Jerry Jones sets stakes for Christmas game despite playoff elimination

by: Daniel Hager 8 hours ago DanielHagerOn3

The 6-8-1 Dallas Cowboys will play their second to last game of the season Thursday afternoon against their NFC East foe Washington Commanders. The game will kick off the NFL’s three-game Christmas Day slate.

Both teams have been eliminated from postseason contention, meaning this game does nothing but shake up the NFL Draft order. Cowboys owner/GM Jerry Jones however has bigger things on his mind than Dallas’ NFL Draft position, claiming that a win in the game would be ‘very important to our team and our fans’.

“You’re always evaluating. … The whole point is, we’re always evaluating. Really, it should be against a team that also on the build out here in Washington. They’re without a couple of key players, their quarterbacks today. All teams this time of year have players on the roster and could be using, but they aren’t available to them.”

“But I will be evaluating everything, but the main thing I want this team, [these] coaches to do is be evaluating the next play call, how they’re going to make the next stop. This is very important to our team and our fans to win the game today.”

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