82-year-old Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones doesn’t appear to be slowing down, despite his age.
But a series of recent events, coupled with his team’s disappointing season, have many in the national media concerned that Jones is battling a health crisis that may force him to step away from his football duties.
Outspoken ESPN star Stephen A. Smith said Tuesday that he’s “very, very worried” about Jones, suggesting his health is deteriorating and even comparing his current state to that of President Joe Biden.
Stephen A. Smith "I'm getting very very worried about Jerry Jones… I find myself thinking about Joe Biden before he backed out of running for reelection. I think Jerry's one month older than President Joe Biden for crying out loud… where the hell are his family members?" pic.twitter.com/8YMpffSMX8
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) November 19, 2024
“I’m getting very, very worried about Jerry Jones because the only thing that’s worse than the team’s play is his press conferences, or whatever you want to call it when he is in front of the reporters, where he says one thing after another after another,” Smith said.
“I find myself thinking about Joe Biden before he backed out of running for re-election and listen, he’s only one month, I think Jerry is one month older than President Joe Biden for crying out loud. I remember when I was on the airwaves, literally guys, 9-10 months ago, and was like, ‘Yo he can’t be the nominee, he can’t make it to the Democratic National Convention, y’all got to change, y’all got to do something to change.’”
Smith went on to saw that when he looked at Jones doing the press conferences with reporters, he wondered where the rest of his family was.
“I know you saw me with the video last night and all of that stuff that got posted this morning by my social media person but I didn’t wake up laughing because it’s not a laughing matter,” Smith added.
“It is a sad state of affairs with the Dallas Cowboys to the point where it is almost an exercise in cruelty to keep laughing at them because of how bad stuff is. That’s just where I’m at with it.”
The Cowboys didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from the media.