Dallas Cowboys, Jerry Jones, and the ongoing battle against the Sun at AT&T Stadium

Alright, so let’s talk about the Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys’ latest and maybe most ridiculous opponent to date: the Sun. Yes, the actual Sun. In their 34-6 loss to the Eagles, CeeDee Lamb found himself wide open in the end zone, ready for what looked like a sure touchdown.

The problem was the fact that the glaring Texas sunlight was blasting through the giant glass wall at AT&T Stadium, blinding Lamb from making the catch.

Basically, CeeDee Lamb was blinded by the light.

Jerry Jones building a stadium that blinds his own players & causes losses is so on brand pic.twitter.com/Nb9VK3FbEQ

— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) November 10, 2024

The only thing that was clear on that play is the fact that CeeDee Lamb couldn’t see the ball. The sun at AT&T Stadium isn’t a rare fluke—it’s been a glaring issue (pun absolutely intended) since the stadium opened in 2009.

For years, players have been complaining about the sun glare in Cowboys Stadium. Dez Bryant, back in the day, called it a “big deal” after it caused him to miss a catch.

Cedrick Wilson Jr. had to dodge a pass he couldn’t see at all. This isn’t just one of those random quirks, like, say, a tricky wind.

This is a major design flaw in the walls of “Jerry’s World” that messes with the team’s ability to play at home. Thirty other NFL stadiums don’t have this problem. And yet, here we are, watching world-class athletes get outplayed by sunlight in the stadium of the team that for whatever reason, still holds onto the nickname as “America’s Team.”

Honestly, there’s no reason to even roll out the excuse train. Stadiums around the world have been built with sunlight in mind for YEARS.

FIFA has rules about how soccer fields should be oriented to avoid issues with the sun. MLB’s rulebook suggests ballparks align home plate to second base a certain way to keep batters out of direct sunlight.

NFL stadiums are generally designed with north-south layouts. AT&T Stadium has a southwest-northeast alignment that, combined with a giant glass wall, turns late-afternoon games into a nightmare for anyone trying to make a play on that side of the field.

And while a curtain sounds like the obvious fix, Jerry Jones has other ideas. The stadium actually has blackout curtains that they use for concerts and events, but when it comes to Cowboys games, those curtains stay up in storage.

CeeDee Lamb even suggested they use them after the game, but Jerry Jones doesn’t want to, all because he loves how that wall looks with the light streaming in.

When reporters asked Jerry Jones why he doesn’t hang them up during games, he replied sarcastically, “Well, let’s tear the damn stadium down and build another one.”

Shoutout Jerry Jones for a $1B stadium that blinds players from catching touchdowns

Shoutout Jerry Jones for building a $1B stadium and totally ignoring about that giant glowing thing in the sky pic.twitter.com/vL8ezYV4NF

— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) November 11, 2024

Only in “Jerry’s World” does putting up a curtain equal tearing down a billion-dollar stadium. It’s peak billionaire logic—why use a simple fix when you can act like it’s an impossible, outrageous request?

Jones’s logic here is that the sun affects both teams equally, so it’s not an unfair advantage.

That’s somewhat true but the Cowboys are the only team stuck playing half their games here every season. The fact that their own stadium blinds their receivers and sabotages their passing game is, well, absurd.

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Jerry Jones’ response—“The world knows where the Sun is”—feels like a bizarre justification for keeping things as they are, as if he’s saying, “Well, everyone knew this would be an issue when we built it, so deal with it.”

But if everyone knew, then why isn’t there a solution in place?

The reality is, we can predict where the Sun will be, down to the minute, for decades to come. We know the exact dates and times it’s going to turn Cowboys games into a sunbaked mess. So maybe, just maybe, it’s time for Jerry to admit that a simple set of curtains could solve this problem once and for all.

Because until then, every late-afternoon game at AT&T Stadium might as well be a showdown between the Cowboys and the Sun. And right now, the Sun’s winning.

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