Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has insisted that he is confident ahead of next season, but has moved to manage expectations.

Quarterback Tony Romo predicted that the Cowboys would win the Super Bowl last month, but Jones has taken a step back and discussed their objectives.

"Let's not confuse how good we feel about our team with putting [the Super Bowl] around the neck of something that if we did know [we] could beat those kinds of odds, then life would be a lot different for all of us," Jones said, NFL.com reports.

"That's a statement that is real hard to live up to. No-one knows it better than we do."

The Cowboys lost in the divisional playoffs last season in a controversial defeat to the Green Bay Packers.