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Skip Bayless makes big accusation against Jerry Jones

Is there any truth to this?

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The season for the Dallas Cowboys is once again over thanks to last week's postseason loss to the San Francisco 49ers; their Super Bowl drought has now reached 28 years. The Cowboys are now officially in the offseason, while the 49ers battle the Philadelphia Eagles later this afternoon in the NFC Championship game. 

Quarterback Dak Prescott had an especially rough evening, finishing the night completing 23 of 37 passes with one touchdown but two costly interceptions, validating concern over his performance thanks to his untimely turnover problem.

And it wasn't long afterward that the Cowboys official Twitter account posted a rather brutally honest assessment of Prescott's play.

“Dak Prescott gave away the ball twice in the narrow loss to the 49ers, in a matchup the Cowboys had a chance to win if they didn’t again generate self-inflicted wounds,” the Twitter promotion read.

According to sports columnist Skip Bayless, it was team owner and general manager Jerry Jones who gave the green light for the team's official Twitter account to back a bus over Prescott.

"This website does have the reputation for being, if I dare say, pretty objective after a Cowboy loss,” Skip said during Undisputed this week. “Jerry gives them carte blanche to at least be gently, mildly critical, and has for years." 

“He’s of the school of ‘Any publicity is good publicity,’ because they just love publicity. It’s pretty shocking as the NFL norm goes when it comes to these websites that they would go this far.”

“I don’t know the inner workings there,” Bayless continued of the Cowboys social media team. “Could a family member or a close family friend (of Jerry Jones) be sort of in charge of this? It’s possible. I’m going to go one step farther with you. Is it possible that Jerry made it clear after the game that it’s now open season on Dak? It’s possible.”

He also theorized that at age 80, Jones is fearing that his team may not win another Super Bowl title in his lifetime.