Most NFL teams – or teams in any sport, for that matter – enter a new season with unbridled optimism, but it seems Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones is taking it up a notch, to the point that people have no idea what he is even talking about.
In a radio interview with 105.3 The Fan on Tuesday, Jones offered an absolutely baffling, nonsensical analogy when discussing his sense of optimism for the upcoming season, saying he had to believe that “1 and 1 is 3.”
Jerry Jones on @1053thefan on optimism for the season: I have to believe 1 and 1 is 3. I can't operate where 1 and 1 is 2. Now we all know it is physically. But 3 is where you have to go. You have to have optimism to operate out in the world.
— RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa) September 6, 2022
“I have to believe 1 and 1 is 3. I can’t operate where 1 and 1 is 2,” Jones said, according to RJ Ochoa. “Now we all know it is physically. But 3 is where you have to go. You have to have optimism to operate out in the world.”
If you’re lost and have no idea what Jones was even trying to say, you’re definitely not alone. When the NFL world got wind of this quote, it had plenty of fun with it on Twitter, blasting Jones for the meaningless stream of words and making predictions about what this means for the Cowboys’ upcoming season.
The Cowboys *totally* have the vibe of a team that’s going to be the first repeat NFC East winner since 2004.
(They do not.)https://t.co/AprvxmdIV0
— Brandon Lee Gowton (@BrandonGowton) September 6, 2022
All this time we were told to believe 1+1=2. Man, times have changed. https://t.co/7yFDKR4Jud pic.twitter.com/TuS0W5i88I
— Adam Caplan (@caplannfl) September 6, 2022
This is how I convince myself the Giants are going to the playoffs every year, so the math checks out https://t.co/Aqkn4o5yFH
— Clem (@TheClemReport) September 6, 2022
This is pretty emblematic of a lot of Cowboys problems imo.
Jerry and Co. continually believing they can be an exception to "believe 1 and 1 is 3."
The successful teams understand 1 and 1 is always going to be 2 and therefore live and operate in that world. https://t.co/9fxnhU25m3
— RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa) September 6, 2022
Mike McCarthy has no chance of survival at this point. #Cowboys https://t.co/NSM7iOglRN
— Steve Fifer (@SparkyRadio) September 6, 2022
I'm so lost, amazed and can't stop laughing at Jerry Jones. https://t.co/PXm1gzogSl
— Bobby Reagan (@BarstoolReags) September 6, 2022
been thinking this too lately https://t.co/H76KqsEcNG
— shamus (@shamus_clancy) September 6, 2022
Why do I root for this team again? https://t.co/7WimQfyP6p
— Trysta Krick🐺 (@Trysta_Krick) September 6, 2022
The Cowboys begin their 2022-23 season against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. Jones will learn quite quickly that the scoreboard doesn’t follow his optimistic math.
[RJ Ochoa]
