There were a lot of empty seats at AT&T Stadium for the Cowboys' 34-10 loss to the Houston Texans on Monday night despite the game being sold out. And there would have been more had the stadium not been overtaken by rabid Houston Texans fans.
During his weekly Tuesday visit with Shan & RJ, Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones was asked about the empty seats and the large contingent of Houston fans in the crowd, and whether he believes fans are trying to send him a message that they want change.
"I've seen it with most teams. I think that certainly our fans are avid. ... I'm disappointed that we're bringing the team that we are to the field. We got to improve on that. That's not acceptable," Jones said Tuesday on Shan and RJ on 105.3 The Fan.
Despite the team's 3-7 record and virtual guarantee that they won't reach the NFC Championship for the first time since 1996, Jones continues to express confidence in his team's ownership philosophy and that they will improve from their disappointing season.
"(Over the last 25 years), we've been the sixth-winningest team in the NFL. In the last 15 years, we're the fifth-winningest team in the NFL. We haven't been to the championship playoff game. We haven't been to a Super Bowl, but we've been (hanging) around that rim. And we've been up there with the best of them," Jones said. ... "Rest assured we'll be figuring out ways to look for what we're doing wrong and improve on that. ... The bottom line is that we've got to get better. We will get better. There are better days ahead."