Stephen A. Smith puts Jerry Jones on blast after Micah Parsons trade

by: Sam Gillenwater 4 minutes ago samdg_33

Jerry Jones is receiving all kinds of criticism this morning for doing the deal yesterday that has sent Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers. It’s so much so that Stephen A. Smith thinks this will go on Jones’ resume.

Smith reacted to Dallas trading Parsons to the Packers to start on ‘First Take’ on Friday. He discussed what a mess this was for the Cowboys, especially for Jones as Stephen A. thinks he let this get personal.

“This is what it is,” said Smith. “This is a disaster for Jerry Jones. This is a bad, bad situation, and I think this is something that’s going to taint whatever legacy he hoped to have because this is not a football decision. You can slice it any way you want to.”

“The reason why this is kind of something that’s going to taint Jerry Jones is because, in the end, we’re all looking at it and we know this is not purely a football decision,” Smith said. “This was clearly not for football reasons. This was because you thought you had a handshake agreement with a young man, that was basically pleading with you to talk to my representation, and you ignored him.”

That personal aspect of this then affected the business side of it, as Smith just sees this as a bad deal. For one, Dallas didn’t get enough in return for Parsons, as is almost a consensus opinion coming out of the trade, and simply could’ve gotten more had they made him more publicly available earlier. Then, for two, the Cowboys traded him to none other than the Packers, which only makes it that much worse considering the quality of franchise they’ve been in Green Bay.

“Micah Parsons is a superstar-caliber player in the National Football League. You traded him for two late first-round picks. That’s late. The Green Bay Packers haven’t had a Top-10 pick since 2009. They’re usually in contention. This is going to be a low first-round pick. You made them younger. You made them better defensively, okay,” said Smith. “They’re within the NFC. You know what, if you’re going to trade Micah Parsons? Trade him out of the conference, or trade him to somebody like New Orleans or somebody like that. You don’t trade him to a Green Bay Packers team, who, by the way, was the last team to whip your ass in the playoffs. When you were last in the playoffs, the people that busted your tail was the Green Bay Packers.”

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