Thursday, June 14, 2012

Dallas Cowboys camp outlook: Buzzword is urgency

Editor's note: As offseason work across the league winds down, the focus is shifting to the steamy summer workouts ahead. The countdown to training camp has begun. To get you fully primed for the preseason and beyond, Sporting News will provide in-depth looks at all 32 teams over the next six weeks. First up, the NFC East. Today: Dallas Cowboys. Friday: Washington Redskins.

No matter how much quarterback Tony Romo and coach Jason Garrett play the urgency of the 2012 NFL season, it's Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones who sets the tone. Jones says the window is closing on the Cowboys and he is heading into training camp feeling a sense of urgency to make a Super Bowl run.

After watching the former dynasty team of the 1990s win one playoff game the past 16 years, Jones, who will turn 70 this year, says he doesn’t have time to wait much longer. Nor does he want to. Link

“From my perspective right now, I don’t have time to have a bad time,” Jones said. “There is an urgency. It’s my perception that decides when the windows are and where they are. With that in mind, I’m saying that we need to get out here, get down to business, get in some playoffs and get knocking on the door.”