DALLAS — It feels like ancient history now, the story of how Jerry and Stephen Jones almost came to blows in The Mansion at Turtle Creek in 1995 when the younger Jones realized his father was about to pay an exorbitant salary to pry Deion Sanders out of San Francisco. It was a contract that, along with others, would lead to the Cowboys’ landing in salary cap jail at the end of the decade.
Oh, yes. It was also instrumental in Dallas capturing its most recent Lombardi Trophy.
After losing that particular fight, through the years the steadying hand of Stephen has won many battles with all-in Jerry, famously including the drafting of future Hall of Famer Zack Martin over Johnny Manziel. But now is not the time for frugality. Patience is great when it comes to raising teenagers or anticipating the start of the baseball season, but this is not that kind of time for the Dallas Cowboys.
