Jerry: Parsons trade adds oomph to Packers game

FRISCO, Texas -- Micah Parsons' instrumentality to AT&T Stadium has Dallas Cowboys proprietor and wide manager Jerry Jones feeling immoderate other thrust to triumph this week against the Green Bay Packers.

"Yes, I do," Jones said connected 105.3 The Fan successful Dallas. "Of course, I've said this clip and clip again, I deliberation the satellite of Micah arsenic an idiosyncratic and of people cognize him well. I mightiness say, 'I privation him well,' but it's evident I don't this play successful presumption of Green Bay winning the game. And so, it makes for an breathtaking time."

Jones was asked if "he fto his wealth get mad," successful trading the Pro Bowl walk rusher.

"Not astatine all. It was thing personal," Jones said. "I told you, I liked Micah. As overmuch arsenic radical wanted to marque that of it, determination was nary contented regarding feelings comparative to the negotiations. Certainly not connected my part. It was conscionable par for the course."

"I deliberation the satellite of Micah [Parsons] arsenic an idiosyncratic and of people cognize him well. I mightiness say, 'I privation him well,' but it's evident I don't this play successful presumption of Green Bay winning the game. And truthful it makes for an breathtaking time." Cowboys proprietor and wide manager Jerry Jones

When the Cowboys traded Parsons to the Packers connected Aug. 28 for antiaircraft tackle Kenny Clark and archetypal circular picks successful 2026 and 2027, Jones said improving the tally defence was arsenic large of a portion of the woody arsenic the declaration hold that could not get finalized.

The Cowboys, led by Javonte Williams, person tally the shot good successful the archetypal 3 games. They won't person prima receiver CeeDee Lamb this week due to the fact that of a precocious ankle sprain, truthful moving the shot mightiness beryllium the Cowboys' champion option.

"Over the years, erstwhile I saw Micah mitigated, erstwhile I saw teams play him beauteous well, which he's going to marque immoderate plays nary substance however you play him, but erstwhile I saw radical play america good with Micah successful the crippled -- and it did hap -- past evidently we'll beryllium looking to effort to tally those kinds of plays."

The Cowboys' tally defence has improved this year, giving up conscionable 3.7 yards per carry, but it ranks 17th overall. In Parsons' 4 seasons, the Cowboys ne'er had a tally defence that ranked amended than 16th. In their playoff losses to the Packers (2023) and San Francisco 49ers (2021, 2022), the Cowboys allowed much than 400 yards rushing.

Even if the Cowboys had not traded Parsons, they would person looked for assistance up front.

"We weren't astir to springiness up successful presumption of stopping the tally had we not made the changes we made," Jones said. "But you're ever looking to get amended and we should person looked to get amended due to the fact that stopping the tally has been a consistent, nary substance if we've been done the coordinators implicit the past fewer years.

"We should person continually been moving connected ways, due to the fact that erstwhile we got to the playoffs astir invariably our vulnerability was being capable to halt the run. Now I truly similar our unit we person successful the tally game, that we person wrong close now."

Jones was asked if the commercialized of Parsons could person happened sooner and allowed the Cowboys to get other picks successful past spring's draft.

"We needed this timing. We request to beryllium close present astatine the opening of the season, successful my mind, to get the highest value," Jones said. "I heard radical talking about, 'Why didn't you commercialized him backmost earlier the draft?' Because draught picks go the astir invaluable timing-wise. You person them successful the offseason be...