Jerry Jones says Dallas Cowboys 'need to be viable' in playoffs for it to be successful season

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Jerry Jones will turn 80 in October. Jones' team has not played in a Super Bowl in 26 years, and he expresses his impatience when he meets with the coaches.

"I told them I've got a birthday coming up here real quick and I don't have time to have a bad time," Jones said at the team's opening news conference. It's not on my schedule at this time.

Jones wouldn't go that far in determining a successful 2022.

I need to get it. I need to win it but I have degrees. Jones wants to be fair to everyone. We must be in the playoffs. To be a successful season, we need to be viable in the playoffs.

At the opening of training camp in 2022, Jones said he feels better about the Cowboys because they haven't made the playoffs in back-to-back years.

The Cowboys lost in the wild-card round of the playoffs to the 49ers.

They released right tackle La'el Collins and lost Randy Gregory in free agency, but didn't make any big-name or high-cost signings.

I knew we were going to have some changes. Jones said you always do. We had a couple of our best shots last year. I knew we were going to make some changes with our players this year. I made a helluva run at it after we got it teed up. We made a run at it despite our disappointment.

He thinks the Cowboys are in a better position this summer.

Mike McCarthy, who is entering the third year of a five-year contract he signed in 2020, was his first mention.

I will say it again, this guy is sitting here. He has a good staff. Jones liked the staff. I like the makeup of the players that were on this team a year ago. I enjoy the new players we brought on. It's difficult to count on a new person. A young person has trouble making a difference. We saw one have a huge impact in the movie. It can happen. Do you think that happens often? Can you get players to make a difference? That is1-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-65561-6556 We had a few shots at that.

The Cowboys have a large amount of salary cap space, which is near the top of the league.

If we want to use it, we have some dry powder.

Some of the money is earmarked for players who can sign contract extensions for the first time in the next few years, such as wide receiver CeeDee Lamb, who can sign a contract extension for the first time in the next few years. Stephen Jones said that the team could look at extending the quarterback's contract.

Jerry Jones believes that the team has had three or four chances in the past to win a title. They lost in the divisional round in both of the previous years. The Packers beat them in the divisional round of the playoffs. There was a year ago.

Jerry Jones said that he can live with the fact that we've been closer than the zeros. That keeps me going. I like that food. I keep going because of that. It sounds like that is not a loser. Someone wants to go again and feels like we have the tools to do it. We won a lot of games. I can't live with myself if I don't feel good out of those 12 games. I'm aware of where our fans are. They should know where I'm located. It isn't enough to go again.