Jerry Jones continues to be put in the spotlight for many of the wrong reasons, according to most NFL fans. Being the owner of arguably the biggest franchise in professional sports and certainly in the NFL, Jones has a lot on his plate for the Dallas Cowboys. The unfortunate reality of the situation is that while he hasn’t made the right moves in the past few years, it doesn’t seem like it’s going to end anytime soon. He’s sitting on a gold mine in Dallas.
The latest situation that made headlines with Jones was his decision to announce earlier in the week that he doesn’t plan to give Micah Parsons a tribute video. The Cowboys and Parsons split ways a few weeks ago, sending him to the Green Bay Packers right before Week 1. While not giving him a video has caused some discourse, it’s one of the few correct decisions that Jones has made in the past few years.
“I don’t think that’s appropriate this way,” Jones said, per the Dallas Morning News. “Emmitt (Smith) was a different story. That’s not to diminish Micah. I think Micah has enough welcome out there and we just need to show that we’ve got antidotes for that.”
Should the Cowboys Honor Micah Parsons?
Parsons can feel how he wants about it, and it doesn’t take away from the fact that if he continues on this trajectory, he’s a sure Hall of Famer. He’s as good as it gets, and he proved that during his time with the Dallas Cowboys.
However, for an organization with as much notoriety as the Cowboys, there’s absolutely no chance they should be giving a tribute video to anyone who only played in four seasons for them. That’s without factoring in some of the other instances that took place during his contract situation, which, while not all Parsons’ fault, still have to be factored in.
“No, there’s a lot of things I can consider disrespectful throughout this process, but I wouldn’t say the tribute is one of them,” Parsons said Wednesday. “I would say, I just think there’s hard feelings maybe there for them. But for me, I’m happy where I’m at and we got a really good football team, so I guess I can [receive] my tribute in a win, I hope.”
“You know, I think Dallas loves me,” Parsons said. “I think they’re going to give me a good round of applause. There’s no hard feelings there, at least from me, and I think it’s going to be, like I said, it’s going to be a great atmosphere.”
Cowboys Shouldn’t Look to Honor Micah Parsons
Had Parsons played 10-plus seasons for the Dallas Cowboys and decided to walk in free agency, or if the team just wanted to move on from him to go into a different direction, this situation would be much different. Even if Jones wasn’t the owner, there’s no reason why anybody should have given him the type of treatment that others might think he deserved regarding a tribute.
Had Parsons won a Super Bowl for the Cowboys, even though it wasn’t his fault that the team never did, there would be an argument.
The superstar edge rusher didn’t do any of those things, so nobody should be blaming Jones for this instance.
Instead, they should be blaming him for not giving him the money he wanted so that one day, he could have that tribute video as a retired Cowboy.