Todd Archer
FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Cowboys proprietor and normal supervisor Jerry Jones stated he was devastated when he received the information concerning the demise of Marshawn Kneeland final week.
Jones stated he was appreciative of different NFL groups having a second of silence previous to their video games as a tribute to Kneeland and have it doubtlessly serving to others coping with psychological well being points.
Kneeland, 24, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in response to authorities.
“I believe all of us have unfettered emotions in regards to the individuals we love, individuals we work with, and that is only a time if you acknowledge that there isn't any solutions,” Jones stated on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas on Tuesday. “It makes you wish to reside life to the fullest. It makes you wish to search for the perfect in what we've got for one another. And indirectly make sense out of those occasions by way of what they will imply from serving to these which might be right here on earth proper now.
“All of these issues are very pure, come to thoughts, however his demise is such a nationwide consciousness factor that it takes on a few of that gentle after we take into consideration how we go ahead.”
On Monday, the Cowboys returned to The Star for the primary time after their bye on Sunday. With gamers out of city after Kneeland's demise, the Cowboys held a digital workforce assembly, however Monday marked the primary time they have been collectively in particular person and met as a workforce.
The Cowboys are scheduled to have a standard apply week beginning Thursday as they put together for Monday's sport towards the Las Vegas Raiders. For the remainder of the season, gamers may have a particular decal on their helmets. For a minimum of for the subsequent two video games, they are going to put on particular T-shirts in reminiscence of Kneeland.
When the Cowboys play the Philadelphia Eagles on Nov. 23 at AT&T Stadium, there will probably be a second of silence in addition to different remembrances of Kneeland, a 2024 second-round pick of Western Michigan.
“From the standpoint of the workforce and going again to work, there isn't any doubt in my thoughts they are going to accomplish that in reminiscence of what he is all about,” Jones stated. “He was very distinctive in his zest for all times, and he was very distinctive for his ardour for the sport.
“After all, the saddest factor for somebody like me is the truth that he is solely 24 years previous. You consider the entire time that we will miss him and he will be missed by the individuals round him. He was simply getting began.”
