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Jerry Jones threatens radio hosts: 'I'll get someone else to ask these questions'

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones on the field for warmups before the Cowboys face the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022.

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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones on the field for warmups before the Cowboys face the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Nfl Ny Giants Vs Dallas Cowboys Cowboys At Giants

Everyone knows that meme where the dog is sitting at a table with a cup of coffee, saying "this is fine," but the cabin is engulfed in flames? That's likely how fans who tuned into 105.3 The Fan on Tuesday morning felt as Cowboys owner and GM Jerry Jones made his weekly appearance talking to the hosts.

Shan and RJ have had an interesting relationship with Jones over the years, often times existing on each side of the proverbial line of being called too sympathetic with the Jones and other times pressing him on issues. It probably means they do their jobs relatively well when each side has something to complain about. But following yet another blowout home loss following a disheartening offseason of inaction laid at Jones' feet, things got really testy.

After being asked about the lack of talent on the roster and whether it's linked to his inactive offseason of not just the annual dismissal of signing external free agents but letting many of their own walk, Jones seemed to threaten the radio hosts jobs.

105.3 The Fan is owned by Audacy Inc, but it is the flagship home of the Dallas Cowboys and as such, they have access to Jones, his son Stephen Jones and other members of the Cowboys, along with broadcast rights for the games, the draft coverage and other things.

The relationship has often brought questions of whether or not the hosts across their shows have the latitude to really press out the team's leadership without risk of losing the likely multimillion dollar arrangement. Jones' comment "I'll get somebody else to ask these questions. I'm not kidding." without any hint of laughter or good-natured ribbing, is certainly something to consider.

The Cowboys were blown out, 47-9, on Jones' 82nd birthday. The questions from the host ranged from their preparation, to whether or not Jones would consider firing Mike McCarthy in-season, to whether or not Jones would be looking to bring in players from outside the organization. Jones started getting testy at this point.

The follow-up question from Shariff is why they didn't get more talent in the offseason and Jones cut him off before he could even complete the asking. Jones tried to move the goalpost to the fact that there's not enough time to question all of the bad decisions he's made. Shariff re-centers and says that it's not 1970 he's asking about, he's asking about the recent offseason.

Jones tells the hosts what their job is, which lifts the veil over whether or not they are parameters around what he's willing to put up with from what is supposed to be an independent media outlet.

This article originally appeared on Cowboys Wire: Jerry Jones threatens radio hosts: 'I'll get someone else to ask these questions'