Jerry Jones explains his fiery owners meeting tiff with Robert Kraft

Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones addressed experiences of a fiery trade with Patriots proprietor Robert Kraft this week.

Whereas all 32 NFL house owners opened negotiations for a possible new contract for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell this week, Jones, the lone vote towards the incumbent, instructed Kraft, “don’t f–okay with me” and “don’t mess with me,” in keeping with ESPN.

“You specific your self with individuals you already know and folks you’re round lots … in numerous methods,” Jones mentioned Friday throughout an look on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas. “It’s in all probability correct that I did specific myself in in all probability a approach that’s not in good style.”

The Cowboys boss was unsurprised his remark leaked.

“I’ve simply gotten used to the truth that once you’re saying one thing, it’s extremely possible it might be being recorded or it might be being heard and might be repeated,” Jones mentioned. “In a gathering that you'd suppose would actually have plenty of actual exclusivity or safety so you would actually specific your emotions — it’s not stunning to me that it might get out.”

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Jerry Jones reportedly received heated with Robert Kraft on the NFL house owners assembly this week.

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Kraft, the Patriots proprietor, was amongst these supporting a brand new deal for Roger Goodell.

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The place Jones diverges with the NFL’s competitors committee on a brand new deal for the commissioner stems from a perception Goodell’s bonus pool within the new settlement is simply too ambiguous. Goodell’s present contract expires after the 2024 season and is searching for his fourth extension as commissioner of essentially the most highly effective sports activities league within the nation.

It’s not that the Cowboys proprietor desires a change of personnel — Jones did say he’s a “actual supporter” of Goodell, and believes the 63-year-old has “achieved excellent” — however slightly his contract construction.

“What you heard from me was a difficulty with the construction — with how we have been going to deal with the commissioner and his success,” he mentioned. “I used to be principally expressing myself in that space. Not my assist of Roger — as a matter of truth, I really stood up and made a nomination for his potential extension.

NFL house owners are seemingly in assist of Roger Goodell’s renewed contract, although the main points are nonetheless being hashed out.

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“After which once I heard the construction of how we have been going to method it, then I didn’t agree with that.”