Cowboys' Jerry Jones Says He Didn't 'Let His Money Get Mad' with Micah Parsons Trade

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says he didn't ignore his own advice by weighing emotions over business when deciding to trade Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers.

Jones was asked during a Tuesday appearance on 105.3 The Fan if the Parsons trade had gone against his infamous quote, "don't let your money get mad."

"Absolutely not. Not at all," Jones answered. "It was nothing personal. I told you, I like Micah. And there was no issue, as much as people wanted to make that up, there was no issue regarding feelings relative to the negotiation, certainly not on my part. It was just par for the course.

"And the facts are, the negotiation was ongoing. Now, people made a lot of that we weren't talking. I had on the table the best I could do. Period. And, really, I wanted to see if by chumming it up out there, that we could see what Micah might be worth in trade value. And that was the plan all the way through the negotiation... As a matter of fact, cool as a cucumber as far as feelings."

The Cowboys traded Parsons to the Packers on Aug. 28 in exchange for defensive tackle Kenny Clark and two first-round picks.

The trade came after months of increasingly public tension between the Cowboys and Parsons, culminating in Parsons announcing on Aug. 1 that he had requested a trade out of the organization.

Jones was asked later in his appearance on 105.3 The Fan if, in hindsight, he would have preferred to trade Parsons earlier in the offseason.

"Not at all," Jones answered. "We needed this timing, we needed to be right here at the beginning of the season, in my mind, to get the highest value."

Jones' comments come days before Parsons and the Cowboys reunite for the first time since the trade during a Week 4 matchup with the visiting Packers.

Parsons heads into the game having recorded 1.5 sacks and 15 quarterback pressures through three games and two starts with the Packers.

He has been steadily increasing his snap count amid his recovery from an offseason back injury and is looking to help the Packers bounce back from a Week 3 collapse against the Cleveland Browns last Sunday.

Jones said Tuesday he feels the Cowboys can handle Parsons by imitating teams who successfully shut the star edge rusher down while he was playing for Dallas.

"Over the years when I saw Micah mitigated, when I saw teams playing pretty well— he's going to make some plays, no matter how you play, but when I saw people play us well with Micah in the game, and it did happen, then obviously we'll be looking to try to run those kinds of plays," Jones told 105.3 The Fan.

There won't be any video tribute for Parsons playing at AT&T Stadium when the Packers take the field for Sunday's 8:20 p.m. ET kickoff. Jones told reporters Monday that a tribute wouldn't be "appropriate," per DLLS' Clarence Hill Jr.