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Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones likened his hunt for a caller protect coordinator to President Donald Trump’s remarks astir "going to tally nan country" successful Venezuela aft dictator Nicolás Maduro was seized by nan U.S. subject past week.
Jones made nan reference during his end-of-year property convention connected Wednesday, which followed nan organization’s determination to occurrence first-year protect coordinator Matt Eberflus aft conscionable 1 season.
Dallas Cowboys protect coordinator Matt Eberflus looks connected successful nan first half against nan Green Bay Packers astatine AT&T Stadium. The photograph was taken successful Arlington, Texas, connected Sept. 28, 2025. (Jerome Miron/Imagn Images)
Jones was specifically asked by reporters if first-year caput coach Brian Schottenheimer would person a opportunity successful picking his ain protect coordinator for adjacent season.
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"Trump conscionable said it, I’m moving Venezuela," Jones said, eliciting laughs from nan room, including from Schottenheimer himself.
Jones clarified that some Schottenheimer and his son, Cowboys CEO Stephen Jones, were heavy progressive successful nan determination to prosecute Eberflus and they will beryllium progressive successful uncovering his replacement.
"We’ll make it nan aforesaid measurement we’ve made each nan calls astir present connected staff. I wouldn’t make a telephone if Stephen didn’t work together pinch nan call… I wouldn’t do that.
"We’ll do it nan aforesaid arsenic we hired Flus, we’ll do it together and travel up pinch arsenic bully arsenic we can."
Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones attends nan premiere of Netflix’s "America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys" astatine nan Egyptian Theatre successful Los Angeles, California, connected Aug. 11, 2025. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Trump said aft past week’s military strikes successful Venezuela that nan United States is "going to tally nan country" successful Venezuela until what he described arsenic a safe, due and judicious modulation tin return place.
He framed nan domiciled arsenic impermanent but necessary, saying nan U.S. does not want to let "somebody other to get in" earlier conditions are stable.
"We’re going to tally nan state until specified clip arsenic we tin do a safe, due and judicious transition," he said.
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Jones’ beardown attack came aft nan Cowboys were officially eliminated from nan playoffs successful Week 16 pinch nan Philadelphia Eagles’ triumph complete nan Washington Commanders. Dallas closed retired its play pinch a Week 18 nonaccomplishment to nan New York Giants and pinch nan astir points allowed and fewest passes intercepted successful franchise history.
Kavontae Turpin of nan Dallas Cowboys is tackled by Raheem Layne #43 of nan New York Giants during nan crippled connected January 4, 2026 astatine MetLife Stadium successful East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
"This surely is an illustration of what tin hap to you successful this crippled of football. You guys person heard maine opportunity that a batch of times. It has fleeting moments of euphoria, and those are made typical by having difficult times," Jones said Wednesday.
"I americium disappointed that we aren't successful nan playoffs and aren’t successful bully style to beryllium successful nan playoffs. So, that is simply a disappointment."
Fox News Digitals’ Morgan Phillips contributed to this report.
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