Commanders fans erupt as Cowboys' circus reaches hilarious new low

Speculation was rampant about the Dallas Cowboys potentially trading All-Pro edge rusher Micah Parsons. Nobody, including Washington Commanders fans, thought billionaire tyrant Jerry Jones would actually go through with the blockbuster transaction.

Think again.

The Cowboys traded Parsons to the Green Bay Packers for two first-round picks and veteran defensive tackle Kenny Clark. To say this sent shockwaves through the league would be an understatement, and the Commanders stand to benefit greatly from Jones's explicable stubbornness.

Commanders get perfect chance to assert decade-long dominance on the Cowboys

Washington will come up against Parsons and the Packers in Week 2 on Thursday Night Football. However, the fact that they don't have to face him twice a season for the next decade is a massive win from the Commanders' perspective.

Jones is the big loser. He was adamant that a deal had been agreed without Parsons' agent getting involved. He never budged from this stance, and the bitterness grew. Now, the Cowboys' fan base is in shambles, calling for the owner/general manager to resign from his involvement in the football operation.

Kevin Patra from NFL.com was among those who thought Jones came out of this terribly. Parsons' departure leaves a gaping hole, and this leaves the Cowboys in an awful position with less than a week until their opening night showdown versus the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.

The issues Parsons relayed about his agent being iced out of talks isn't a good look for the man in charge of personnel. Then there is the issue that the GM's club is undoubtedly worse heading into a season. The Cowboys' entire defense revolved around Parsons' ability to pester the quarterback. Now they're left with a massive hole. Donovan Ezeiruaku flashed at camp, but does anyone really believe the second-round pick can fill those shoes? GMs constantly tell us that their job is to give the coaches the best 53 they can each year. It's hard to say the Cowboys have done that after trading Parsons.Kevin Patra

The reaction from Commanders' fans on social when the bombshell news broke was predictably hilarious. They were seen as the division's laughingstock for decades, and the shoe is firmly on the other foot now. Trading Parsons gets the Cowboys no closer to anything, which is only going to help Washington assert dominance over its most hated rival moving forward.

Jones' fumbling of team affairs is renowned. It's notoriously bad, and this could be the worst transaction of all.

Not that anybody in D.C. is complaining.

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