Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones attempted to strike a blockbuster trade with the New York Jets for Quinnen Williams.
On “The Saturday Huddle” with Gary Myers, Jones revealed that he was the one who initiated the trade talks this offseason with the Jets about Micah Parsons.
“As it would turn out, I initiated that,” Jones told Myers. “Frankly, they didn’t have the resources to entertain conversations. It was a very good brief visit.”
Myers speculated that Jones was likely asking for Williams and a future first-rounder, maybe two, “Am I going down the right path there?” Myers asked.
“Yes, you are. A prerequisite to the entire trade was that we had to have right now a really frankly significantly dominant inside defensive player. Which was our goal to address the run more than we had been addressing it the previous four years … That was a prerequisite. You didn’t get into the mentality of my trading if you didn’t have that coming through the door,” Jones explained.
Jones confirmed to Myers that the Cowboys and Jets only had that one trade conversation for a potential Parsons-Williams swap, but the green and white were unable to meet his asking price.
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Jets Made the Very Brief List of Jerry Jones Teams for Parsons
The Cowboys ended up trading Parsons to the Green Bay Packers in exchange for three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kenny Clark and two future first-round draft choices.
However, Jones revealed during the press conference after Parsons was traded that they combed through the league to find the right teams to consider.
A prerequisite to any Parsons trade was getting back a top-level interior defensive lineman. Jones said that eliminated a lot of teams in the league by default.
The Jets were one of the very few teams that made the cut.
Jets Didn’t Land Parsons, but It Could Have Turned out Much Worse
The green and white could have had Parsons, but they decided against it. Instead, he ends up staying in the NFC conference with the Packers, but it could have turned out far worse for the Jets.
NFL Insider Dianna Russini of The Athletic revealed that two AFC East squads had conversations with the Cowboys about a potential Parsons deal: the Buffalo Bills and the New England Patriots.
The Jets could have gone from potentially having him on the team to playing against him twice a year. Now neither of those ideas became a reality.
The Jets Made the Right Decision
Acquiring Parsons would have been a sexy splash for this organization. However, it would have gone against the very words of this new regime, “moving in silence.”
Trading for one of the best defensive players in football would have been very loud and stolen headlines across the sports world.
The Jets aren’t in a complete rebuild, but they aren’t a bona fide Super Bowl contender either. They are in this strange middle ground, trying to figure out where they stand in all of it.
Justin Fields is the Jets’ quarterback. He had a sterling debut in Week 1 against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Jets organization hopes he is the long-term answer at the position. However, if he isn’t, they will need those future draft choices to replace him in finding the next franchise quarterback.
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