INDIANAPOLIS - On Friday, word came down that Dallas Cowboys coaches and officials at the NFL Scouting Combine would not be allowed to speak to reporters on any subject.

Late Saturday at a downtown hotel, owner Jerry Jones explained his gag order to a small group of media members.

Jones is incensed with the information that's leaked out of the team's walls in recent months.

In particular, he was angry over two recent reports. First, he denied ever having players over to his home to discuss Terrell Owens' future with the team. Second, he refuted the report that he and his son, chief operating officer Stephen Jones, were debating the subject and that the son was trying convince his father to cut Owens.

"As I said the other day, that example that I had players over the house talking about personnel, that just is misinformation," Jerry Jones said.

"That Stephen and I were debating about Terrell, that's just misinformation. That's just not accurate. I don't know where that comes from. That's just total misinformation.

"And the thing is that nobody would know that except for me or Stephen, and I know Stephen didn't tell you. So whoever else said that happened is just wrong. It's just speculation, as far as us debating."

The circuslike atmosphere around Valley Ranch contributed to nearly daily reports about the chaos as Jones' team — which went 13-3 in 2007 and was considered a Super Bowl favorite in 2008 — fell to pieces in December. The Cowboys were 4-1 after five games, 8-4 after 12, and then lost three of their last four to miss the playoffs.

Jones emphasized that he's the only person in the organization with the "full picture" of what was happening at Valley Ranch.

So he said he believed the best course of action was to hush the rest of the organization for the time being, since others lacked the perspective and the power he has.

"Where I'm coming from here I just want to make sure you're not getting bits and pieces of information," he said. "That's not doing anybody any good and you're not making accurate reports."

The decision to keep assistant coaches or personnel officials quiet isn't rare in the NFL. But a gag order on a head coach rarely comes down.

And the one levied on Wade Phillips has done nothing to change perception that he wields little power or influence in the organization. Jones added that he does not believe that anyone should get that idea from his actions.

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"No. No. No," he said. "It's well known that relative to our personnel decisions, who makes that decision. All I'm trying to say is basically that's where you need to go to see where the status of that decision is. That's where you need to go. That's what we're trying to avoid.

"What has happened this offseason, there's been a lot of misinformation. You guys aren't getting the accurate information at all."

So in the end, Jones is trying to cement his place, again, not just as the chief decision-maker in all facets of his organization but also its voice.

He said, "The way to clear that (problem) up, because I'm the one who knows, is we get together and we all say it, so everybody hears it, at the same time. So we can find a way to cut back on some of this misinformation."

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