Jerry Jones suggests Cowboys ruled against pursuing Derrick Henry because star RB 'didn't fit'

Derrick Henry has been 1 of the astir ascendant moving backs successful the NFL implicit the past respective years. However, the Tennessee Titans decided to fto the four-time Pro Bowler participate the escaped cause marketplace earlier this year.

In March, Henry signed with the Baltimore Ravens. While immoderate debated whether the 30-year-old could inactive beryllium a ascendant player, helium has proven to beryllium a catalyst for the Ravens this season. Henry's 873 rushing yards leads the league done the archetypal 7 weeks of the season.

Shortly aft signing with the Ravens, Henry pointed retired that helium was not contacted by the Dallas Cowboys during his little clip connected the unfastened market. This week, Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones attempted to explicate wherefore the franchise declined to prosecute the prima moving back. 

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Oct 6, 2024; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones connected the tract earlier the crippled against the Pittsburgh Steelers astatine Acrisure Stadium.  (Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images)

"We, successful my mind, we're not playing precise bully shot close now, astatine all," Jones said during an quality connected 105.3 The Fan. "It's beyond whether oregon not we person Derrick Henry oregon not. Derrick Henry is having a vocation year."

Jones past suggested that the Cowboys violative doctrine would not beryllium conducive to Henry experiencing a akin level of occurrence he's presently having with the Ravens.

"I don't cognize if he'd beryllium having that vocation twelvemonth successful our situation," Jones continued. "And that's truly thing you truly bash person to look at. Because if helium had not had arsenic galore carries arsenic our moving backs person had, past helium surely astir apt wouldn't person attained the level of interaction that he's having. And past he's a existent bully complement to the benignant of discourtesy that they run. We don't tally that benignant of discourtesy astatine all."

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Jones past cited wage headdress constraints aft helium stated Henry "didn't fit."

"Derrick Henry didn’t acceptable because, principally, of managing the (salary) headdress … successful anticipation of the players that we were going to motion weeks aboriginal on, (and) successful anticipation of the players we’re going to beryllium signing successful the future."

Baltimore Ravens moving backmost Derrick Henry (22) carries the shot en way to a touchdown against the Buffalo Bills during the archetypal 4th astatine M&T Bank Stadium. (Geoff Burke-Imagn Images)

The Cowboys moving crippled has mostly struggled this season, which has led to much questions astir the organization's determination to walk connected Henry. He rushed for 169 yards during the Ravens 41-31 triumph implicit the Buccaneers connected Monday. He ran for 151 yards during a triumph implicit the Cowboys past month.

Jones was not prompted erstwhile helium mentioned Henry's sanction during the conversation. The interrogation besides marked the archetypal clip the longtime Cowboys proprietor called into the vigor station since helium threatened to person the hosts of the greeting thrust programme terminated from their positions. 

Jones made the proposition aft helium was asked astir the Cowboys' comparatively non-eventful offseason pursuing the billionaire's antecedently vow to go "all-in" for the 2024 season.

Jones stopped abbreviated of offering a afloat apology during his instrumentality to the airwaves, and said helium was "surprised" the speech received truthful overmuch attention. "I don't person thing to accidental astir past week," helium responded erstwhile asked astir the now-viral moment. "I'm amazed that past week got the attraction it got."

Jones besides took a fewer moments during the wide-ranging treatment to measurement successful connected the caller disapproval erstwhile Cowboys backmost Troy Aikman expressed astir the team's wide receiver group. Jones made it wide that Aikman "knows football" and described him arsenic idiosyncratic who is "fair."

Oct 16, 2023; Inglewood, California, USA; Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones (right) talks with erstwhile backmost Troy Aikman earlier the crippled against the Los Angeles Chargers astatine SoFi Stadium. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)

"He’s precise professional," Jones said successful notation to Aikman. "I deliberation he’s precise fair. … I’m beauteous assured that we’ve got the quality to manager and we got immoderate receivers that instrumentality the coaching and tin improve. And that’s the large happening — improve."

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The Cowboys volition question to San Francisco aboriginal this week for a matchup with the 49ers. The Niners volition beryllium without Brandon Aiyuk suffered a torn ACL and MCL during this past Sunday's nonaccomplishment to the Kansas City Chiefs.

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