Jerry Jones Feels Cowboys Will Be A “Better Team” with Micah Parsons Gone

Jerry Jones and Pro-Bowler linebacker Micah Parsons parted ways with only a week left for the official start of the NFL season.

Jerry Jones Feels Cowboys Will Be A “Better Team” with Micah Parsons Gone

Jerry Jones, Micah Parsons (Images via Blogging The Boys/Newsweek)

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After months of contract standoff and hostility, linebacker Micah Parsons signed with the Green Bay Packers, bidding adieu to his life in Dallas. Parsons, drafted out of Penn State, played four seasons with the Dallas Cowboys.

In his four seasons, Parsons managed to become one of the most important players in their defense. He was named the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in his debut season along with a Pro Bowl selection. He continued his form in to the next three seasons, claiming a Pro Bowl selection in all three of them.

As Parsons shifts his base, he’s also taking his skills and talent along with him. Something that most critics and analysts agree that this could be a big blow to the Cowboys. However, Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones negated on.

In the press conference following the explosive trade that saw Parsons sign a four-year, $188 million deal, Jones noted that the team has strengthened and might win more games in the absence of Parsons as compared to the ones they would have won.

This gives us a better chance to be a better team than we have been the last several years while Micah has been here. Nothing negative on Micah. We can win more games than we would have, had we gone the other route and signed Micah.

The Dallas Cowboys received defensive lineman Kenny Clark and two first-round picks (2026 and 2027) in return from the Packers. These draft picks, according to Jerry Jones, is what makes the Cowboys in a better position compared to before.

Jones noted that the fans and critics should not forget the fact that they have two draft picks that they could flip for better players. He even hinted at bringing some Pro Bowl players, in addition to Clark, into the squad.

Jerry Jones’ new tactics is to revert to the old-school basics

The shock of Micah Parsons’ trade to Green Bay has already been dissected in terms of money, locker room dynamics, and defensive fit. The central theme, Jerry Jones wants his Dallas Cowboys to go back to football’s roots. He added:

Playing Parsons would be problematic. I suggest we get ahead and run the ball.

Jerry Jones
Jerry Jones (Image via IMAGO)

For Jones, who has always embraced the game’s throwback ideals, this move was less about losing a superstar and more about sticking with a style of football that once defined the Cowboys’ dominance. In his eyes, stopping the run and controlling the clock still win championships, no matter how much today’s NFL emphasizes spread offenses and aerial fireworks, or in this case, star-driven defense.

The back-to-the-past nature has reverberated throughout the offseason. Head coach Brian Schottenheimer had invited former Cowboys and NFL veterans from the 1980s and 1990s to speak to the team. These talks were not about analytics or play design, but about the mindset required to win when the game was more physical, brutal, and ground-oriented.

The current roster interacted with the likes of Randy White, Joe Looney, Bob Lilly, and Tony Casillas. For a franchise that has long marketed itself as “America’s Team,” this is a sharp pivot away from the highlight-reel era of Parsons flying off the edge. Instead, Jones and Schottenheimer appear determined to reshape the Cowboys around the simplicity tactics: run the ball, stop the run, and win the physical war.

Whether fans see that as good enough remains to be seen. Similarly, the consequences of the newfound conservatism are also yet to be seen.

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