{"id":32517,"date":"2025-09-13T11:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T11:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=32517"},"modified":"2025-09-13T11:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T11:54:11","slug":"cowboys-news-jerry-jones-doesnt-regret-trading-micah-parsons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=32517","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys news: Jerry Jones doesn\u2019t regret trading Micah Parsons"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jerry is doubling down on the shocking decision to part ways with Micah Parsons.<\/p>\n

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FRISCO, Texas — As Micah Parsons spoke following the Green Bay Packers\u2019 win against the Washington Commanders Thursday, the fans had a message for Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThank you, Jerry. Thank you, Jerry,\u201d they chanted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaking Friday at The Star, Jones acknowledged the risk involved in trading away the Pro Bowl pass rusher but expressed no regret.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIf anybody doesn\u2019t think that this is rolling the dice, I don\u2019t know what rolling the dice looks like,\u201d Jones said. \u201cYou make decisions like this and the consequences usually when they have this type of critique or this type of impact, you\u2019re not out here playing pinochle. You really aren\u2019t if you\u2019re taking risk. And we all are there, and if it weren\u2019t risk then you wouldn\u2019t have so many people probably disagreeing with my decision.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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When Jones acquired Charles Haley from the San Francisco 49ers in 1992, he said the Cowboys couldn\u2019t spell Super Bowl without Haley. Does he worry he\u2019s done the same for the Packers in sending them Parsons?<\/p>\n

\u201dI worried when we did Herschel Walker to Minnesota. Of course,\u201d Jones said. \u201cA great player, I\u2019ve had some real success with great players. Deion Sanders and I would put Charles Haley in there too, OK. But we also know there was a lot of other supporting cast around Deion and a lot of supporting cast around Charles Haley, too. I weighed that [in the Parsons\u2019 trade]. I did that for months around here, weighing that very good.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cowboys acquired the Packers\u2019 two first-round picks in 2026 and 2027 as well as defensive tackle Kenny Clark for Parsons.<\/p>\n

\u201cRemember you cannot have it all. You just cannot have it all,\u201d Jones said. \u201cThere\u2019s not room to have it all. And so looking at how this best suits us over these next three or four years, and this year as well, that\u2019s where Kenny Clark is such a big deal. I wouldn\u2019t talk to anybody that didn\u2019t have a serious football player ready to go for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Cowboys<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The injury to DaRon Bland appears to be short-term.<\/p>\n

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FRISCO, Texas \u2013<\/strong> On Friday, Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer confirmed the team will be without CB DaRon Bland (foot) on Sunday against the New York Giants.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m not going to put a timetable on it, I think he\u2019ll get back as soon as he can, but we will be without him this week.\u201d Schottenheimer said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Bland injured his foot earlier in the week during practice and first popped up on the injury report Wednesday. This injury is on his right foot, not his left foot that he fractured in training camp last season which caused him to be sidelined until Week 12.<\/p>\n

The good news for Dallas is at this point in time, the team doesn\u2019t think Bland\u2019s injury is serious enough to place him on injured reserve, where he\u2019d have to miss four games.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t think that that\u2019s what it\u2019s going to require,\u201d Schottenheimer said. \u201cI\u2019d say no decision is ever final, but we don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to be something that significant.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, what will the Cowboys do without Bland on the field?<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got some different packages that we\u2019re going to use,\u201d Schottenheimer said. \u201cWe\u2019ll use the safety down there some, we can play a little more base defense, but also you\u2019re going to see Reddy Stewart play a lot of football.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stewart is a second year corner out of Troy who spent last season with Matt Eberflus and the Bears before playing for the Vikings practice squad in the 2025 preseason. His familiarity and ball-hawking ability, highlighted by 12 interceptions in college at Troy, is what gives Schottenheimer and his staff trust in the young slot corner they acquired just over two weeks ago.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The Cowboys continue to monitor Jadeveon Clowney after his recent visit.<\/p>\n

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FRISCO \u2013 The Cowboys are still in a holding pattern with free agent pass rusher Jadeveon Clowney.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe are just communicating,\u201d Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said Friday. \u201cHe would improve our pass rush.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Clowney, 32, visited The Star on Wednesday and while the Cowboys have a roster spot available, nothing has occurred regarding a contract as the team prepares for a Week 2 contest against the Giants on Sunday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cYeah, good visit,\u201d coach Brian Schottenheimer said. \u201cTalked to him again yesterday, and this is one of those deals where it\u2019s a business decision. There\u2019s two sides that have to come together. I think that it was a great visit, and we\u2019ll kind of see how it plays out. But it was great seeing him and hearing about what he\u2019s doing when I talked to him yesterday.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The former first-round pick remains in the doghouse.<\/p>\n

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FRISCO \u2014 The last time defensive tackle Mazi Smith missed a game was the 2020 season when he was a sophomore at Michigan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Smith has played in every college and NFL game since then. Until now.<\/p>\n

Smith, a 2023 first-round pick, was inactive last week for the first time in his pro career and isn\u2019t expected to be active for Sunday\u2019s home opener against the Giants.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just trying to do what\u2019s best for the team and listen to my coaches and do exactly what they say, whether I\u2019m playing or not,\u201d Smith said after Friday\u2019s practice.<\/p>\n

Coach Brian Schottenheimer, backed up by defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus, said Smith needs to play with more consistency.<\/p>\n

The coaches say he flashes, but it\u2019s not enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Mazi\u2019s case, Mazi\u2019s a good player,\u201d Schottenheimer said. \u201cThe flashes are there. It\u2019s just the consistency has to be there more often. Just because you\u2019re inactive this week doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re going to inactive this week. It just means you were inactive Week 1. They have a big role in trying to get that changed. At the end of the day, we do a great job I believe of trying to communicate to these guys on game day or the night before in this case, because of the noon start, of what the plan is. But things change in a hurry.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Javonte Williams has made a great impression in Dallas.<\/p>\n

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FRISCO, Texas — On his way to becoming the valedictorian at Wallace-Rose High School in Teachey, North Carolina, Javonte Williams\u2019 favorite subject was history.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI just liked learning about stuff from the past,\u201d said Williams, who carried a 4.6 grade point average.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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When he signed with the Dallas Cowboys in March, Williams did not need much time to know the history of the franchise\u2019s running backs. The moment he walked into the position room, he saw images of Hall of Famers Emmitt Smith, the NFL\u2019s all-time leading rusher, and Tony Dorsett on the wall.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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He already knew about the franchise\u2019s third all-time leading rusher, Ezekiel Elliott, who ran for a team rookie record 1,631 yards in 2016. Perhaps he even knew DeMarco Murray has the Cowboys\u2019 single-season record with 1,845 yards in 2014.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s been a lot of good backs that came through here,\u201d Williams said, \u201cso just try to keep that legacy, uphold that.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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The Cowboys aren\u2019t asking Williams to be Smith, Dorsett, Elliott or Murray. That would not be fair to the 2021 second-rounder, who did not have a 1,000-yard season during his four seasons with the Denver Broncos.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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But they believe Williams can be a difference maker in their backfield. In last week\u2019s 24-20 season-opening loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, he became the first Cowboys running back with two touchdowns in his Dallas debut in a non-strike season since Herschel Walker in 1986.<\/p>\n

The 5-foot-10, 220-pound Williams finished with a modest 54 yards on 15 carries, but two of those carries were 1-yard scores. He had a long of 11 yards, carrying the pile to the Eagles 1 to set up his second touchdown.<\/p>\n

\u201cDude runs hard,\u201d center Cooper Beebe said.<\/p>\n

Said fullback Hunter Luepke, \u201cHe\u2019s an electric runner. He\u2019s a tough runner too. You saw a couple of those runs he was stopped maybe 2 yards and gets 6 more. You can\u2019t wish for anything better than that. He\u2019s a guy that runs hard, works hard. He\u2019s a really intelligent back, just talking with him learning the offense as quick as he has.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Osa Odighizuwa received a special honor for his community efforts.<\/p>\n

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Cowboys\u2019 defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa and the foundation he started to honor his mom and help single mothers are making a difference for families in the community.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Recently, he hosted a baby shower, which included pampering, a meal and gifts, for 20 single moms in the Dallas area \u2014 and he plans to host the same kind of event in November in his hometown of Portland, Ore.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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For his efforts, Odighizuwa was given the NFLPA Community Award for the second week of the NFL season.<\/p>\n

After Cowboys\u2019 practice on Thursday, Odighizuwa talked about the award and giving back to the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s honestly dope to get a little recognition for it, but just happy that it makes my foundation more visible, which is ultimately gonna help what we\u2019re doing and the people that we\u2019re trying to help,\u201d Odighizuwa said.<\/p>\n

The defensive tackle\u2019s foundation, called Odighizuwa Foundation, was started with his brother, Owamagbe, to honor their mother Abieyuwa, who was a single mother. Odighizuwa said watching his mother\u2019s struggles and strength inspired him to want to help others in the same situation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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