While the Cowboys will enjoy a rare early game this weekend when they take on the New York Giants, their owner got what he covets most, a moment on national television. Some fans might feel like getting love from an opposing fanbase isn’t exactly ideal, but Dallas’ Jerry Jones has made it quite clear his primary interest is having his and his team’s name on the tip of everyone’s tongues.

So in the post-game show live from Lambeau Field, when Green Bay Packers fans erupted in “Thank You, Jerry!” chants, it must have warmed Jones’ heart to hear him adored by a fanbase not his own. After all, the Packers second-straight disintegration of a fellow Super Bowl contender from the NFC was irrelevant if their fanbase had the Cowboys on their mind. That’s how it works, right? Even though they were celebrating the mammoth effort by edge rusher Micah Parsons?

Parsons, in his second game with the Green Bay Packers, registered a half sack, but was a terror to Kiff Kingsbury’s Commanders offense, notching eight pressures on the night. He was consistently in the backfield throughout the game, especially in the second half, delivering a bunch of hard hits to Washington QB Jayden Daniels.

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Parsons was used sparingly in the first half, limited to mostly third downs, or he likely would’ve reached double-digit pressures.

Jones of course traded Parsons at the end of the summer once the two sides couldn’t reach a contract agreement after what seemed like a strong relationship fell apart over the summer. The Cowboys got back DT Kenny Clark, who looked good in his debut last Thursday. Clark is a strong interior player, who will help the club in a way Parsons didn’t, but the Packers seem just fine without him.

Green Bay has allowed just 97 rushing yards through their first two games while allowing just one touchdown, and that was only a late, fourth quarter score in a Week 1 blowout of the Detroit Lions.

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The trade of Parsons happened only because Jones and the Cowboys refused to negotiate with Parsons’ agent, David Mulugheta, believing that they had already secured the primary parameters of a deal in a one-on-one with Parsons. The trade of Parsons to Green Bay happened only because Jones and the Cowboys didn’t look to trade Parsons around draft season, after they had made it clear they weren’t going to deal with Mulugheta.

Instead, Jones thought he’d be able to convince Parsons to honor what he believed had already been agreed to without the agent present. During the last few weeks of the stalemate, Jones went on a media blitz that reportedly turned the ordeal into over $1 billion worth of free advertisement for the organization.

Jones himself publicly admitted to loving keeping the Cowboys in the national headlines, and eventually turned the ordeal into Clark and two first-round draft picks.

This article originally appeared on Cowboys Wire: Micah Parsons boogies to ‘Thank you, Jerry!’ chants from Packers fans