{"id":368247,"date":"2025-09-14T20:41:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T20:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/368247\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T20:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T20:41:14","slug":"jerry-jones-gets-real-on-judicious-approach-to-cowboys-contract-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/368247\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Jones gets real on \u2018judicious\u2019 approach to Cowboys\u2019 contract negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"

The post Jerry Jones gets real on \u2018judicious\u2019 approach to Cowboys\u2019 contract negotiations<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fans of the Dallas Cowboys<\/a> are still understandably upset after the trade of Micah Parsons<\/a> to the Green Bay Packers shortly before the 2025 NFL season began.<\/p>\n

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Parsons and the Cowboys were unable to come to terms on a new contract, a problem that was immediately solved upon his arrival in Green Bay, as he was inked to a four-year, $188 million deal. Meanwhile, the Cowboys received defensive lineman Kenny Clark and a pair of draft selections in return.<\/p>\n

Cowboys team owner and general manager Jerry Jones<\/a>, who has faced increased criticism for the trade, explained that he prides himself<\/a> in his \u201cjudicious\u201d approach to contract negotiations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got some real talent on our roster. You can\u2019t keep all of those players under our (salary cap) system,\u201d he said via 105.3 The Fan. \u201cYou have to make some decisions. One of the things that I pride myself in, even though I\u2019m criticized for dragging a negotiation out, is that you need to see the wreck when it\u2019s coming or see the event when it\u2019s coming.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we signed Dak Prescott we knew that we we\u2019re going to have to be very judicious as we go forward to put the kind of roster around Prescott that gives us a chance to win the Super Bowl.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Since acquiring Parsons from the Cowboys, the Packers have won their first two games of the season with victories over the Detroit Lions and the Washington Commanders.<\/p>\n

Speaking of contract negotiations, Jones and the Cowboys recently re-signed<\/a> Pro Bowl left guard Tyler Smith<\/a> to a $96 million extension. Several other Cowboys players have also received new deals in the last few months, including Jake Ferguson, DaRon Bland, Osa Odighizuwa and Hunter Luepke.<\/p>\n

Packers fans thanked Cowboys owner Jerry Jones<\/a> for Parsons trade\"Jeff<\/p>\n

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Following their victory over the Lions, Packers fans at Lambeau Field went viral<\/a> for thanking Jones for the acquisition of Parsons, something that Jones admitted he liked hearing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI smiled,\u201d he admitted, via Fox News. \u201cI heard a little of that in the first game when they played the Detroit Lions. But the bottom line is\u2026 when you trade one of the best players in the NFL, you\u2019re gonna hear about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He justified the trade by saying that the Cowboys have a better chance of winning the Super Bowl for the first time in over a quarter century with the pieces they received in return for Parsons.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose four or five players, including the player we got, have a much better chance of helping us win a championship than one player,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n

So far in his tenure with the Packers, Parsons has 1.5 sacks.<\/p>\n

Related: Cowboys\u2019 CeeDee Lamb hilariously offsets 3 Giants penalties with taunting penalty<\/a><\/p>\n

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