N/S Jerry Jones chat on ESPN.com

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Nicolas Marin (Escazu, Costa Rica)


Jerry, how involved are you in gameday football decisions?

Jerry Jones (3:23 PM)


I am not in gameday playcalling. I am aware and informed as to what our strategy is going to be against our opponent, but I do not influence that strategy with any input. Where I am involved is anything to do with personnel. That might have to do with injury situation or protection situation. For instance if we had a LT that might be limited, I might be involved in decisions to keep a back in to protect the QB. That would be only from the standpoint of a personnel perspective. I am involved more in the preseason in terms of who we're going to involve so we can evaluate with our staff who will be on our roster. Throughout the year, we're continually evaluating players on our roster to the extent that I would have discussions about if someone would be active with our coach or coordinator. Things that are all defined that are traditionally for the duties of a GM.
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Can you imagine Tom Benson calling up Payton on Friday night to say, "Hey, make sure we keep a back or tight end over on Bushrod's side this week...."