Jerry Jones on Cowboys slow starts, his confidence in correcting issues

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Why does Cowboys owner/GM Jerry Jones feel confident that his team will correct the multitude of issues they've shown through the first three games of the 2024 season? He joined Shan & RJ to explain that and more after the team's loss to the Ravens.

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00:00Jerry, you know all the issues we've been talking about in the offseason to start this

00:19season.

00:20How concerning is it that those same issues didn't get fixed against the Ravens?

00:26Well, I think that what we didn't fix against the Ravens will ultimately get fixed.

00:34That's not just optimism.

00:35I like our personnel.

00:37I like the way we're going about fixing it.

00:42It's pretty apparent we've got some pretty glaring areas that we can get better in, and

00:48I think we will.

00:49Jerry, what gives you the hope that it can get fixed with this personnel given what's

00:55happened the last two weeks?

00:56Well, I think we were 2-3 last year, and we ended up winning 12 games during the regular

01:04season.

01:05Now, we weren't as ready as we'd like to have been for the playoffs, but I think that we're

01:12certainly learning about what not to do, that's for sure.

01:17We played some pretty top competition early.

01:21This Cleveland, this Baltimore, this group of teams in that division are really a test

01:28for us as we get ready for our first game, of course, in our division against the Giants

01:35this week.

01:36But all in all, I do think that while we're disappointed, without a doubt, and can really

01:45see how we need to really put this thing better together as a team, more coordinated.

01:53And I'm not just saying within the defense, I'm saying defense, offense, the entire area.

01:59I think we have a chance to improve on this, and that's the big thing.

02:03We're not hitting on all cylinders.

02:05If we were, that'd be real concerning.

02:07Jerry, what do you like about the way you are addressing it, and how are you guys addressing

02:13it?

02:14I think I like the way we're basically right down to the individual's technique, accountability

02:23is what it calls for, and there's no question about it.

02:26And at this time of the year, you've really got to focus in on what your part is on a

02:35team concept, whether it be defense, offense, or special teams.

02:39So I think we're doing the right thing.

02:42I know that for a fact that we've got coaches that know how to do this, know what they want

02:48done, and know what they're expecting from the players, know by this time what they can

02:53get out of the players.

02:55Mike Zimmer knows his players now.

02:58When he walked in last spring, it might not have been the case, but he knows them now,

03:03and he knows what their potential is.

03:07And they need to see that.

03:10This is just a part of, really, when you look at it, the ups and downs of everything.

03:18And you've got to really be your best when it's a downtime.

03:23And this is that.

03:24It's not the end game, not the end time.

03:26We play 17 games.

03:28Just to remind you, we play 17 games.

03:32We played three of them.

03:33We're not at all satisfied with where we are, but we've got the time to have the kind of

03:39team we want going into the playoffs.

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