Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones generated numerous sports headlines when he said at a recent event that he will do his part “to get [the Cowboys] looked at” if he feels “we’re not being looked at” by media outlets. During Thursday’s edition of ESPN’s “First Take” program, former NFL defensive lineman and one-time Super Bowl champion Chris Canty addressed what the Cowboys are and aren’t amid their ongoing contract standoff involving star pass-rusher Micah Parsons. “They are playing a different game than the other 31 teams in the National Football League because they are in the attention-seeking business, not the Lombardi-chasing business,” Canty said about the Cowboys, as shared by Kyle Koster of Sports Illustrated. “That needs to be clear. That needs to be obvious.” For an article published on Aug. 12, ESPN’s Bill Barnwell noted that Jones has cost himself quite a bit of money and caused unnecessary drama by waiting to pay star players. In 2024, wide receiver CeeDee Lamb received a fou
