Hours after the Cowboys shocked the football world by trading away Micah Parsons , the team’s owner explained the rationale for the move.

Jerry Jones, sitting next to his son, Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones, at a Thursday press conference, said there was no ill will toward Parsons but that the deal with the Packers, in the end, was “by design.”

“I really like Micah, I appreciate the four years that we had him here. He’s a great player,” the elder Jones said at a press conference.

After being asked one question, Jerry Jones talked for 11 minutes and 5 seconds straight

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“Without being too broad, obviously, we did think it was in the best interest

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