The Cowboys announced on Saturday that Lee Roy Jordan has died at the age of 84. Jordan was a 1963 first-round pick in Dallas and he remained with the team through the 1976 season. He was part of the team’s first Super Bowl champion team and was named a second-team All-Pro twice during his run with the Doomsday Defense in …
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Current Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer will never (at least while he still has that job) share his true thoughts on the decision to trade linebacker Micah Parsons to the Packers. Former Cowboys coach Jason Garrett had no qualms about sharing his unvarnished reaction to Thursday’s stunning move. “I was shocked,” Garrett said on Friday’s PFT Live. “You know, the most …
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One week before the start of the regular season, the Cowboys and Packers completed a landscape-altering trade. Micah Parsons will play out his second contract in Green Bay after talks with Dallas did not produce a deal. Further details on the process which ultimately resulted in Parsons landing a record-breaking investment for non-quarterbacks have emerged. The four-time Pro Bowler and his camp …
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Clark, 29, has spent all nine of his NFL seasons with the Packers, where he was a three-time Pro Bowler. As he begins the next chapter of his career in Dallas, he says the Cowboys are getting a player that is difficult to stop when playing at his best. “No nonsense, you’re going to get a dawg, somebody that’s just …
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The enduring narratives are so ingrained, they’re almost boring. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, recently rechristened “The Gambler,” is an 82-year-old man who, we’re assured, is desperate to win another Super Bowl. He’s not shy about engaging in high-profile contract standoffs but has a knack for theatrical deal-striking in the nick of time. Conversely, the Green Bay Packers, a franchise …
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Here’s how the NFL works, in a nutshell. Every year, teams draft players. Each pick is a scratch-off lottery ticket. And when you get a winner, you don’t trade it in for more tickets. Dysfunctional teams try to play that game, like the Bengals. And now the Cowboys. Owner and G.M. Jerry Jones can filibuster all he wants (and he …
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Beyond the question of whether history will look kindly or poorly upon the Micah Parsons trade, the manner in which Cowboys owner Jerry Jones handled Parsons and his agent, David Mulugheta, could leave a mark. Here’s an unsolicited text that arrived from a long-time agent during Friday’s edition of PFT Live: “You have no idea how damaging this episode is …
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There were seemingly two sides to the Micah Parsons blockbuster that went down Thursday. The star pass rusher’s trade from the Cowboys to the Packers ended months of public bickering over his contract, which reached its zenith during a contentious training camp in Dallas. But there was more than meets the eye going on, according to one NFL insider. “Parsons …
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The Dallas Cowboys traded linebacker Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers on Thursday evening for defensive tackle Kenny Clark and their next two first-round picks. Why they made the move Parsons and the Cowboys had seemingly reached the point of no return in their contract negotiations, and the star linebacker was holding in while putting pressure on the team …
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All Micah Parsons wanted was “respect.” That’s the message Parsons’ brother posted Thursday night after the Cowboys traded their star edge rusher to the Packers in a blockbuster move to conclude a contentious contract saga. “This isn’t even what Micah wanted is the sickening part of all this he just wanted respect in the negotiation process and [Cowboys owner] Jerry …
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