On Thursday evening, the Dallas Cowboys dropped to 0-1 with a narrow road loss to the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles to kick off this NFL season. Three days later, the Green Bay Packers picked up a huge home win over the Detroit Lions to get their own campaign underway, with Micah Parsons recording a sack in his first game on the Packers.
Parsons of course was traded from Dallas to Green Bay just days before the season got underway, sending a slew of criticism in the direction of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
According to reports, the Eagles themselves once had interest in acquiring Parsons from Dallas, and recently, Jones clarified whether or not the Cowboys ever made a counteroffer to Philadelphia's initial bid.
“No counter offer,” said Jones, per Josh Alper of NBC Sports' Pro Football Talk.
As painful as it was to see Parsons suit up for the Green Bay Packers, who eliminated the Cowboys from the playoffs the last time they made it back in 2023, it would have been twice as excruciating for Cowboys fans to see him take the field as a member of the bitter rival Eagles.
A rough start for the Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys' offense mostly looked good in their Week 1 loss to the Eagles, but the defense predictably struggled to put much of any pressure on quarterback Jalen Hurts, and when they did, they were powerless to stop him from slipping out of the pocket and running the ball down the field.
Overall, the Cowboys are in a bit of an awkward space right now, not bad enough to all-out tank considering some of the talent still on their roster, but clearly not good enough to compete for anything meaningful this year.
Having an owner who has openly admitted to prioritizing attention over putting together a winning football team certainly doesn't help matters in that department.
In any case, the Cowboys will look to pick up their first win of the season on Sunday when they host the New York Giants at 1:00 PM ET from AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
