ARLINGTON, Texas — Four years ago, the Pro Football Writers of America voted Jerry Jones as executive of the year. His Dallas Cowboys had gone 12-4, won the NFC East and made the playoffs for the first time in five seasons.
Maybe he deserved it, though the honor seemed more like a lifetime achievement award than anything else. After all, he had to be stopped—almost physically—from drafting Johnny Manziel in the first round of that year’s draft.
Yes, Jerry has been a meddler for years in Cowboys’ personnel decisions. It’s difficult to say whether some of his terrible trades were worse than some of his terrible free-agent acquisitions.