Jerry Jones still believes in Cowboys, Dak Prescott after rout - ESPN

FRISCO, Texas — After five weeks and a 42-10 thrashing, Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones acknowledged there is a gap between his team and the San Francisco 49ers.

«I'm not panicked. But the gap is — when something tells you what it is, don't try to dream that it's something else,» Jones said on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas Tuesday. «Now, what I'm trying to say is we can do better than what we did out there Sunday night. That's a given.»

On numerous occasions, Jones repeated his belief in coach Mike McCarthy, the staff, quarterback Dak Prescott and the roster that they can have the type of season they want by getting to the Super Bowl.

The 32-point loss was the second-most lopsided defeat of McCarthy's career and the largest of Prescott's time as the Cowboys starter.

«We ran into an outstanding team, and we didn't play well,» Jones said, adding, «We have players on field and on the roster that can get it done.»

Jones' belief in Prescott, who has lost three straight games to the 49ers, remains strong.

«I believe Dak is a quarterback that can get us to the Super Bowl, and that's the way that's going to be,» Jones said.

Jones said he has given no consideration to having Brian Schottenheimer call plays and have McCarthy move back to the CEO role he had his first three seasons when Kellen Moore was calling plays. While most of the Cowboys' offense remains the same under McCarthy, there are more West Coast elements to the scheme.

«Should we change at this juncture back to where we were at this time last year? No, we should not,» Jones said. «We should go with the kinds of things we've been working on. We should recognize we had a very bad outing and San Francisco had a very good outing. We should recognize that