If there’s one factor NFL followers like to do, it doesn’t matter what time of yr, it’s rant and rave about something and anybody concerned with the League. Dallas Cowboys proprietor and up to date Landman visitor star Jerry Jones has actually heard and earned his share of armchair-quarterback commentary over time, and this week’s big teaching updates might have sparked a time to rejoice, however after Jones dropped a negative-skewing soundbite referring to “smiles and gloryholes,” it was simply one other day on the races for followers.
A bit over every week after former Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman was cheered on for calling out NFL referees, present proprietor Jerry Jones was jeered for usurping a press convention meant to place new head coach Brian Schottenheimer within the highlight, as an alternative of throwing him underneath metaphorical buses. Nevertheless it wasn’t his backhanded compliments that garnered probably the most responses, however his slightly distinctive terminology used to explain the state of the franchise.
There’s a very low share of this, that’s, smiles and glory holes. Very low share.
Earlier than we get all unfastened and giggly over right here, let’s go forward and handle the elephant (trunk sticking via a gap within the wall) within the room. Jerry Jones undoubtedly is not speaking a few fashionable search phrases on Pornhub or something so salacious. The time period (which Jones has used earlier than) stems from his former days within the oil area.
The extra outdated use of glory holes refers back to the opening of a mine or pit with promising yields, whereas it is at the moment used extra often in underwater petroleum in its place technique of excavation with out floating platforms. Whatever the particular context, the purpose is that Jerry Jones nonetheless thinks of glory holes as a constructive on par with a smile, and it is by no means clear if he is conscious of what anybody exterior mining tradition thinks he is speaking about.
Which is what made it so enjoyable to observe the floodgates open for a wide selection of fan feedback, on not simply the NFLonFox’s official video, however elsewhere on social media. Listed below are a few of the extra respectable ringers I got here throughout:
- Add it to the Jerryisms bingo card – @JeffKolbFOX4
- Possibly the true glory holes are the buddies we made alongside the best way – @avicardi
- i urge ur most interesting pardon sir? – @zackvworld
- excellent Bar identify 😂 – @DannChesmore
- Man, they preserve closing them down across the DFW space 😳🤣😂 – @terrypennington
- I hope the folks round Jerry Jones by no means inform him what “glory gap” really means – @WVGauntlet
- My buddy advised me this at a dive bar exterior of Reno as soon as – @iamthejazzygoat
- Jerry jones smiles and glory holes is nearly as good as clear eyes full hearts can’t lose – @DonnRunyan
- That this is not even the primary time Jerry Jones has talked about glory holes at a press convention is wild. – @JoeB_91
Jerry Jones’ use of glory holes in TV interviews goes again to a minimum of 2022, however who is aware of what number of occasions he may need used that phrasing within the years earlier than the web made clips so sharable?
I am additionally amused by the variety of commenters who aimed straight at his particular “very low share” measurement in relation to glory holes within the area. Should you guessed the basic Jim Carrey quote from Dumb & Dumber was probably the most repeated, you would be appropriate.
- However there’s a share – @jkfender
- So, not zero… – @THE_ODJ
- So that you’re telling me there’s an opportunity – @skeshr
Maybe unsurprisingly, the variety of folks jokingly ribbing Jerry Jones for his phrase alternative was certainly smaller total than the quantity of diehard Cowboys followers simply typically taking a social media dump on the press convention, the small print behind the coach’s hiring, and myriad different specifics that can really affect the group’s 2025-2026 season. However for just a few shining moments there, it was a very good time for all.
Sooner or later earlier than an excessive amount of longer, we’re little question going to see some form of large-scale docuseries in regards to the ‘90s Dallas Cowboys, and one can solely hope it occurs whereas Jerry Jones continues to be prepared and in a position to hop on digital camera and say…all of it, no matter it’s.