For the second time in seven months, a Dallas franchise has traded their cornerstone player. One week before their season opener, the Dallas Cowboys traded all world EDGE rusher Micah Parsons to a longtime rival of the Cowboys, the Green Bay Packers. The Cowboys netted two first-round picks (which is one more than the Mavs got for Luka, but who’s counting?) and a quality starter, but it is still seen as a below market return.
As survivors of the even worse Luka Doncic trade, we here at Mavs Moneyball would like to offer some advice to our good friends at Blogging the Boys and Cowboys fans everywhere.
Anger and apathy
“Fire Nico” took on a life of its own over the course of the last seven months, with fiery renditions of the chant being heard everywhere from the American Airlines Center to your local grocery store. We here at Mavs Moneyball wrote countless articles voicing our displeasure. To be honest, it felt good to get that off of our chests! Nothing is stopping you from this as well. Cowboy fans have been mad at Jerry for 25 years now, so surely you’ve got plenty of ammunition.
I expect fireworks at home games, especially when the Packers come to town September 28th. After that, why not focus all of your football love into Saturday’s? The college game is boatloads of total chaos. Indifference and apathy are key here. Go hit that no good Cowboy organization where it hurts: Their wallet.
“Give the new guy a chance!” is nice, but not reality
I don’t mean this in a cold hearted way, but more as just a realist. The majority of fans you’ll come across hold no ill will towards Anthony Davis or Max Christie. But you can ask that same majority of fans whether or not they root for or like those players, and you’ll hear a wider variety of answers. The same will go here for the Cowboys. Kenny Clark is a very good player and likeable guy. But much like Davis, he’s walking into a situation that he can’t win. No matter what, he is not Micah Parsons and that is okay to admit. The best way forward is to totally flip the page.
It’s okay to follow the old guy, too
Cowboy fans spent four years watching Micah Parsons grow into one of the very best players in the NFL. That journey is amazing, just like watching Doncic develop into the killer that he is, too. When that is very suddenly ripped away, it’s hard to compartmentalize. There’s nothing wrong with rooting for your guy as well as your team. Sports are supposed to be galvanizing, passionate, and inherently joyful. When your team chooses to make them none of those things, it’s okay to follow the player who did make you feel that.
