Former Ravens Star: Jerry Jones Running Cowboys is 'Definition of Insanity'

Stephen Douglas | Sep 1, 2025

Terrell Suggs thinks Jerry Jones is hurting the Cowboys. / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

The Cowboys traded Micah Parsons to the Packers last week and we're still trying to sift through all the opinions about how bad it was for Dallas. While the Parsons trade on its own is worthy of criticism, it's also become a convenient starting point for arguments that Jerry Jones has not done a great job running the team for the last three decades.

Terrell Suggs spoke with The Action Network over the weekend and he was highly critical of Jones and said someone else should be in charge of the Cowboys if they ever want to win another Super Bowl. He also casually revealed that he refers to Jones using the name of Leonardo DiCaprio's planation owner character in Django Unchained. Via The Action Network:

Jerry Jones – I call him Calvin Candie. As long as he’s in his role, [the Cowboys] are never gonna win the Super Bowl. You know the definition of insanity, right? To do the same thing over and over and expect different results. Y'all haven't been in the show since ‘95. Let's be honest, he needs to remove himself, take his ego out of it and let someone who could see it kind of with fresh eyes.”

Suggs, who played 15 years in Baltimore where he was a seven-time Pro Bowler who won Defensive Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, certainly saw another way to run a team up close.

The Ravens made the playoffs nine times and won a Super Bowl while Suggs was in Baltimore. Meanwhile the Cowboys have made the playoffs 10 times this century and won four total playoff games.

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