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Jerry Jones to injured Micah Parsons: ‘I wish you the very best’

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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones offered his best wishes to Micah Parsons on the heels of the Green Bay Packers’ star defensive end sustaining a torn ACL over the weekend.

Parsons will miss the remainder of the season after he was injured in the Packers’ 34-26 setback to the Denver Broncos on Sunday.

“I’m sad for Micah,” Jones said Tuesday on 103.5 The Fan. “That’s quite a challenge. I wish him the very best on his recovery. Michael Irvin said when he had his big surgery during, I think, his second year with the Cowboys, he said he realized what football really did mean to him.

“And he said the surgery really launched him into the best part of his career, because he got to feel what it might look like not to play again. There’s a lot of ways you can couch this thing. But, Micah, I wish you the very best.”

Parsons, 26, recorded 12.5 sacks in 14 games (13 starts) during his first season with Green Bay. He was traded to the Packers from the Cowboys in August following a contract dispute.

Immediately after the trade, Parsons signed a four-year, $186 million contract with Green Bay that included $120 million fully guaranteed and $136 million in total guarantees.

The two-time All-Pro and four-time Pro Bowl selection has collected 65 sacks and 11 forced fumbles in 77 career games (76 starts) with the Cowboys and Packers.

“I may be sidelined, but I am not defeated,” Parsons wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “This injury is my greatest test — a moment God allowed to strengthen my testimony. I believe He walks with me through this storm and chose me for this fight because He knew my heart could carry it.”

“I’m deeply grateful to the Packers organization and my teammates for their unwavering support, love, and belief in me during this season. I trust His timing, His plan, and His purpose. I will rise again.”

–Field Level Media

Jerry Jones with 3 games left: ‘Very disappointed,’ Cowboys ‘underachieved’

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Owner and general manager Jerry Jones walked away from the home stadium of the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night with one overwhelming emotion.

“It’s very disappointing. I’m really obviously very disappointed for our fans,” Jones said of the Cowboys losing to the Minnesota Vikings and falling to 6-7-1 to be eliminated from wild-card playoff contention.

“I’m disappointed for these players. I didn’t expect that. I thought we could come out here and on both sides of the ball make a better accounting of ourselves. Minnesota did the best job out there on both sides of the ball.”

The Cowboys have a playoff prayer left, but they would have to finish the season with three consecutive wins while the Philadelphia Eagles lose their final three games to forfeit their lead in the NFC East.

Dallas plays the Los Angeles Chargers (10-4) on Sunday and faces the Washington Commanders (4-10) on Christmas Day in another short-week, Thursday game. The season finale is Jan. 4 against the New York Giants (2-12).

Philadelphia plays at Washington on Saturday night, at Buffalo (10-4) on Dec. 28 and faces the Commanders again in the Week 18 finale on Jan. 4.

Like Jones, first-year head coach Brian Schottenheimer also used the “d” word after a deflating loss to the Vikings (6-8) that dropped Dallas to 3-6-1 against NFC opponents this season.

“I’m disappointed,” Schottenheimer said. “We didn’t play well against Detroit (Week 14). I really do think … we’re beating ourselves quite a bit and that starts with us as a coaching staff. It’s always going to start with me and the things that I messed up and didn’t do very well. (Vikings DC) Brian Flores was better than me.”

Quarterback Dak Prescott said he was “definitely surprised” by Sunday’s loss because of what the Cowboys knew was at stake. He’s focused on being a consistent voice the rest of the season to bring professional accountability to the offense.

“Nothing’s going to change for me, and that’s going to be my influence as a leader,” Prescott said. “My message to anybody around me is take pride in who you are as a man and who you are as a football player and the job responsibility that you have and what that entails is giving your best every day. And if you don’t, you probably won’t be in this league for long.”

–Field Level Media

Oct 5, 2025; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; Dallas Cowboys Owner, President and general manager Jerry Jones stands on the field prior to a game against the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-Imagn Images

NFL fines Cowboys’ Jerry Jones $250K for obscene gesture

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The NFL fined Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones $250,000 for making an obscene gesture — which he later called inadvertent — toward fans during the team’s road win Sunday against the New York Jets, according to multiple media reports on Tuesday.

Jones was shown in viral video on social media in his box at MetLife Stadium, N.J., pointing toward fans and then giving the middle finger.

He explained on Tuesday on his radio show that the finger was an accidental response to Cowboys fans celebrating quarterback Dak Prescott’s fourth touchdown pass in the 37-22 victory in East Rutherford, N.J.

“That was unfortunate. That was kind of an exchange with our fans out in front of us,” Jones said on 105.3 The Fan. “There was a swarm of Cowboys fans out in front — not Jets fans, Cowboys fans. The entire stadium was brimming with enthusiasm of Cowboys and certainly late in the game.

“(The gesture) was inadvertent on my part because that was right after we made our last touchdown, and we were all excited about it,” Jones said. “There wasn’t any antagonistic issue or anything like that. I just put up the wrong show on the hand. That was inadvertently done. I’m not kidding. If you want to call it accidental, you can call it accidental. But it got straightened around pretty quick. I had a chance to look at it. It got straightened out pretty quick, but the intention was ‘thumbs up,’ and basically pointing at our fans because everybody was jumping up and down excited.”

The Cowboys (2-2-1) on Sunday visit the Carolina Panthers (2-3), whose owner, David Tepper, was fined $300,000 for throwing a drink toward Jacksonville Jaguars fans during a 2023 game. The league also fined Bud Adams, then the owner of the Tennessee Titans, $250,000 in 2009 for waving middle fingers at Buffalo Bills fans.

–Field Level Media

Sep 28, 2025; Arlington, Texas, USA; Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4) throws under pressure from Green Bay Packers defensive end Micah Parsons (1) in the first quarter at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images

Jerry Jones claims phone calls stopped following Micah Parsons’ request

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About 1,100 miles now separate Micah Parsons and Jerry Jones, even if the newest pass rusher for the Green Bay Packers and the owner of the Dallas Cowboys display a magnetic attraction for talking about one another.

Jones was the latest to stoke the lingering drama from the trade of the All-Pro in his physical prime to Green Bay one week before the season began. He said Tuesday — in response to Parsons sharing Sunday night that Jones didn’t call him to inform him of the August trade –that he was just following orders from Parsons.

“I really don’t want to respond to that at all,” Jones said in a radio interview on 105.3 FM in Dallas. “But that phone call thing got stopped when he told me to take his number off my dial. It was don’t call him any more. So I quit those calls.”

Parsons played his first game as a visitor in Dallas on Sunday night, a game that ended in a 40-40 tie when he sacked Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott to force a game-tying field goal.

Parsons said after the game that Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst took the responsibility on his shoulders to inform defensive lineman Kenny Clark he was going from Green Bay to Dallas in the trade that included two first-round picks.

Not hearing from Jones took a lot of the emotion out of Parsons’ return, he said Sunday night.

“Honestly, I think, all the emotions for me, being in Dallas, went away the moment they traded me,” Parsons said. “I didn’t even get to talk to my owner, the person that drafted me. I found out through my agent. So, to me, that emotion side was pointless because the same way he called me into his office, as a man, he couldn’t tell me as a man. So, to me that emotion side was gone. It was more about a respect factor at this point.”

Retracing well-worn ground in the matter, the Cowboys opting not to make Parsons the highest-paid defensive player in the NFL did open the opportunity to sign guard Tyler Smith and cornerback DaRon Bland to long-term extensions. Jones said Tuesday that the Cowboys are in a healthier salary cap position and would like to consider contracts for wide receiver George Pickens and kicker Brandon Aubrey.

Pickens arrived in Dallas via offseason trade with the Pittsburgh Steelers and is in the final year of his contract. Jones described Pickens as an “exemplary” teammate with the same work ethic in preparation.

Aubrey has connected on all nine field goal attempts with a long of 64 yards.

“I’m proud to tell you that we’ve got some outstanding structure in our cap space that will allow us to do a lot of things that I didn’t think (we could) at this time last year,” Jones said. “We got it. We paid a price for it. … We can do it now.”

–Field Level Media

Sep 14, 2025; Arlington, Texas, USA; Dallas Cowboys place kicker Brandon Aubrey (17) kicks a field goal against the New York Giants during the second quarter at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Raymond Carlin III-Imagn Images

Jerry Jones: Extension for K Brandon Aubrey is coming

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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones apparently knows what he has in kicker Brandon Aubrey.

Jones had a bird’s-eye view of Aubrey drilling a game-tying 64-yard field goal as time expired in regulation and the winning 46-yard kick in overtime of the Cowboys’ 40-37 victory over the New York Giants on Sunday.

With Aubrey playing in the final season of his three-year, $2.695 million contract, Jones was asked on 105.3 The Fan on Tuesday if the team is working to sign the kicker to a contract extension.

“Well, he certainly is coming,” Jones said of the potential extension. “We’ll be looking at that, probably have had communications since the kick. He’s certainly in the future.”

Aubrey, 30, has made all three field-goal attempts this season and all six extra-point tries to boot.

A two-time Pro Bowl selection, Aubrey has drilled 82 of 91 field-goal attempts and 85 of 88 PATs in 36 career games with the Cowboys.

–Field Level Media

Jul 26, 2025; Oxnard, CA, USA; Dallas Cowboys defensive end Micah Parsons (11) at training camp at the River Ridge Fields. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Micah Parsons takes aim at Cowboys on social media over contract stalemate

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The latest episode of the Jerry Jones and Micah Parsons soap opera dropped late Thursday with Parsons scrubbing the Dallas Cowboys from his social media bios and posting what could be considered a farewell video to the organization.

The profiles in his Twitter and Instagram pages both tout his Penn State background with a “TBD” now in place of the Cowboys as his employer. And on TikTok, he posted a video that contained a photo gallery of Parsons, in his Cowboys uniform, that contained game photos that could have been taken as the All-Pro both waving goodbye and blowing kisses.

In the background played the audio of words once spoken by retired NBA great Allen Iverson as he discussed trade rumors:

“Imma win wherever I go,” Iverson is heard saying. “Wherever I go, imma win. I don’t care where I go. I don’t give a damn what team I go to, imma win. Imma win regardless, it don’t matter.”

The video clearly is a response to what Jones, the longtime owner and general manager of the Cowboys, said Thursday about the contract stalemate between the sides.

Jones chatted with Michael Irvin on the YouTube channel of the Cowboys legend and detailed what he said was the contract offer to Parsons, which would have made the defensive star the highest-paid non-quarterback in the NFL.

“Nobody appreciates Micah Parsons more than the Cowboys or me,” Jones said. “Nobody has ever offered him more money than I have to play football. Period.”

Parsons and Jones met earlier this year to discuss contract parameters, among other things. Jones has said the two had a deal in place. Parsons has said it was the framework for discussions between Jones and Parsons’ agent. David Mulugheta.

“When we wanted to send the details to the agent, the agent told us to stick it up our a–,” Jones said. “Just so you’re clear.”

It was not clear when the Cowboys contacted Mulugheta — whether soon after the meeting or since Parsons publicly requested a trade Aug. 1 as his relationship with the front office continued to diminish.

Parsons, 26, attended training camp but did not participate, and the video has only stirred speculation that he will sit out the season and sacrifice his huge pay raise for 2025.

The Cowboys selected Parsons with the No. 12 overall pick of the 2021 draft, and he signed a four-year, $17.1 million contract. The Cowboys picked up his fifth-year, $24.007 million option for this season.

He will become a free agent after this season.

Jones said recently there is no rush to the negotiations, even with the season starting Sept. 7 against the Philadelphia Eagles.

“You don’t have a deadline when you’re playing under contract,” he said.

–Field Level Media

Jul 27, 2025; Oxnard, CA, USA; Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones at training camp at the River Ridge Fields. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

No talking: Micah Parsons mum, Jerry Jones digs in as Dallas standoff continues

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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and hold-in All-Pro linebacker Micah Parsons made no formal progress in their contract staredown on Wednesday, and only one of the principal parties was willing to talk.

Parsons said leaving the field after watching the team workout, “my mouth is closed.”

Jones resisted feigning optimism about a breakthrough in talks when the team breaks training camp and heads back to Dallas from Oxnard, Calif.

“I don’t know that necessarily talks will,” Jones said. “But we’ve got a game coming, and he’s under contract.”

Jones said there is “nothing” standing in the way of the team negotiating with Parsons, who said he formally and directly requested a trade out of Dallas to executive vice president Stephen Jones, Jerry Jones’ son, earlier this month.

“I stayed quiet but again after repeated shots at myself and all the narratives I have made a tough decision I no longer want to play for the Dallas Cowboys,” he wrote in a social media post on Aug. 1. “My trade request has been submitted to Stephen Jones personally.”

Jerry Jones said Wednesday there is no deadline for the two sides to come to terms on a deal when asked if he could see negotiations ceasing before the regular-season opener at Philadelphia on Sept. 7.

“You don’t have a deadline when you’re playing under contract,” he said.

Parsons, 26, was present on Wednesday but never took the field as the Cowboys went through their final padded practice of camp.

The two-time All-Pro and four-time Pro Bowl selection is in the final year of his rookie contract and scheduled to be paid $24.007 million this season.

–Field Level Media

Jul 27, 2025; Oxnard, CA, USA; Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones at training camp at the River Ridge Fields. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Report: Jerry Jones fought stage 4 cancer battle for over decade

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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones revealed that he fought stage 4 melanoma for a decade, the Dallas Morning News reported.

Jones was contacted by the newspaper following a comment he made during the Netflix documentary, “America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys.”

In the documentary, Jones referenced undergoing cancer treatments “about a dozen years ago,” per the Dallas Morning News.

Jones said he underwent treatment at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston in 2010.

Jones, now 82, said he had four surgeries over the ensuing decade — two involving his lungs, two involving his lymph nodes. He credits the experimental trial drug PD-1 (Programmed Cell Death Protein 1) for saving his life.

“I was saved by a fabulous treatment and great doctors and a real miracle (drug) called PD-1 (therapy),” Jones said. “I went into trials for that PD-1 and it has been one of the great medicines. I have no tumors.”

Stage 4 melanoma means “cancer has spread beyond the skin to other organs, such as the lungs or liver,” per the Mayo Clinic.

According to the Dallas Morning News, the drug helps the immune system “fight cancer cells by blocking PD-1, thus enabling T cells to better recognize and destroy cancer cells.”

–Field Level Media

Jul 22, 2025; Oxnard, CA, USA; Dallas Cowboys defensive end Micah Parsons (11) during training camp at the River Ridge Fields. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Report: Tension between Micah Parsons, Cowboys intensifying over contract

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Star pass rusher Micah Parsons is considering requesting a trade from the Dallas Cowboys or even “severing his relationship with the team” over his prolonged contract standoff, The Athletic reported Friday.

Parsons, 26, is at training camp with the team but not taking part in on-field activities. He is entering his fifth season in the NFL, and the Cowboys picked up his $24 million option but have yet to sign him to an extension that undoubtedly would put him among the league’s high-paid defensive players.

The Cowboys and the two-time All-Pro are not currently negotiating, with their contract numbers “far apart,” per The Athletic.

Parsons, selected with the No. 12 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, was the defensive rookie of the year that season.

Per The Athletic, Parsons and team owner Jerry Jones talked directly in the spring, and the Cowboys believe their conversations were negotiations with a deal for an extension in place. The Parsons’ camp instead portrayed the meetings as just talks and not negotiations, and that the Cowboys have declined to negotiate with his agent because team officials believed an agreement already was in place.

Defensive end Myles Garrett signed a four-year, $160 million extension with the Cleveland Browns, and Maxx Crosby inked a three-year, $106.5 million extension with the Las Vegas Raiders this year. A Parsons extension likely would be in the same ballpark — or more.

Speaking in April at the NFL’s annual league meeting, Jones acknowledged his conversation with Parsons, saying the two spoke for “five or six hours” to work out a long-term extension.

“Most of the issues we are in agreement on. We discussed it all,” Jones said April 1. “But we obviously don’t have an agreement relative to the new contract.”

The Dallas Morning News reported in March that Parsons was seeking a record-setting $200 million contract extension that would make him the highest-paid non-quarterback in the NFL.

Parsons recorded 12 sacks, 43 tackles and two forced fumbles in 13 games (all starts) last season.

A Pro Bowl selection in each of his first four seasons in the league, Parsons has totaled 256 tackles (63 for loss), 112 quarterback hits, 52.5 sacks, nine forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries in 63 career games (all starts).

–Field Level Media

Aug 20, 2022; Inglewood, California, USA; Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones (left) talks with vice president of player personnel Will McClay before the game against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Jerry Jones doubts Dallas will draft QB, believes in Cowboys’ draft plan

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Longtime franchise owner Jerry Jones doesn’t mind declaring where he believes the Dallas Cowboys stand, a truth at most any point in the NFL calendar.

Jones said on Tuesday he’s especially proud of the success of the Cowboys in the draft as the franchise prepares for the 2025 edition on Thursday night.

“We’re one of the best drafting teams in the NFL. I’ll say that,” Jones said. “We are.”

The Cowboys are still waiting for 2023 first-round defensive tackle Mazi Smith (26th overall) to live up to his lofty draft status, and Oklahoma offensive tackle Tyler Guyton (29th overall in 2024) made a marginal impact last season.

Dallas switched head coaches, elevating offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer to replace Mike McCarthy. The continuity in place was a reason Jones said he selected Schottenheimer. Vice president of player personnel Will McClay, who holds significant weight in the Cowboys’ draft room, required no introduction to the first-time head coach.

“Schotty knows what he wants,” McClay said. “It’s been a seamless sort of process. There’s a consistent way that we do it that doesn’t change.”

Schottenheimer participated in the open dialogue of the pre-draft process as an assistant coach and his main takeaway remains the same.

“At the end of the day, you want conviction,” Schottenheimer said.

With the No. 12 pick, the Cowboys are targeting the “best player on the board,” according to vice president Stephen Jones. He said the franchise is collectively committed to avoiding forcing a player who “scratches an itch” or feels a team need.

Jones said the financial commitment the Cowboys made in 2024 to quarterback Dak Prescott doesn’t disqualify prospects at the quarterback position in the 2025 draft because “players get hurt.” But the move is a longshot after Dallas traded a fifth-round pick for Patriots backup quarterback Joe Milton and a seventh-rounder on April 3.

How the draft plays out dictates which direction the team will take, Jones said.

Vice president Stephen Jones said the Cowboys were shocked to have a chance to select Micah Parsons (12th overall in 2021) and were convinced they would be going with a pass rusher when wide receiver CeeDee Lamb dropped to Dallas at No. 17 in 2020.

“What you don’t want to see yourself doing is picking a player who is quite a bit down the line, a round down,” Stephen Jones said. “Great things happen when you (trust) things like that. You’ve got to stay true to where these grades are and what these players are.”

–Field Level Media