Jerry Jones won't 'get discouraged' by title drought, puts all eyes on '23

INDIANAPOLIS — Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones' arrival at the NFL scouting combine on Friday was delayed because of poor weather, but he still spoke on the team bus for more than an hour, touching on a number of topics.

The Cowboys are now 27 seasons removed from their last Super Bowl after losing in the playoffs for the second straight year to the San Francisco 49ers in January, but he is not fixated on the championship drought; just the quest to get it done in 2023.

«I don't get discouraged when you say, 'You haven't been to a Super Bowl in X years,'» Jones said. «I do not do that because I could've won the last five and still might not get to another Super Bowl and I ought to be working my but off to get to the next Super Bowl as if I had lost five or four. That's reality.»

To get back to a Super Bowl for the first time since 1995, the Cowboys will have to solve several issues regarding their roster.

While he did not go into a contract extension for Dak Prescott, he does believe the quarterback can move on from a season in which he tied for the NFL lead in interceptions (15) despite missing five games.

«He has the physical skills to do this at the level to win us a Super Bowl,» Jones said. «Does he do it with the some of the same nuances that several of these other quarterbacks do it? No, he doesn't. He's got some things that he can work on and be more effective. Let me put it like this: Dak is a born mistake eliminator. If I pick somebody that I'd say, 'Now go out there and correct your mistakes, improve or do that?' I would rather start with him as raw material than anyone I've been around at that position.»

Prescott has a $49.1 million salary-cap figure that the Cowboys could lower with a