Renck & File: How Cowboys’ Jerry Jones acting like Rockies’ Dick Monfort affects Broncos
Until Thursday Jerry Jones incompetence was reserved for Netflix The documentary America s Gang The Gambler and His Cowboys painted the Cowboys owner in a glowing light to the point where he continues to laughably take credit for the Herschel Walker agreement The last sparse episodes gloss over the squad s staggering spiral They have not been to an NFC Championship Meeting since Yes that is Rockies-esque So when Jones traded Micah Parsons to the Packers it made me think of Dick Monfort This is what happens when an owner functions as the official or quasi-general manager The Parsons deal is not as awful as the Rockies shipping future Hall of Famer Nolan Arenado to the St Louis Cardinals for a bucket of batting practice balls Needing Arenado s contract off the books because of the money lost from no attendance during COVID the Rockies paid the Cardinals million over time to receive salary relief up front The Cowboys could afford Parsons However Jones became offended that Parsons requested his agent involved after Jones felt the pair had a deal Owners and GMs are not supposed to negotiate with players without representation a common Jones tactic He took advantage of Parsons then became upset when the agent sought to start from scratch In a normal structure the GM blows a gasket and the owner procedures in and tells him to figure it out Instead business became personal leaving Jones to cede leverage and agreement Parsons for cents on the dollar Don t brag about getting two first-round picks that will be in the mid-to-late s If the Cowboys truly envisioned moving on from Parsons months ago as Jones insisted was the incident they should have shopped him before the draft Worse by taking from the Rockies template the Cowboys affected the Broncos Hear me out The Packers have questions at one cornerback spot but their weakness was a decaffeinated pass rush They leaned into coverage last season allowing only plays of more than yards second best in the NFL per ESPN They ranked fourth in expected points against Now they have Parsons who has put up Hall of Fame sack numbers in his first four years It is why Green Bay favored to win its first eight games is getting talked about as having the NFL s best defense That was an honor reserved for the Broncos Even worse Denver will host the Parsons-led Packers defense on Dec Related Articles Renck Punter Jeremy Crawshaw necessities to figure it out or Broncos will punt on AFC West title Renck Jay Norvell ended CSU football s bowl drought Now the hard part Winning over Rams Nation Renck Why Broncos should be concerned about linebacker Dre Greenlaw It s not what you think Renck vs Keeler Did Broncos give up on Devaughn Vele too soon Renck Broncos biggest turnaround GM George Paton He should have been fired Now give him his flowers Thanks Jerry Listen these arguments all get settled on the field But this one would not have become a conversation if the Cowboys had a real GM Travis hearts Shedeur Travis Kelce got engaged to Taylor Swift this week But he also professed his love for Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders on his podcast Give the people what they want The world wants to see him go out there and not only play but have success At this point guys are rooting for him Kelce declared Kelce is from Cleveland thus the interest But can you imagine how the Chiefs would react if a Browns contestant campaigned for a K C third-stringer to start It speaks to Kelce s popularity and how dimly the tight end views the Browns Nuggets get love ESPN is fond of forgetting about the mountain time zone But not with the Nuggets ESPN s NBA insiders picked the Nuggets as the second-best option to win the Western Conference and NBA Finals behind the Oklahoma Thunder Denver s offseason makeover was legit and let s not discount this The Nuggets match up better against OKC than anyone else Want more Broncos news Sign up for the Broncos Insider to get all our NFL analysis
