The Dallas Cowboys have more than just training camp to worry about, as Jerry Jones has officially trapped himself into a PR nightmare. In the team's opening camp press conference, Jones implied that paying Micah Parsons would come with risk since he missed "six games" last season.
First off, Jones was inaccurate there. Parsons missed four games, not six. Since then, Parsons has expressed doubt about not getting a deal done, and even though it probably will, the Joneses just love stretching out the drama for whatever reason.
Now, even ESPN, a network that loves to feed on juicy offseason gossip, is growing exhausted of Jones as well. ESPN's Louis Riddick, who previously worked in the Eagles and Commanders' front offices, sounded off on Jones for making the team feel more like a business than an actual football team.
"They don't really care about you other than just for the business aspect...I don't understand why (Jones) makes this process so convoluted and such a damn clown show all the time, but hey, we like it because we can sit here and talk about it for days," Riddick said.
Cowboys' Jerry Jones is playing with fire by not paying Micah Parsons
You know it's bad whenever ESPN is getting exhausted.
Riddick's rant spoke for pretty much every Cowboys fan that is eagerly waiting for the star of their defense to get paid. Along with making the Pro Bowl every year, Parsons has accumulated 52.5 sacks in his first four years, which is the fifth-fastest among other NFL greats.
The only nightmare left for Cowboys fans is if Trey Henderickson and the Cincinnati Bengals reach a deal before Parsons, which is possible considering the Joneses waited until the last minute to sign Dak Prescott last season. While Hendrickson likely won't eclipse T.J. Watt's record-setting deal, if he gets anything close to that Parsons will be justified to ask for even more money.
Kudos to ESPN for not trying to take advantage of clicks. Stephen A. Smith, one of the biggest Cowboys haters, would be all over this, but it took someone more neutral like Riddick to see the foolishness in the Joneses not to sign Parsons yet.
Hopefully a deal gets done, but until then, the Cowboys will continue to take slings and arrows from the media ... which is probably Jones' ultimate goal.