Stephen A. Smith shreds Jerry Jones after viral comments about fixing Cowboys

by: Alex Byington 5 hours ago _AlexByington

Earlier this week, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones once again sparked controversy within his diehard fanbase. That came after viral comments to the Wall Street Journal seemed to suggest an alleged $100 billion natural gas project was keeping him from addressing his team’s defensive issues.

On Thursday, Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott attempted to downplay his owner’s comments and instead suggested Jones was being literal when he told the Wall Street Journal: “There’s $100 billion present value with gas out there, that’s why I’m talking to you on the telephone rather than trying to fix our defense with the Dallas Cowboys.”

Of course, not everyone agreed, including ESPN firebrand Stephen A. Smith . During Friday’s First Take , Smith called out Jones for his “ignorant-ass statement.”

“Jerry, what are you doing? What kind of ignorant-ass statement is that? You can’t do that. If the Dallas Cowboys miss the playoffs because they make no move to improve a defense that was clearly compromised once Micah Parsons was let go, (Cowboys fans) are going to hold onto that quote, Jerry!” Smith said Friday morning. “Did you have to say that to the Wall Street Journal ? Couldn’t have kept that to yourself? Why even think that? You’re worth $13-16 billion dollars … you already made the billions, go ahead and make more.

“But in the middle of a season, where you have one of the most prolific offenses around, if not the most prolific offense around, and everybody and their grandmamma knows that your defense is what’s trash. … Now you’ve got to sit up there and contemplate what we’ve got to do to better position ourselves so that our $60 million quarterback — who’s been balling, who’s an MVP candidate, regardless of what happened in Denver last week.

“My god, why would you say that? Dak Prescott would’ve been totally justified if he said: ‘Man, that’s f’d up.’ You don’t need to be saying something like that,” Smith continued. “… Listen, optics matter, verbiage matters, words matter, regardless of what everybody wants to act like, words matter. You cannot say that, Jerry. … And I applaud Dak for handling it the way he did. … Very disappointed in Jerry’s comments.”

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