FRISCO, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones had enough losing when it came to contract negotiations with his star players. That's why All-Pro edge rusher Micah Parsons is now a Green Bay Packer .

"If you are the one that owns [a team] and you look in the mirror, you've got to change," Jones said Thursday night. "So this was was very deliberate."

Jones' overarching approach to contract negotiations with his star players has long been a "deadlines make deals" approach, waiting until the very last second to pull the trigger. He's long cited his "high tolerance for ambiguity" as one of the reasons for that. Jones' tolerance in that arena clearly ran out. He lost prolonged talks with both three-time Pro Bowl quarterback Dak Prescott (re-signed on a four-year,

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