Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Reveals Stunning Micah Parsons News

The Dallas Cowboys are suddenly one of the hottest teams in football, fresh off back-to-back statement victories against the NFL’s elite.

First they knocked off the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles 24-21 in Week 12, then stunned the Kansas City Chiefs 31-28 in a Thanksgiving thriller.

Since swinging a trade-deadline deal for All-Pro defensive tackle Quinnen Williams from the New York Jets, Dallas has gone a perfect 3-0. Williams has wasted no time making his presence felt, piling up nine tackles and 1.5 sacks while consistently collapsing pockets from the interior.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has been effusive in his praise of the new addition — and on Friday he dropped a bombshell about just how long he’s coveted the former Jets star.

In a Friday morning interview on 105.3 The Fan, Jones admitted the Cowboys nearly pulled off an even bigger move during the offseason.

He revealed Dallas had aggressively pursued Williams months earlier in a proposed package that would have sent edge rusher Micah Parsons plus a first-round pick to New York. When that blockbuster fell apart, the Cowboys pivoted and ultimately sent Parsons to Green Bay in exchange for veteran defensive tackle Kenny Clark and two future first-round selections.

Jones explained more about why he decided to move on from parsons in Dallas.

“Micah is very impactful, but we really hadn’t won with Micah,” Jones said. “Not because of Micah. We just hadn’t won because (the opponent) was able to work around us having Micah. They ran right at him or they basically threw the ball quicker. Those are simplistic things. And there was no question that if we could replace him with four or five top players, (George) Pickens type players … that was all in the thinking with Micah Parsons.”

So far, the gamble appears to be paying dividends on both sides.

In Dallas, the influx of talent — headlined by Williams — has the Cowboys defense playing its best football of the season at exactly the right time. Meanwhile, Parsons has thrived in Green Bay, recording 2.5 sacks in Thursday’s win over Detroit to push his season total to 12.5. That mark makes him the first player in NFL history to record at least 12 sacks in each of his first five professional seasons.

With Dallas surging and the Packers emerging as a legitimate Super Bowl threat behind Parsons’ dominance, one of the offseason’s most scrutinized trades is starting to look like a rare win-win scenario for both franchises.