Jerry Jones: Romo was a miracle.

Other guy: It was a miracle, wasn't it?

JJ: He almost never got in, and he almost was gone. Tebow would never…

Different other guy: What if you were the Jaguars or — would you just, just draft him and sell <freakin'> jerseys?

JJ: That's the only reason I brought in Bill Parcells.

[Laughter]

JJ: [Inaudible. Sounds a little like, "Sell mammoth <freakin'> rake," whatever that means.]

JJ: Bill's not worth a sh**. I love him.

Different other guy: I know you do.

JJ: Not worth a crap, but I wanted — they were on my <arse> so bad. J's gotta have a yes man. So to get this <freakin'> stadium, I need to bring his <arse> in.

Different other guy: What, you, you wouldn't take Tebow in the third round?

JJ: Why? He'd never get on the field. I can't get him out there.

[Laughter]

JJ: I can't get him out there.

after he fired Jimmy Johnson.

Bill Parcells brushes off barbs made by Cowboys’ Jerry Jones
By Vinny Ditrani / The Record (Hackensack N.J.)
Thursday, April 15, 2010


Bill Parcells says he is not taking seriously the somewhat disparaging comments issued by his former boss, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, and caught on tape by a hidden camera.

"I know how he really feels about me," Parcells said Wednesday by phone during a break in draft meetings of the Miami Dolphins [team stats], where he now serves as executive vice president of football operations.

Jones said Parcells "wasn’t worth a (expletive)" and he hired him to coach the Cowboys only to sell tickets for his new stadium. He also mentioned "I love him" while talking about the coach who left under amicable circumstances following the 2006 season. Parcells still uses the cell phone with the Dallas area code that Jones gave him when he left the Cowboys.

"We still have a good one," Parcells said of his relationship with Jones, who slurred his words while discussing his former coach and Florida quarterback Tim Tebow on the video posted on Deadspin.com. "I think he was just pulling some guy’s leg. I’m not upset with it at all. He didn’t mean it."

"Bill, first of all, is a real friend of mine," Jones said Thursday evening at an American Diabetes Association fundraiser. "He is a great football coach. He probably has as good or better people skills than anybody I ever met. I have complete trust in him.

"The actual way I express myself is commonly known by my associates as a familiar, caring term of endearment, as you will. If I say to somebody that you're not worth a flip, then that means I think you're pretty good, certainly if I follow up with, I love you."