Stephen A. Smith launched a blistering attack on Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, comparing him to Joe Biden and even urging his family to intervene.
Dallas suffered further humiliation on Monday night, when the Texans won a blowout victory and the roof of AT&T Stadium collapsed.
The Cowboys are now 3-7 on the season and are the only American men’s professional team (in the NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS and NFL) without a home win in 2024.
That has increased pressure on head coach Mike McCarthy and the team’s billionaire owner.
After Monday’s game, Jones called suggestions that McCarthy had lost the locker room “very exaggerated.” He also stated that difficult seasons like this are inevitable if “you stay in this league long enough.”
On Tuesday, however, Smith criticized Jones’ interventions and compared him to the outgoing president.
Stephen A. Smith launched a brutal attack on Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones
The ESPN analyst compared the 82-year-old to outgoing US President Joe Biden.
The Texans handed the Cowboys a fifth consecutive loss with a victory at AT&T Stadium
“I’m not kidding when I say this: I’m very, very worried about Jerry Jones.” Smith said in ESPN’s first take.
‘Because the only thing worse than the team’s play is their press conferences… where they say one thing after another, after another.
‘I find myself thinking about Joe Biden before he withdrew from his re-election bid. I think Jerry is a month older than President Joe Biden, for God’s sake.
Jones, who has a net worth of nearly $16 billion, was born in October 1942, a few weeks before President Biden. And Smith questioned why none of the owner’s inner circle had intervened.
“I remember when I was on the airwaves, nine or ten months ago, thinking, ‘He can’t be the nominee. He’s not going to make it to the Democratic National Convention. They have to change.” “We all have to do something to change.”
“I’m looking at Jerry and wondering where the hell is Stephen Jones. Where the hell are his family members?
‘I know he’s the owner, the president and the general manager, and I understand all that. But someone in your inner circle has to be able to stop you from adding fuel to the fire. Because it’s so bad now, they’ve literally taken the fun out of it.”
Biden eventually made way for Kamala Harris, but former NFL star Shannon Sharpe pointed out what separates Jones and the president.
‘The big donors came and said, “President Biden, we’re not going to donate unless you drop out.” What do they tell Jerry to stop him from talking? said.