Jerry Jones views this Sunday's game against the San Francisco 49ers as a measuring stick for the Dallas Cowboys.

"They are, right now, probably the most likely team to go win the Super Bowl, but in order for them to get there, they have to go by us, hopefully two times if that's the way it falls in the playoffs and we're in the playoffs, of course," the Cowboys' owner and general manager said Tuesday on "Shan & RJ" on 105.3 The Fan.

"But the bottom line is you're playing the best, you don't need the game to tell you you're playing the best, but you need the game to show you how you stack up against the best."

The Cowboys' season has ended at the hands of the 49ers in each of the past two postseasons.