Cowboys owner Jerry Jones endorses Cal McNair taking over Texans

Houston Texans chairman and CEO Cal McNair already has one vote to become the new principal owner of the team: Jerry Jones.

The owner of the Dallas Cowboys owner told KPRC 2’s Aaron Wilson on Monday he would “vote for him every time” when asked about the decision he and the rest of the NFL owners will soon make about whether or not to name McNair the principal owner of the Texans.

“He was mentored by one of the finest men and one of the best owners ever to be in the NFL in Bob McNair,” Jones said. “He’s been mentored. I’d vote for him every time.”

McNair has been the CEO of the team since his father, Bob, died in 2018. That’s also when McNair’s mother, Janice, became the principal owner. The legal guardianship suit brought by Robert Cary McNair Jr., one of Janice’s other sons, was recently dropped as well.

An official vote has not been cast yet.