{
  "id": 18047946,
  "title": "“Put That in Your Hopper and Smoke It”: Jerry Jones Fires Back at Critics Over Cowboys’ Coaching Spending Amid Disappointing Season",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/put-that-in-your-hopper-and-smoke-it-jerry-jones-fires-back-at",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-04T01:03:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/put-hopper-smoke-jerry-jones-010358986.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Dallas Cowboys' owner and general manager Jerry Jones defended his coaching staff's salaries against critics, emphasizing that there is no correlation between coach pay and winning games. Jones stated, \"In the NFL, this is after years of looking at all the teams and all the coaches, there is zero correlation between how much you pay a coach or how many coaches you have as to winning. There is no correlation. And that’s a random sample of years and all 32 teams involved.\" He continued, \"Put that in your hopper and smoke it.\"\n\nJones defended the hiring of coach Brian Schottenheimer, who is the NFL's lowest-paid head coach at $4.5 million per season. Schottenheimer's current role marks his first as head coach, having previously served as a consultant in 2022 and as offensive coordinator from 2023 to 2024. Jones highlighted his creative hiring process, noting that he has hired coaches who had never played in the NFL, as well as young and older coaches.",
  "summary": "The Dallas Cowboys’ season has shown high promise but yielded no consistent results. The Cowboys, who have yet to win consecutive games, have had many instances of blowing significant leads, a worrying pattern that once again was on display during their 33-30 overtime loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.",
  "key_points": [
    "Jerry Jones defends coaches salaries, citing zero correlation with winning games.",
    "Emphasizes hiring of Brian Schottenheimer, NFL's lowest-paid head coach.",
    "Highlights creative hiring process of Jones, including non-NFL and age-diverse coaches."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}