Dallas Cowboys owner/president/general manager Jerry Jones is taking his victory lap over his team’s 40-40 tie with the Green Bay Packers. In his post-game media scrum, something that is abnormal league-wide for all three of the titles that he holds, Jones told the press
the following about the Micah Parsons trade: “It’s very simple. [Quarterback] Dak [Prescott] was indispensable in my mind, and Micah wasn’t.”I’m not sure this is exactly how Jones expected this game to be played out, considering
all of his talk about run defense. The Packers had their best rushing game of the year, by far, posting 164 yards on the ground against the Cowboys, nearly 50 yards more than Dallas.
But, hey, when you’re desperate enough for a win, a tie will suffice sometimes.
To Jones’ credit, Prescott did play well on Sunday. He completed 31 of 40 passes for 319 yards and three touchdowns. His only sack was a 0-yard loss while breaking the pocket, brought down by Parsons. All three of those touchdowns were when Green Bay’s non-Keisean Nixon outside cornerbacks — Nate Hobbs and Carrington Valentine — were targeted.
To add to the weirdness of the game, beyond the Micah vs. Jerry saga that will probably never die, this was the first game in NFL history where a home team scored 40 or more points and didn’t post a turnover, yet still didn’t win outright. Previously, teams were 300-0 in that scenario.
