Jerry Jones: Cowboys 'underachieved' in 2025 but bullish on future - ESPN

ARLINGTON, Texas — Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones is filled with disappointment with how the season has gone for his team.

The Cowboys' playoff chances ended Saturday night with the Philadelphia Eagles' win and Sunday's 34-17 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers guaranteed they will have consecutive non-winning records. If they lose one of their final two games, they will have losing records in back-to-back years for the first time since three straight 5-11 finishes from 2000-02.

«We all underachieved, really,» Jones said. «And the fact we're not in the playoffs says that for you.»

The Cowboys' Super Bowl drought has now reached 30 years. Every team in the NFC has made it to a conference championship game during that span except the Cowboys. Since winning Super Bowl XXX, the Cowboys have made the playoffs 13 times and never advanced beyond the divisional round.

«I'll admit that the Cowboys management has played a role, a big role,» Jones said.

But Jones does not believe the Cowboys are far away from making a postseason run that they have not made now in three decades.

«We've got a team that I think has got a top future as far as next year's concerned,» Jones said. «Starting with the offense, starting with that as we stand here tonight. And I think we've got the bones of the heck of a defense out there as well.

»And so I think that as we do things that are directed toward making us better, period, no matter who we do it with, as we do those things, we're starting [from a] real good spot. And I like what we've done with our cap. We're able to spend money if we need to. And we'll be able to draft with the picks we got. So I can give you all kinds of reasons why we can change-up what we're doing out here