Cowboys owner Jerry Jones reacts to tie with Micah Parsons, Packers

Sunday’s meeting with Micah Parsons didn’t end the way Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys hoped it would. With Jones and the Cowboys having revenge on their minds after trading Parsons to the Green Bay Packers this offseason, the game finished in the most anticlimactic way possible: a tie.

Speaking postgame, Jones expressed his pride in the team for even competing to give themselves a chance to win after entering as home underdogs. At the same time, the final score left a sour taste in his mouth.

“I’m proud of this bunch,” Jones said per Jon Machota of The Athletic. “I thought we played well enough to win the game. I’m sick for these players, sick for these coaches and sick for our fans that we didn’t bring home a win.”

Dallas led 37-34 with 43 seconds remaining after Dak Prescott connected with George Pickens for a touchdown and looked to potentially be heading toward the victory. However, Green Bay quickly marched down the field to kick the game-tying field goal and send it into overtime.

Dallas struck first in the extra period to kick a field goal and go up 40-37 at the 4:40 mark. That gave the ball back to the Packers who could tie with a field goal of their own or win it with a touchdown.

The Packers drove down to the Cowboys 15-yard line with about 20 seconds left on the clock. After Green Bay attempted to get one more play off before going for the field goal, quarterback Jordan Love snapped the ball and fired a pass to the end zone as the clock ticked down, and the ball landed on the turf in the end zone with about one second left.

That allowed Green Bay to kick the field goal and at least escape with a tie rather than taking another shot at a touchdown. Brandon McManus nailed it from 34 yards out as time expired.

With the result from Sunday, Jerry Jones and the Cowboys are now 1-2-1 on the season. It was certainly an underwhelming finish after all the hype surrounding the game, which was the first matchup between Parsons and his former team.

Dallas traded Parsons to the Packers this offseason in exchange for Kenny Clark and two first-round picks. And while they certainly sent a message that they can still compete against Green Bay, which has looked like a solid team so far, they fell just short of a much stronger one.