While Green Bay Packers fans are enthusiastically thanking Jerry Jones for sending superstar defensive lineman Micah Parsons their way, the Dallas Cowboys owner continues to have no regrets about the move.
“This was a very conscious trade to get three, four, five, six players for one,” Jones said in an interview on Sept. 12 when asked about his reasoning behind trading Parsons. “The one player? Outstanding. … Of course, people say, ‘But [Kenny Clark] is not any Micah.’ Nicely, I am not going to debate that in any respect as a result of Micah could be very, very particular.
“However I am going to inform you this proper now. By the point this occurs, and as we stay up for Dak [Prescott]’s time — once we made his contract and we glance ahead, this was the easiest way to maximise our possibilities to get a Tremendous Bowl for Dak.”
After failing to succeed in phrases on an extension, Dallas traded Parsons to Inexperienced Bay in August for Clark, a three-time Professional Bowl defensive sort out, and two future first-round draft picks. Parsons subsequently signed a four-year, $186 million take care of the Packers.
Shortly after the commerce, Dallas prolonged 2023 All-Professional cornerback DaRon Bland to a four-year, $90 million deal.
Because the commerce befell 10 days earlier than Inexperienced Bay’s 2025 regular-season opener, Parsons solely appeared in 44.8% of the group’s defensive snaps of their Week 1 win over the Detroit Lions and 68.1% of the group’s defensive snaps of their Week 2 win over the Washington Commanders. Parsons, a two-time All-Professional and four-time Professional Bowler, has totaled 1.5 sacks and three mixed tackles in two video games.
Prescott is within the first season of a four-year, $240 million contract, together with his $60 million common annual wage an NFL document. Since signing the deal in September 2024, the Cowboys are 3-6 with Prescott underneath heart; he missed the ultimate 9 video games of final season on account of a hamstring harm.
Within the group’s Week 1 loss to the defending Tremendous Bowl-champion and NFC East-rival Philadelphia Eagles, Prescott totaled 188 passing yards, zero passing touchdowns, zero interceptions and a 76.6 passer score, whereas finishing 61.8% of his passes. With the 32-year-old Prescott, a three-time Professional Bowler, underneath heart, Dallas boasts a 76-47 regular-season document and a 2-5 postseason document.
The Cowboys have one other NFC East matchup in Week 2, once they host the New York Giants on Sunday (1 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports activities app).
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