Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is still adjusting to the sight of Micah Parsons in a Green Bay Packers uniform.
Jones was live on NBC on Sunday when Parsons jogged onto the field at AT&T Stadium for warmups, making his first return to Dallas since being traded â and his first appearance as a visitor at the stadium he once called home.
“Iâve seen that trot and him running out like that for four straight years. The green and gold is a little problem for me, looking at it,” Jones said. “But Iâll have to think of the kind of considerations we got on the trade. It might not be this Christmas that the bicycle goes under the tree. But thinking ahead, you might have a motorcycle under there.”
Jonesâ message seems to be that by avoiding a massive contract for Parsons, the Cowboys are keeping financial flexibility to add multiple impact players in the future. After the trade, Parsons inked a four-year, $188 million extension with Green Bay, making him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history.
Dallas has already invested heavily in other key pieces since trading Parsons, extending guard Tyler Smith â now the NFLâs highest-paid interior offensive lineman â and signing cornerback DaRon Bland to a four-year deal worth up to $92 million. Tight end Jake Ferguson signed a four-year extension worth up to $52 million.
Jerry Jones: Cowboys Didn’t Win Super Bowl With Micah Parsons
Prior to watching Parsons jog onto the field, Jones gave some insight into why he decided to trade Parsons in August for defensive tackle Kenny Clark and two first-round draft picks.
“I think a lot of Micah. I admire him. Heâs a great player and has a great family with him. But he got caught up in the numbers with me,” Jones said. “I wanted the number of players that a player like Micah Parsons could get for us in the future. I thought we could play some good football even though we didnât have him in the short term. I like the numbers and Iâm fully aware, because we had him for four years, that didnât get us to the Super Bowl. We had to do something different.”
The Cowboys don’t appear any closer to a Super Bowl with Parsons no longer in the picture. Dallas is 1-2, and their defense is giving up 397.7 yards per game, next to last in the NFL. As a team, the Cowboys have just three sacks this season.
Cowboys Not Planning Tribute for Micah Parsons
The Cowboys are not planning any kind of tribute for Parsons’ first return to Dallas. Jones said a tribute wouldn’t be “appropriate” for the occasion. The team had done so previously for players like Emmitt Smith and Ezekiel Elliott.
Parsons did not have a problem with not being celebrated by his former team.
“No, there’s a lot of things I can consider disrespectful throughout this process, but I wouldn’t say the tribute is one of them,” Parsons said Wednesday. “I would say, I just think there’s hard feelings maybe there for them. But for me, I’m happy where I’m at and we got a really good football team, so I guess I can [receive] my tribute in a win, I hope.”
Parsons’ Packers are a 6.5-point favorite for Sunday’s matchup against the Cowboys.
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