Jerry Jones and the Cowboys could take a page out of Steve Bisciotti's book.
For years, many have loathed the way the Dallas Cowboys have handled various matters involving the team.
Free agency, the draft, contracts, anything and everything you can think of, Dallas often does it differently than most.
We often see player development as a big one that Dallas usually gets right. But sometimes they don't.
One player has a superb season, the following, they drop off a cliff, and we aren't sure why.
It is coaching? Or is it something to do with the player?
Often, the Cowboys keep a player for far too long who hasn't shown much improvement over the years.
Why? The inability to move on and admit a mistake, probably.
But it is here where owner Jerry Jones can learn a thing or two from Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti.
When discussing why the team failed so badly in 2025 - and why the highly-respected coach John Harbaugh just got fired - Bisciotti offered up a quote that got my attention, and it made me start thinking of how the Cowboys would approach it.
"I think those offensive linemen didn't improve, and so, when I said the coaches, that's what I meant," Bisciotti said. "I think that you can look at a lot of guys on our team that we had expected to take the next step that did not take that next step, and we've got to get to the bottom of that with coaching and scouting."
So, the lack of year-over-year improvement has Bisciotti looking hard at the coaches he employs.
That is info the Cowboys don't generally put out in the public space. On the contrary, led by Jones, there is usually a "feel-good'' aspect to public player reviews, with Jerry's optimism and maybe even his "grandfatherly'' nature playing a role.
So around here, guys don't really get "called out.''
But maybe they need to be?
We can all name a host of Cowboys who arrived with fanfare ... without added improvement. We can pick on the top of the NFL Draft class of 2023 and Mazi Smith and Luke Schoonmaker. But go ahead and make out your own list. It's extensive.
I could be reading too much into it, but Bisciotti's comments on the lack of development from players and that it lands squarely at the feet of coaches and scouts.
Our Mike Fisher has noted that "Dallas is a good place to lose,'' meaning that the Cowboys are so beloved and awashed in positivity that maybe failure here really doesn't hurt enough.
What if "Grandpa'' Jerry was a little more ruthless in how he approached things player-wise? Would they change? Would the pressure be a positive? Would they improve more?
As Dallas does its annual self-evaluation, it's a question worth asking.