Jerry Jones' wild new claim on Jets-Micah Parsons trade talks makes no sense

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones went on local radio Friday morning and delivered a version of the Micah Parsons–Quinnen Williams trade discussions that simply does not match reality.

Speaking on 105.3 The Fan, Jones claimed he offered the New York Jets Parsons and a first-round pick before the season in exchange for Williams. That's a staggering assertion that directly contradicts both previous reporting and, most importantly, what Jones himself said two months ago.

He's either misremembering what actually happened and what he said or straight-up lying. You be the judge.

Back in mid-September, on ESPN New York Radio with Gary Myers, Jones told an entirely different story. He said he called the Jets to acquire Williams along with picks, and that the Jets told him they “didn’t have the resources to entertain conversations.”

That lines up with what was understood at the time and what made sense based on Parsons’ enormous value. It also aligns with what reporters have claimed.

According to SNY’s Connor Hughes, the offer Jones described today never happened. That leaves only two explanations: Jones badly misremembered the brief exchange, or he’s rewriting the story after the real trade finally happened at the deadline.

Jerry Jones is lying about a hypothetical Micah Parsons-Quinnen Williams trade

Hughes reported that the discussions between the Jets and Cowboys were minimal and never reached a point where any formal proposal was exchanged. A Cowboys source told Hughes that the Jets were “never going to the monetary value needed to extend Parsons,” which meant any hypothetical deal died before it ever took shape.

And again, Jones himself said two months ago that the offer was Williams plus draft capital for Parsons, not the other way around. Now, he's trying to change the story entirely.

The Cowboys’ own actions also refute Jones’ new version. When Dallas actually traded Parsons to Green Bay, it took multiple first-round picks from the Packers to get a deal done. The compensation Jones now claims to have offered the Jets is dramatically out of line with what the Cowboys ultimately accepted from Green Bay.

Meanwhile, the return the Jets did receive for Williams at the deadline makes far more sense in context — a 2026 second-round pick and the higher of two 2027 first-rounders between Dallas and Green Bay. If anything, that was considered well above market value for the Pro Bowl defensive tackle.

At best, Jones is conflating half-remembered conversations from August with the blockbuster trade he eventually made in October. At worst, he’s trying to rewrite the story to make it appear as if he was the one offering generosity instead of negotiating from a position of leverage.

Either way, the facts and the receipts make it clear his latest version just isn't true. Jerry Jones is spinning a version of this story that lives only in his head, as per usual.