didn't get more out of our running game which would've helped us more in our passing game."
Change sometimes takes time
Another theme of the Cowboys' offseason heading into Week 1 was the amount of change they went under, from hiring Christian Parker as defensive coordinator to bringing in a flurry of new personnel on defense.
"The last time that I was involved in as much change as we have made this year was the first year that I bought the Dallas Cowboys and we won one game…" Jones said. "I think that's an explanation, a valid one. There's a lot of change to that side of the ball. We're very optimistic that we can play better right now than what we played there Sunday night."
