Cowboys' Jerry Jones Open to Trading Draft Picks from Micah Parsons Deal to Help Team

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones made a gutsy decision to trade Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers in return for some draft capital, and he might be looking to use those draft picks in a future trade.

Jones said Sunday that he's open to dealing draft picks to improve the team.

"Well, of course, to use that capital, you've got to have the opportunity to use it," Jones said, per The Athletic's Jon Machota. "And frankly, no matter what I had seen in these first three ball games, if I had the opportunity to really do some good with those picks, I would do it. And we've got them, and that's one of the advantages for, if you will, making the trade."

The Cowboys are 1-2 after dropping Sunday's game to the Chicago Bears, and it's clear they have some gaps to fill in order to be a playoff contender squad.

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Still, Jones said he doesn't feel a sense of urgency and will instead wait for trade opportunities to come his way.

"Well, not necessarily. That implies that being more urgent, I can create an opportunity to use them," Jones said. "That usually doesn't work that way at all. You've got to have something that comes your way that's really special. And if you've got the currency to do it, which in this case it would be draft picks, we'll do it."

The Cowboys sent Parsons to the Packers in return for two first-round picks and defensive tackle Kenny Clark. Since the trade, Jones has continued to emphasize the importance of the draft picks.

"There are two kinds of capital or currency in the NFL," Jones said earlier this month on Good Morning America. "One of them is draft picks, and the other is the financial, because every team is limited to the same amount of resources to spend. Having said that, Micah enabled us to have four, possibly as many as six players for the future. That's a good trade when you need numbers. I'll take the numbers every time."

The decision to trade Parsons is still likely shocking to many Cowboys fans, but it could end up paying off if Jones is able to turn the draft picks into a Super Bowl-contending roster.

For now, it seems he's playing the waiting game.