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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
During the press conference held by Dallas Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones in the wake of trading NFL All-Pro edge rusher Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers on August 28, Jones covered a wild array of topics and called Parsons “Michael” several times, confusing the name of the star player who he’s gone back and forth with in the media over the last several months.
Jones gave a rambling, 10-minute plus answer to the first question lofted at him from the assembled media and seemed to imply that Parsons, perhaps the NFL’s singularly dominant defensive player, had been the source of some of the Cowboys’ defensive struggles. against the run.
Jones also implied that part of the return the Cowboys got for Parsons — 2 first round picks — could help the team now instead of in the future.
Dallas also received 3-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kenny Clark in the trade.
“Those draft picks could get us top Pro Bowl players,” Jones said. “The facts are we need to stop the run. We haven’t been able to stop the run for several years. We did think it was in the best interest of our organization….We gained a pro-bowl player in an area that we had concerns in … This gives us a chance to be a better team than we’ve been in recent years.”
Parsons received a 4-year, $188 million contract extension which made him the highest paid non-quarterback in NFL history at $47.5 million per year.
The Cowboys host the Packers on Sunday Night Football in Week 4.
“Jerry Jones said not to rule out the possibility of using some of these first-round draft picks to go get more talent now,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter wrote on his official X account.
Jones’ Press Conference Sends Social Media Spinning
As has been the case almost every time a microphone gets put in front of his face recently, Jones filled up reporters’ notebooks with headline-worthy quotes.
He conducted the press conference sitting next to his son and Cowboys CEO Stephen Jones, who Parsons went to when he first requested a trade on August 1.
“After being asked one question,Jerry Jones talked for 11 minutes and 5 seconds straight,” Underdog Director of Content Josh Harris wrote on his official X account. “No one loves a press conference more than this man.”
“Jerry Jones said the Micah Parsons trade is in the ‘best interest for the Dallas Cowboys,’ ” The Athletic’s Jon Machota wrote on his official X account. :Jones also said there’s ‘nothing at all’ he’d do differently in how he handled the Parsons trade. ‘I’m excited. We got what we wanted. I’m not concerned at all about the locker room.’ ”
“Jerry Jones repeatedly calling Micah Parsons, ‘Michael,’ is just insane,” Fox Sports NFL Insider Jordan Schultz wrote on his official X account.
“If you had any doubts thatJerry Jones is the worst GM in the league … you can let them go now,” Former ESPN anchor Trey Wingo wrote. “It’s not even a debate.”
“OH MY GOSHJERRY JONES BROUGHT UP HERSCHEL WALKER IN THE MICAH PARSONS TRADE PRESS CONFERENCE IMPLYING THEY COULD BE SIMILAR PLEASE STOP JUST STOP THIS IS EXHAUSTING AND BEYOND AND WE ARE ALL SO TIRED OF IT,” RJ Ochoa of Blogging the Boys wrote on his official X account.