Inside The Star
It had been speculated for days and when it finally happened nearly every fan of the Dallas Cowboys shared the same reaction: Really, Jerry Jones, WTF are you doing?
In case you were in a coma yesterday prior to the 4 p.m. bombshell hitting, the Cowboys traded Micah Parsons.
That was bad enough. But they shipped him off to the Green Bay Packers, a team that has tormented Dallas over the last decade.
That is so much worse.
And just when you thought it had gotten about as bad as it could get, the Jones boys said “Hold my beer”, held a presser, and proceeded to make all of it so much worse.
The Cowboys shipped their best defensive player, and the reason why they even have a pass rush, off to a team that they will play at home in the fourth week of the season.
They got back in return two first round picks (2026, 2027) and defensive tackle Kenny Clark.
Given the Packers’ current talent level, those two picks are likely to fall between 24 and 32. That’s assuming Dallas doesn’t try to package them in future deals.
A little less than three hours after the trade news broke, Jerry Jones and his son, Stephen, appeared before reporters at The Star to lie their heads off answer questions.
Jerry Jones began the presser with a 10-minute rambling answer to the first question. He repeated his story about making an offer to Parsons in person.
And he repeated his clear disdain for working with Parsons’ agent to finalize a deal.
Apparently, he’ll go to his grave insisting that Parsons’ agent is to blame for the Cowboys losing their best pass rusher since DeMarcus Ware.
Everyone else on the planet knows the blame is fully on Jerry Jones. The delusional takes didn’t end there.
Jerry Jones tried to compare this trade to the 1989 Herschel Walker trade.
In the trade with Green Bay, Dallas got one player and two draft picks in return. Here is the haul from the Walker trade:
Three of the players the Cowboys drafted with some of the picks above you ask?
Three Super Bowl wins later, the Cowboys had clearly won that trade. This trade isn’t going to lead to a 6th title.
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