Jerry Jones vows to spend in NFL free agency with Cowboys Super Bowl drought now at 30 years
Jerry Jones is ready to re-enter free agency.After some noticeably quiet offseasons in which the Cowboys prioritized retaining their own talent rather than signing free agents, Dallas’ owner said he’s ready to open his wallet.“I could see me being aggressive, I could see us being aggressive in free agency,” Jones said Friday at the NFL Scouting Combine.“I would bet that we will spend more money in free agency than we have.”The 2025 season marked the 30th without a title — or even an NFC Championship game appearance — and Jones made it clear Friday that the drought is eating at him.After three straight playoff appearances spanning the 2021-23 seasons, Dallas has now missed the postseason in each of the last two years.Jones did what he could to keep Dallas’ core together by retaining star quarterback Dak Prescott and wide receiver CeeDee Lamb on massive deals, among other retentions, but has not doled out monster contracts to free agents in the hope of fortifying other areas of the roster.Those holes have ultimately burned Dallas, particularly on defense this past season in a 7-9-1campaign.Dallas yielded a league-worst 30.1 points per game this past season, leading to the firing of defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus, while ranking 30th in yards allowed per game.Some top free agents who could help Dallas include edge rushers Jaelan Phillips and Trey Hendrickson, plus linebacker Devin Lloyd.“I look at where we are with Dak and I look at where he is in his career.
And I look at some of the pluses that we have on our front and what we think we can do there.And what we can do with (George) Pickens and Lamb and what we can do with our running back that we just signed (Javonte Williams),” Jones said, per ESPN.
“I want to do everything we possibly can to stop somebody and to basically win some third downs more than we did last year.… I think that would be the area that you would see me bust the budget.
Where you would see me do that is what we�...