Jerry Jones cares, a lot.

The Dallas Cowboys' owner did himself no favors just ahead of Super Bowl 52 when he noted how proud he was of choosing to pass on signing quarterback Nick Foles in 2016, tethered to what many saw as an apathy towards seeing the hated Philadelphia Eagles on the biggest stage in football. As it turns out though, Jones was far from at peace with the rapid turnaround enjoyed by his division rival. Contrary to popular belief, he's actually quite torn up about it -- as he readily admitted to Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

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And ever the vivid verbalist, he painted a perfect picture of his fury.

“The muffled voice you have been hearing is me screaming in my pillow over not being here and seeing Philadelphia,” Jones said.

That means he pretty much joined a chorus of Cowboys' fans who did the same thing with every new step the Eagles took towards the Super Bowl. And when they defeated the New England Patriots to finally hoist their first-ever Lombardi trophy, the chorus of screams likely rattled the heavens.

It was to be a season wherein the Cowboys took the next step after delivering a 13-3 campaign that saw them own the NFL from September through December, but quickly found itself buried under a mountain of controversy -- the most damning being the war between running back Ezekiel Elliott and the NFL that ultimately cost the All-Pro running back six games. And then there was Jones versus the Roger Goodell contract extension, and injuries, and bad coaching, and poor play by star players, and divisive comments about the National Anthem, and suspensions other than Elliott's...

And and and.

“Did I look comfortable this year around the NFL?” Jones asked rhetorically in addressing his temperature in 2017. “I’m just as uncomfortable about this. I really do naturally look to change. I really do look to change.”

To his point, the Cowboys have done just that and in short order. There's been a cleaning of house, of sorts, in the assistant coaching ranks within the organization but outside of the team felt like more could've been done by way of removing either head coach Jason Garrett, defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli, offensive coordinator Scott Linehan or all of the above.

“The intent was to do as much as we could from within,” Jones said. “We wanted to have a lot of change, but keep the consistency with the coordinators. We are finishing up like we designed it from my perspective.”

The Hall of Fame owner has already made it clear Garrett isn't on the hot seat going into the 2018 season, but no one with a football IQ believes that to be true. With so much change beneath them, there are no scapegoats to heave the blame upon should this coming season also go awry for whatever reason. Jones is loyal to a fault, but he's also now feeling the added burn of seeing the Eagles achieve what he hasn't been able to since 1995.

It's time to stop screaming into pillows and start screaming at everyone he's paying to get the job done.

Novel idea.

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