Seven days earlier, Jerry Jones sat at the podium and, with a straight face, proclaimed that he traded all-world pass-rusher Micah Parsons to improve his Dallas Cowboys' run defense.
Reality struck the Cowboys like a bolt of lightning in Thursday's season opener, and we're not talking about the one-hour weather delay. Jones ate those words as he watched the Philadelphia Eagles slice open his new-and-improved run defense to the tune of 158 yards and three touchdowns.
The Green Bay Packers emphatically, comprehensively won the trade before Parsons could even pull on Curly Lambeau's famous No.