NFL Hands Down Significant Punishment to Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones

The NFL is hitting Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones in his wallet for an obscene gesture he made during Sunday’s 37-22 victory against the New York Jets.

Jones has been fined $250,000 for what he called an “inadvertent” obscene gesture toward fans, per ESPN Adam Schefter. The 82-year-old owner was seen flashing the middle finger after Dak Prescott’s fourth touchdown pass against the Jets. Jones will have a chance to appeal the fine.

It’s the most recent instance of an owner being fined for an interaction with fans. Last season, Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper was fined $300,000 after throwing a drink toward a fan.

In 2009, former Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams was penalized $250,000 for conduct detrimental to the league after making an obscene gesture from his suite.

Sunday’s victory was the most convincing of the season for the Cowboys, who had 416 yards of offense in the matchup. Dallas moved to 2-2-1 with the win.

Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Addressed Obscene Gesture

Jones attempted to get ahead of the news, calling his gesture accidental during an interview with 105.3 The Fan in Dallas on Tuesday. He said he was trying to do a thumbs-up to a group of Cowboys fans.

“That was unfortunate. That was kind of an exchange with our fans out in front of us,” Jones said. There was a swarm of Cowboys fans out in front — not Jets fans, Cowboys fans. The entire stadium was brimming with enthusiasm of Cowboys, and certainly late in the game.

“[The gesture] was inadvertent on my part because that was right after we made our last touchdown, and we were all excited about it. There wasn’t any antagonistic issue or anything like that. I just put up the wrong show on the hand. That was inadvertently done. I’m not kidding. If you want to call it accidental, you can call it accidental. But it got straightened around pretty quick. I had a chance to look at it. It got straightened out pretty quick, but the intention was ‘thumbs up,’ and basically pointing at our fans because everybody was jumping up and down excited.”

Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Backs Dak Prescott as MVP Candidate

Part of the reason Jones was so excited was the play of Prescott. He’s coming off a 237-yard, four-touchdown performance and has racked up numbers this season. Prescott is second in the league in passing yards (1,356) and third in touchdown passes (10).

“I think he is playing at that level,” Jones said of Prescott. “He is obviously right there at the very top of the strengths of this team, and what a place to have it. Of all the places you could have it going well for you, that would be the one you would pick to give you a chance to be in the playoffs.”

Most impressively, Prescott has been working without his top receiver, CeeDee Lamb, who is dealing with an ankle injury. Prescott and Dallas face the Panthers on Sunday in Carolina. The Cowboys are a 3.5-point road favorite for the matchup.

Patrick Mahomes Lays Down the Law: Chiefs Must “Be Better” After Heartbreaking Loss!

The Chiefs have reacted to Patrick Mahomes’ postgame comments after Monday’s loss to the Jaguars.

Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes completed 29-of-41 passes on Monday night against the Jacksonville Jaguars for 318 yards and one touchdown. The two-time NFL MVP also had six carries for 60 yards and another rushing TD.

Mahomes, however, threw an interception late in the third quarter, which resulted in a stunning 99-yard pick-6 for the Jaguars. Jacksonville took a 21-14 lead after that sequence, and despite a formidable comeback attempt by the Chiefs, it was the Jaguars who ultimately secured a hard-fought 31-28 victory on “Monday Night Football.”

This resulted in the Chiefs’ third loss in their first five games of the season, and Mahomes did not sugarcoat his comments during his postgame interview.

“We got to be better,” he said. “We’ve lost too many games already. We got to find a way to be better as a team and come together and play better throughout the rest of the season.”

Mahomes then set his sights on Kansas City’s next game.

“We have another great challenge this next week,” he continued. “We’re playing the Lions. That’s a great football team who scores a lot of points themselves and plays with a lot of pride.

“It’ll be super important for us to go in with the right mindset, knowing it’s going to be a great challenge.”  

Mahomes and Co. return to action on Sunday for a Week 6 matchup against the Detroit Lions at Arrowhead Stadium. This is also what’s on the mind of the Chiefs at this point as the team shared its blunt reaction to Mahomes’ postgame message.

“Eyes forward,” the Chiefs posted on X, sharing a video of Mahomes’ interview after the loss.

Kansas City will now be looking to move past this tough loss to the Jaguars as soon as possible. It’s a quick turnaround for the Chiefs, who have five full days to travel back home and prepare for another challenging matchup against a 4-1 Lions side.

As Mahomes pointed out, Detroit has a lot of firepower on its side. The Lions currently lead the entire NFL in points scored as of Week 5, having already put 174 points on the board, including their 52-21 blowout win against the Chicago Bears in Week 2.

Defense has been a bit of an issue for the Chiefs to start the campaign, and this will be put to the test in Week 6 against Jared Goff and the Lions.   

 

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