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Jerry Jones Told Aaron Donald Cowboys Missing on Him in 2014 'Broke My Heart'

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The Dallas Cowboys hit a home run with their first-round pick in 2014, drafting perhaps the NFL's best guard in Zack Martin.

He just wasn't who Jerry Jones wanted.

The Cowboys owner met up with Aaron Donald outside a restaurant in Miami on Thursday, telling the Rams defensive tackle it "broke my heart" when Donald went three picks before the Cowboys' selection.

"First of all, you broke my heart," Jones told Donald, per TMZ Sports. "They took him before we could take him.