When the Dallas Cowboys kicked off training camp, team owner Jerry Jones once again revealed what's continued to be a fundamental flaw in his role as a general manager:
He sees his franchise through a distorted forcefield of unrelenting optimism, arguably more than any other power broker in the NFL.
“My curse,” he called it back in July, describing his inclination to only fixate on past successes.
When Jones describes it that way, he’s half right and half wrong. Correct in viewing it as a curse, incorrect in viewing it as a hex inflicting only Jerry Jones.