Despite the contract frustrations, the Cowboys front office doesn’t let talented players get away

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It can be irritating at times, but the Cowboys have a strong track record of keeping their star players.

Jerry Jones is something else. As a fan who had a front row seat to the madness that he brought to the Dallas Cowboys in the post-Jimmy Johnson era, he’ll never get a Christmas card from yours truly. That’s because there was a point in time when Jones was a legit meddler, having his hands in all sorts of football operation decisions. Whether it was poor drafting, bad trades, or misuse of cap resources in free agency, the Cowboys' front office used to be really bad.

Used to be.