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Prior to the start of the season, Jerry Jones went on Gary Myers radio show on ESPN. He told Myers that he had made an offer for Quinnen Williams that involved superstar pass rusher Micah Parsons. He didn’t go into much more detail, but Myers did manage to get out of him that a first round pick or two was involved in the offer.
Now Jones is back and he says the offer was even more wild than anyone could have predicted:
If such an offer was made, then Jets General Manager Darren Mougey has a lot of explaining to do. Parsons is as elite a defensive player as the league has. Since the move to Green Bay, Parsons has 12.5 sacks, just 1.5 shy of his career high, on top of being one of the best run defenders in the league. By himself, Parsons is a significantly better player than Quinnen. Add in a first round pick and the alleged offer was a no-brainer for the Jets?
That’s why I’m having a hard time seeing this offer not only being made, but the Jets turning it down. And it didn’t take long for Jets beat writers to come back and say that this offer was never made:
Now Jerry Jones is known for the crazy quote here and there. And this could be another one of them. Or, the Jets could be doing damage control after rejecting what would have been one of the most lopsided trades in recent memory.
Either way, it’s clear that a deal for Parsons was at one point on the table, and the Jets turned it down. That alone seems like enough reason to doubt both Woody Johnson for his supposed role in not wanting to pay the best defensive player in football, and the general manager for not figuring out how to get it done anyway.
