"Probably referring to Micah Parsons": NFL fans react as Jerry Jones teases mystery Cowboys trade before deadline

Jerry Jones is teasing a monumental deadline trade, just as he did last year, which turned out to be wideout Jonathan Mingo.

Appearing on Stephen A. Smith's eponymous SiriusXM show on Monday, the Dallas Cowboys owner said without revealing whom he had agreed to trade for:

“Immediately it will have him on the field and it will address some of the things that have been our shortcomings.”

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He also said that he could make "a couple more".

And fans had all sorts of reactions to it:

"Don’t get to excited. I’d bet my kids it’s just Logan Wilson and maybe if they get really aggressive Jermaine Johnson. Both of which are not needle movers by any means with the rest of the roster," one cautioned. "Welcome arden key," another predicted. "Please tell me he traded himself and his son and grandson for an actual football guy," another prayed.

The biggest need for the Cowboys is arguably edge rusher in the wake of Micah Parsons' departure. In a related development, USA Today's Jacob Camenker listed four such players: Trey Hendrickson, Arden Key, Jermaine Johnson II, and Bradley Chubb.

Also listed were off-ball linebackers Logan Wilson and Demario Davis and cornerback Riq Woolen.

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Jerry Jones admits to creating "controversy", continues feud with Micah Parsons

In the same podcast appearance, Jerry Jones made a startling admission about his need for media attention:

“The Dallas Cowboys probably have the kind of interest that we have in no small part because we stay out front and we stay controversial. When it gets slow, I stir that s*** up. Fact. I just want to be relevant. I just want you to be looking at us.”

He also revisited his contract dispute with Micah Parsons, recalling a time when the multiple-time All-Pro and Pro Bowler was seen lying on a training table during a preseason game against the Atlanta Falcons:

“Not one time, not even in the hottest of days and two-a-days in August in Texas, between eleven in the morning or when they quit practicing or four in the afternoon, did I never see any one of these two go over and lay on a damn training table in front of a million people.”

The Cowboys face the Arizona Cardinals later tonight. Kickoff is at 7:15 pm CT on ESPN/ABC.

Edited by Andre Castillo