There could be, for the mythologically inclined, an Icarus-Jerry Jones comparison to make.
Speaking on a recent episode of the “New Heights” podcast, the Kelce brothers — poets in their own riight — gave their takes on the latest nothing-to-do-with-football Cowboys’ headline: Curtain-Gate.
“Jerry Jones is still at war with the sun,” Travis Kelce said. “I’m not gonna’ lie, playing in that stadium, I f–king had that problem before.
“That f–king glare coming through the end zone in the afternoon is f–king ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous. It’s like the glass makes it f–king spread more. It’s like the sun is bigger and brighter than it’s ever f–king been. I mean, I get it, you try not to let those things be an excuse, but holy s–t man. I understand where (Cowboys receiver CeeDee Lamb)’s coming from here.”
The glaring controversy came into the limelight once again during the second quarter of the Cowboys’ Week 10 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Quarterback Cooper Rush saw Lamb wide open in the end zone, but Lamb saw neither Rush nor the ball because the sun was in his eyes.
Speaking with reporters after the game, Lamb said he was “one thousand percent” in favor of curtains being raised in AT&T Stadium to mitigate such issues.
Jones, however, was quick to dispel notions of any such addition coming to his $1.2 billion monstrosity.
“Well, let’s just tear the damn stadium down and build another one? You kidding me?” Jones mocked, claiming it was in fact an advantage for his team.
“Every team that comes in here has the same issues, they know where the sun’s going to be. We do know where the damn sun’s going to be at our own stadium.”
Jason Kelce, who spent his whole career with Dallas’ divisional rival in Philadelphia, knows all too well about the sun problems in Dallas.
“It’s crazy how aggressive the sun is at that time of the day coming through that window,” Kelce said on the podcast. “You’d think they’d put up shades or something, but alas.”