A tie seemed to be enough for Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones to take a small victory lap over trading edge-rusher Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers.
The Cowboys and Packers played to a 40-40 stalemate in Parsons’ return to AT&T Stadium on Sunday night.
“They played three and a half hours out there tonight, okay, and tied,” Jones told reporters matter-of-factly after the game. “They got Micah. And we’ve got what we’ve got. And we tied. We’ll try it again.”
The 82-year-old went on to contrast the output of franchise quarterback Dak Prescott, whom the Cowboys have constantly signed to big deals, to that of Parsons, who got traded amid a contract standoff.
“It’s very simple: Dak was indispensable, in my mind… and Micah wasn’t,” Jones said. “It’s just numbers, it’s that easy. And that’s not personal at all… the numbers just weren’t there with Micah.”
Despite the presence of Parsons along the front seven, Green Bay didn’t have much of an answer for Prescott. The three-time Pro Bowler went 31-of-40 for 319 yards and three touchdowns without No. 1 wide receiver CeeDee Lamb, who’s dealing with an ankle injury.
Parsons, meanwhile, had three tackles and one sack. While he wasn’t totally anonymous, he didn’t impact the contest in a significant way.
Coming out of Sunday night with a tie wasn’t the best-case scenario for the Cowboys but provided some room for encouragement. They fought hard against an NFC playoff contender and denied Parsons a measure of revenge.
Of course, the more pessimistic view is that Dallas might’ve come out on top if had never traded Parsons in the first place. As well as Prescott performed, he couldn’t totally overcome his defense allowing 489 yards.
Having an elite sack artist on the edge certainly would’ve helped the Cowboys in Week 4.
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