Cowboys’ Jerry Jones responds to Micah Parsons comment about post-trade phone call originally appeared on The Sporting News
Following the Week 4 game between the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers that marked Micah Parsons’ first game back in Dallas, the superstar linebacker had some strong words for owner and general manager Jerry Jones.
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The Cowboys-Packers matchup was arguably the most highly-anticipated one of the entire Week 4 slate because of the Parsons trade — and it didn’t disappoint up until the game ending in a 40-40 tie.
After the game, Parsons revealed that he didn’t really have many emotions going into the contest because of how things ended in Dallas. He also revealed that Jones didn’t call him upon trading him to Green Bay, which didn’t sit right with Parsons.
You know, honestly, I think all in all, the emotions for me being in Dallas went away the moment they traded me,” Parsons said, per ESPN’s Rob Demovsky and Todd Archer.
“He couldn’t tell me as a man [about the trade],” Parsons said of Jones. “So, to me, that emotion side was gone. It was more about a respect factor at this point.”
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Jones did his normal appearance on 105.3 The Fan on Tuesday and was asked about his former player’s comment. Jones almost declined to talk about it, but you know he wasn’t going to be able to hold it in and eventually responded.
“That phone call thing got stopped when he told me to take his number off my dial,” Jones said.
While neither Jones nor Parsons were able to achieve bragging rights on Sunday, it doesn’t matter, anyway, as winning one game against the former Cowboys star isn’t going to erase all the criticism Jones is rightly getting.
The Parsons trade will continue to go down as one of the worst moves in Cowboys history until proven otherwise, and it’s going to take a ton to accomplish that feat.
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