The NFL fined Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones $250,000 for making an obscene gesture -- which he later called inadvertent -- toward fans during the team's road win Sunday against the New York Jets, according to multiple media reports on Tuesday.

Jones was shown in viral video on social media in his box at MetLife Stadium, N.J., pointing toward fans and then giving the middle finger.

He explained on Tuesday on his radio show that the finger was an accidental response to Cowboys fans celebrating quarterback Dak Prescott's fourth touchdown pass in the 37-22 victory in East Rutherford, N.J.

"That was unfortunate. That was kind of an exchange with our fans out in front of us," Jones said on 105.3 The Fan. "There was a swarm of Cowboys fans out in front -- not Jets fans,

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