{"id":26842,"date":"2025-02-18T02:50:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T02:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=26842"},"modified":"2025-02-18T02:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T02:50:13","slug":"we-gotta-stop-the-jerry-jones-hate-micah-parsons-issues-controversial-cowboys-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=26842","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We Gotta Stop The Jerry Jones Hate!&#8217; Micah Parsons Issues Controversial Cowboys Take.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\">&#8220;That\u2019s my dog,\u201d Micah Parsons says. \u201cWe gotta stop that Jerry Jones hate\u2026 Listen, I\u2019m telling y\u2019all right now Cowboys Nation, Jerry Jones is much better as a GM than you guys think!&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--flexbox\">\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--meta\">\n<div class=\"m-description--list\">\n<p>FRISCO &#8211; Micah Parsons keeps trying to shut &#8217;em down.<\/p>\n<p>The media keeps trying to stir &#8217;em up.<\/p>\n<p>The rumors continue to swirl about Parsons potentially being traded by the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys, a concept that could be completely shut down by owner Jerry Jones &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If he&#8217;d hurry up and sign his best defensive player to a contract extension.<\/p>\n<p>When he does do that &#8211; and that is the &#8220;America\u2019s Team&#8221; plan here, with Micah volunteering to possibly take less than the $40 million APY deal that would make him the highest-paid non-QB in\u00a0NFL\u00a0history &#8211; it might accomplish two things.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"4\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>One, yes, it will end the idea that the 25-year-old premium pass-rusher has a future anywhere but Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>And two &#8230;\u00a0 it&#8217;ll make Jerry Jones look competent.<\/p>\n<p>As a general manager, Jerry has been catching heck since &#8230; well, since he and Jimmy Johnson divorced 30 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>There are transactional issues (why did it take so long to sign Dak Prescott and\u00a0CeeDee Lamb?) and there are commitment doubts (why won&#8217;t Dallas spent in outside free agency to improve the roster?)<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"4\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>But there is this:\u00a0Parsons &#8211; who has gone public in essentially demanding that the Joneses change their frugal approach to roster-building &#8211; is nevertheless not only loya to the Cowboys &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s also loyal to Jerry.<\/p>\n<p>Parsons hosted a show at the\u00a0Super Bowl\u00a0during which a mention of Jones brought on hoots and boos from the otherwise pro-Dallas audience.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\" data-zone-count=\"4\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>And Micah shut down his own audience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe and Jerry Jones &#8230; That\u2019s my dog,\u201d Parsons said. \u201cWe gotta stop that Jerry Jones hate\u2026 Listen, I\u2019m telling y\u2019all right now Cowboys Nation, Jerry Jones is much better as a GM than you guys think \u2026 I never met a man that takes better care of his players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parsons is broaching a few different issues here.<\/p>\n<p>The 82-year-old Jerry&#8217;s grandfatherly approach to his guys? That&#8217;s real.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\" data-zone-count=\"4\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The elite ranking of Jerry as a GM? If playoff wins and Super Bowl contention is the measuring stick, Micah is blinded by loyalty.<\/p>\n<p>But Parsons&#8217; devotion to Jones, &#8220;blind&#8221; though it may be, is the stuff &#8220;Cowboy for Life&#8221; is made of. 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