Cowboys' Jerry Jones responds to Micah Parsons chants after Packers' win over Commanders

Delighted Green Bay Packers fans offered Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones handfuls of "thank you" messages after star pass-rusher Micah Parsons helped Green Bay improve to 2-0 on the season via Thursday night's 27-18 win over the Washington Commanders. 

During a Friday appearance on Dallas sports radio station 105.3 The Fan, Jones responded to the chants related to the Cowboys trading Parsons to the Packers on Aug. 28.

Jerry Jones saw the future regarding the Micah Parsons trade

"The way they're playing, the way Green Bay is playing, I'm all for them enjoying and chanting anything that they want," Jones said, as shared by Tommy Yarrish of the Cowboys' website. "... I knew that if I got to make this trade that this would be coming."

Instead of signing Parsons to a lucrative extension ahead of the season, Jones traded the 26-year-old for two first-round draft picks and Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kenny Clark. Dallas then suffered a 24-20 loss to the rival Philadelphia Eagles in the regular-season opener back on Sept. 4. 

Meanwhile, Parsons received a four-year, $188M contract that included $136M guaranteed shortly before he recorded three pressures and one sack while playing 29 of 65 defensive snaps in Green Bay's 27-13 Week 1 win over the Detroit Lions. He then tallied a team-high eight quarterback pressures and half a sack against Washington.

Jerry Jones again defends trading Micah Parsons

Parsons' presence in the lineup is a big reason DraftKings Sportsbook had the Packers tied for second among the betting favorites at +600 odds to win Super Bowl LX as of Friday afternoon. Nevertheless, Jones believes that trading Parsons will help the Cowboys build around quarterback Dak Prescott while Prescott is still in his prime. 

"This was a very conscious trade to get three, four, five, six players for one," Jones added on Friday, per Josh Alper of Pro Football Talk. "The one player? Outstanding. He’s an outstanding player. ... And of course, people say, 'But he’s no Micah.' Well, I’m not going to debate that at all because Micah is very, very special. But I’ll tell you this right now. By the time this happens, and as we look forward to Dak’s time, when we made his contract, and we look forward, this was the best way to maximize our chance to get a Super Bowl for Dak." 

The Cowboys haven't played in an NFC Championship game since they won the Super Bowl in January 1996. On paper, Dallas is at least one solid offseason away from assembling a roster that will be able to do more than simply participate in a wild-card postseason contest. 

For now, Jones' side will look to get to 1-1 on the season when the Cowboys host the 0-1 New York Giants this coming Sunday.