Jerry Jones volunteered delusions of grandeur last week about the job he has done as the Dallas Cowboys' general manager.

If that comes as a surprise, it means you must not have been paying attention. Not for the past couple of months. Not for the past 15 years.

Jerry has a remarkable ability to see what he wants to believe. It's one of the primary perks of having the most job security of any GM in sports history despite a decade and a half of mediocrity on his résumé.

The Cowboys are 14-18 over the last two seasons, but Jerry Jones rationalizes the 2010 debacle because the Cowboys lost their franchise quarterback to injury. AP Photo/Sharon Ellman

Of course, that's not the way the Cowboys' owner views the job he has done as a general manager. He sees his smiling reflection in three Lombardi Trophies that he delivered to Dallas every time he steps in his office.

That justifies that Jerry's way is the right way. Jimmy Johnson's role as the real architect of the '90s dynasty is conveniently ignored in this line of thinking.

By that standard, it doesn't sound so delusional to consider a team that has one playoff win in the last 15 seasons and is fresh off yet another late-season fade as being close to another Super Bowl, huh?

"I see the talent level being able to put us in a competitive situation for the Super Bowl," Jones told reporters Friday during the annual powwow on his luxury bus at the NFL scouting combine. "I saw it at the start of that [2010] season and I see it with what we had last year, that there's a talent level that can compete for a Super Bowl."

The Cowboys are 14-18 over the past two seasons, but Jerry rationalizes the 2010 debacle because the Cowboys lost their franchise quarterback to injury. Never mind the 1-5 record in games that Tony Romo started that season.

Cowboys fans' worst fear has come true. The New York Giants' championship run justified what Jerry wanted to believe about his heavily flawed team.