Everyone in Cowboys Nation has an eye on Jerry Jones’s pocketbook these days. But for all the talk about who’s going to get paid (and who won’t) and how much, there actually is a way for the club to afford its big three superstars… only it won’t be very popular with fans. We’ve got the surprisingly simple details on that, plus why that’s not even the biggest question of the Cowboys’ summer. We’ll tell you what is, and why it involves two players who combined for 101 snaps last year.
Meanwhile, Micah Parsons caught a stray from an elementary schooler at his own youth football camp; hear how he responded to the unintentional shot. Also, does Parsons have a chance at the league’s MVP award? It might not be as impossible as you think. We’ll look at what role Royce Freeman has to play and what Trey Lance has to prove this summer in Oxnard, we’ll spotlight which college games you should target this fall to see the best wide receivers and cornerbacks do battle, and we’ll look back at times when the Cowboys were happy to be lucky instead of good in the draft. All that, plus the jury is about to start deliberating in the Sunday Ticket court case. Here’s your News and Notes.
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The last time a non-quarterback was named league MVP was 2012. And while Dak Prescott- who finished second in voting last year- has to be considered one of the favorites again in 2024, Micah Parsons will work to have his name in the conversation, too, even if he’s “the longest of long shots.” (Lawrence Taylor was the last defensive player to win it, back in 1986.) But if Parsons is really turned loose in Mike Zimmer’s new defense, and the Cowboys are a dominant team, the talk will only get louder.
The Cowboys traditionally develop talent rather well, but sometimes it’s about plain old luck. No one envisioned what Dak Prescott has become back when he was a fourth-round choice. Even Micah Parsons has dramatically exceeded expectations despite being a first-rounder. DaRon Bland and Jake Ferguson have to be considered draft-day steals, and Terence Steele proves that it doesn’t take a phone call from the war room to become an NFL starter.
Maybe the Joneses really do have a master plan. The club could absolutely keep their superstars, but it would require letting some very good players leave when their…
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