Nov 10, 2024; Arlington, Texas, USA; Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) throws a pass against the Dallas Cowboys in the game at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tim Heitman-Imagn Images
The Eagles throttled the Dallas Cowboys 34-7 Sunday. After the game, Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones was despondent.
Jones seemed specifically irritated by the Cowboys' inability to adjust to the sunlight at AT&T Stadium, which makes for some incredible pictures — like the one at the top of the article — but probably isn't very fun to play through.
Well, Jerry doesn't want to hear it, as noted by The Athletic's Jon Machota:
A frustrated Jerry Jones had some comments about the sun impacting play at AT&T Stadium: “By the way, we know where the sun is going to be when we decide to flip the coin or not. We do know where the damn sun is going to be in our own stadium.”
Why not put up curtains over the… pic.twitter.com/28skNrZYBq
There's more to the tweet, but for some reason X hasn't figured out how to make the part after "show more" appear when embedded.
Anyway, the rest of the exchange got even better, because Jones was asked about why the Cowboys don't just use some sort of curtain to cover up the windows when they are playing games at the same time that the sun is setting. His response seems like something from The Onion, but is real.
“Well let’s tear the damn stadium down and build another one? Are you kidding me?
“Everybody has got the same thing. Every team that comes in here has the same issues.
“I’m saying, the world knows where the sun is. You get to know that almost a year in advance. Someone asked me about the sun. What about the sun? Where’s the moon?”
Whatever you think about Jones as a person, it's hard to deny his entertainment value.
This, as Jones pointed out, is hardly the first time that the sun has affected games at AT&T Stadium. But it was particularly noticeable since CeeDee Lamb straight up missed what probably should have been a touchdown catch in the first half because he couldn't see:
CeeDee Lamb on not catching the potential touchdown pass from Cooper rush in the sun:
“I couldn’t see.”
Are you in favor of curtains in AT&T stadium?
“1000 percent.”#DallasCowboys #cowboys #NFL pic.twitter.com/0i5y6Dvslq
As you can imagine, the internet was on fire:
CeeDee Lamb literally lost the ball on what could have been a touchdown for the Dallas Cowboys because he was staring into this.
Jerry Jones willfully doing things that hurt his football team remains one of the most frustrating things going on with the Cowboys. pic.twitter.com/f4wJumQgMi
CeeDee Lamb trying to look back into the sun for the football. pic.twitter.com/uUwHDyYEjN
CeeDee Lamb running a wide open slant in the end zone only to be blinded by the sun pic.twitter.com/ZiZRwYKYRw
If Dak Prescott does ultimately need season-ending surgery on his right hamstring, the Cowboys will probably be picking in the top five in next year's NFL Draft. This was a bad team with Prescott. Without him, they're in big trouble, especially if Big Curtain can't get through to Jerry.
