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Jerry Jones was on the sidelines to 'inspire' Cowboys after Romo injury

When Tony Romo suffered a back injury during the Dallas Cowboys' Week 8 loss to the Washington Redskins, owner and general manager Jerry Jones abandoned his owner's box in order to be on the sidelines.

According to Jones, his presence on the sidelines was meant to inspire his team to perform in the absence of their starting quarterback, and he doesn't see anything wrong with an owner being down in the trenches.

“No. 1, I wanted to go down there and do what I could, look our guys in the eye, look at them, inspire them to overcome Romo not being out there and overcome what I thought was a critical time,” Jones said on 105.3 The Fan as relayed by Jon Machota of The Dallas Morning News. “First of all, I’ve been down there hundreds of ball games. Everyone that follows it has certainly seen it, either criticized it or whatever or lived with it.

“Secondly, if you look around this league, you’ll see owners, I noticed Bob McNair down there during the entire, almost first half when we played Houston. But you’ll see owners all the time on the sideline. I’m not going to say all the time, you’ll see certain owners down there a lot. But that’s from that standpoint. I know for a fact you see a lot of management people on the sideline."

Although some would see Jones' presence as undermining head coach Jason Garrett's authority, the innovator of the Jerry Wipe truly cares about his team (sometimes to an insane degree).

“It’s just not an issue. I’ve always felt that seeing the attitude, seeing what’s going on, getting the pulse, looking at who’s in to it, looking at how they’re into it, looking at how they’re reacting on the sideline, all of that is just part of understanding the team, getting to be a better decision-maker.”

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