I caught up with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones in his private suite after the George Strait concert Saturday night. He was celebrating a wildly successful opening night for the new Cowboys Stadium. At least until I told him about the absence of straws. Fans paid $6 for sodas in souvenir cups with lids but didn’t get any straws because someone forgot to order them.

But before thatJones talked about the rave reviews he got about the stadium from guests in his suite Saturday night, including Troy Aikman, Jason Witten and former Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson.

Jones was so happy that he volunteered a little Cowboys news regarding his continued interest in cornerback Adam Pacman Jones. The Cowboys owner said nothing is imminent or even in the works toward bringing Pacman back to the Cowboys.

But he acknowledged that it is something he is considering, which rates as big news considering Pacman was cut in January after a nondescript season on the field in 2008 and more controversy off of it in the form of a six-game suspension for fighting his body guard at a Dallas Hotel.

Jones said that Pacman Jones graded out as the team’s best cornerback last season. But he says he likes second year cornerbacks Mike Jenkins and Orlando Scandrick and is worried about stopping their progress.

Regarding another NFL player with the last name Jones and off the field issues, Jerry Jones said the Cowboys have no interest in former Arkansas receiver Matt Jones. Matt Jones was released by the Jacksonville Jaguars after failing a drug test and violating the terms of his probation from a previous arrest for felony possession of a control substance.

Clarence E. Hill Jr.

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Let’s take a look back.   Let’s see what this team has done this decade.  Let’s take a peek at how bad this team has been.  It is staggering.

Regular season: 71-73, .493

Playoff wins/record: 0-3  Super Bowls won/appeared: 0  Playoff seasons: 3

Winning seasons: 5   Losing seasons: 4

Pretty stinking low ranking for America’s Team, huh? The team of the 1990s slips all the way to 20th this time around? Well, yeah, that can happen to the best of ‘em when you go 12 years between playoff wins. About the best thing you can say for Jerry’s team is that those 5-11 years in the Dave Campo era seem like a long time ago. But Dallas remains synonymous with underachievement for the time being.

- Tim MacMahon

You can read it here.

It’s a sad state we endure.

How much longer do we have to?

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