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   From: dallas-red-white-blue@cowboys.com   
      
   Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones revealed he was pulling for the   
   Philadelphia Eagles to win Super Bowl LII over the New England   
   Patriots despite the two teams’ rivalry.   
      
   Jones told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram the Eagles’ Super Bowl   
   victory puts some added pressure on the Cowboys. The two teams   
   are in the same division.   
      
   "I think it raises the bar. I think it puts pressure on the   
   Cowboys," Jones said. "They've took it down to the bone and   
   brought it back up and have a world championship and we've been   
   doing the same thing. Where is ours? That's fair. That's fair."   
      
   The Cowboys have not won a Super Bowl championship since 1995.   
      
   Jones said despite the rivalry the Cowboys and Eagles have, he   
   was hoping they would win the game.   
      
   "As much as we have the rivalry that we have, and as frustrating   
   as it was for the Cowboys not to be playing, as much as all of   
   that, I was proud of [the Eagles], given that narrow set of   
   circumstances, could root for them," Jones said. "That takes it   
   right down to just absolutely no choice, you either do or you   
   die. And I want to go again."   
      
   The Cowboys had high expectations going into the 2017 season but   
   star quarterback Dak Prescott did not play as well as 2016 and   
   star running back Ezekiel Elliott was suspended for six games   
   over domestic violation allegations. Jones worked tirelessly to   
   overturn the decision but the NFL ruled the decision stood.   
      
   Jones gave the Eagles credit for winning despite being without   
   their star quarterback Carson Wentz.   
      
   "They didn't have a quarterback either, and they got one, and   
   then they lost him and they got one," Jones said. "You didn't   
   have Zeke [Ezekiel Elliott], so good excuse, but they didn't   
   have a lot of their players. So just the fact that they did it   
   the way they did it, really for me it sure eliminates one of the   
   real excuses. You can say that you just can't have the kind of   
   depth, but they didn't have necessarily that kind of depth but   
   they had enough that they shifted some of the ability of the   
   team to execute their parts where they had their regulars, and   
   we didn't do that.”   
      
   Jones recently made headlines after it was reported last week   
   that the NFL was exploring options to get more than $2 million   
   in reimbursement for legal fees from Jones over his threat to   
   derail NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s contract extension. He   
   also supported Elliott’s two-month legal battle to avoid the   
   suspension.   
      
   Dallas News reported Jones will meet with Goodell Monday in an   
   attempt to appeal to the NFL commissioner in order to drop the   
   legal fees.   
      
   "I think I'm going to be pretty limited in my comments because   
   of the pending hearing that we have," Jones said. "But a hearing   
   before the Commissioner is like a courtroom. You separate the   
   wheat from the chaff, and you get right into the facts as they   
   are, and I welcome that.   
      
   "Looking forward to my time with him regarding both the issues   
   of how we were involved or not involved in the Ezekiel Elliott   
   issue as well as the issue of what we did or didn't do relative   
   to his contract negotiation. Those will be the subject areas,   
   but the key thing is it's really factual...you...address the   
   facts. I know he wants to know that, and I want him to know what   
   the facts are."   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2018/03/05/jerry-jones-was-rooting-   
   for-rival-team-eagles-during-super-bowl.html   
           
      
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