Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones certainly doesn't hold back at times.
Jones joined well-known Dallas sports radio show 105.3 The Fan to discuss anything and everything relating to his team's Week 4 matchup against the Green Bay Packers. Of course, nobody could overlook the elephant in the room: the return of elite edge rusher Micah Parsons to AT&T Stadium following his unprecedented trade to the Packers in late August.
Although there certainly must be a bit of bad blood relating to that trade, Jones had an interesting way of downplaying Parsons' impact during the radio show.
"While he does make great plays, there is also a way to approach playing against Micah," Jones said. "As we know, we didn't exactly win the Super Bowl those years."
That argument doesn't make much sense.
Let's state the obvious here: Parsons is far from the reason why Dallas hasn't hoisted a Lombardi Trophy in recent memory. If anything, he was the most consistent, talented player on the team. To say that one defensive end is the reason why a 53-man team didn't reach the Super Bowl is ignorant... especially when that team didn't reach the big game in the 26 seasons before Parsons arrived.
This isn't the first time this week that Jones has added fuel to the fire. On Monday, he shared that the team will not be honoring Parsons with a tribute during the game.
Parsons didn't seem to take much offense to this, instead saying that perhaps his tribute can be walking off the field with a win over his former team.
"No, there's a lot of things I can consider disrespectful throughout this process, but I wouldn't say the tribute is one of them," Parsons said Wednesday, per ESPN. "I would say, I just think there's hard feelings maybe there for them. But for me, I'm happy where I'm at and we got a really good football team, so I guess I can [receive] my tribute in a win, I hope."
As to how Parsons will respond to Jones' latest comments? That remains to be seen, but something tells me he'll let his playmaking on the field do the talking -- if he plays. Parsons is currently listed as questionable for the game after having limited participation in practice on Wednesday and Thursday due to a back injury.
All of this noise in the days leading up to the matchup could wind up meaning nothing if Parsons doesn't play. While NFL fans with no ties to either team might be disappointed -- because who doesn't love drama -- Cowboys fans will likely breathe a sigh of relief knowing that Parsons won't be lined up against his old teammates with something to prove.
If he does play, then the entire Dallas offense better watch out.