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[Jotiker @j_otiker]

I feel like fairly objectively Micah’s on field impact is more valuable than this haul, but also have to consider money saved (Pickens extension?), and it seemed there was some locker room dynamics as well that came to light after the trade

[Brandon Loree @Brandoniswrite]

The #Cowboys Micah Parsons trade is settled:

GB:

Micah Parsons

DAL:

Kenny Clark
Quinnen Williams
Malachi Lawrence

Instant reaction—was the trade worth it?

#DallasCowboys

[John Owning @JohnOwning]

I'm good with the pick, I think Lawrence has one of the highest ceilings in this class. Needs to clean up his get off and stuff against the run, but I'd bet on him

[Dave Helman @davehelman_]

when you go to those press conferences every day, you kinda become numb to it. so it's fun to be able to take a step back and say "wow, what a batshit place."

[Skol Cole @SkolSmith]

1. Cut JJ McCarthy, officially declaring him a bust

2. Sign McCarthy, former draft bust, and have KOC fix him

[RJ Ochoa @rjochoa]

Every tweet here in this thread from John is a must-read relative to the Cowboys acquiring Quinnen Williams.

[Dave Helman @davehelman_]

is this anything?

[Bob Sturm @SportsSturm]

It all feels so familiar.

[Mark Nelson @energybants]

Marcel Boiteux, one of the greatest men of the 20th Century, died two years ago today at the age of 101.

He predicted the need for and then executed the construction of France's astonishing nuclear power program. 50+ reactors built in a 20 year period, about twenty times the per-capita rate that China is building today.

It's shocking to me that there is still no biography of him in either French or English. His own memoirs, an astonishing text which he apparently intended to be only the first of two volumes, cuts off before describing the details of his building of the nuclear fleet.

As a college student in occupied France, he slipped away from a forced labor assignment in a coal mine and escaped to Spain while heroically escorting downed Allied airmen.

He joined up with Free French forces in Africa, was commissioned as an officer, and fought through Italy until injured.

Finishing his economics studies, he joined @EDFofficiel and then invented the theory behind efficient and fair electricity pricing.

For his cool strength in the face of massive labor unrest, he was promoted to lead EDF, where he prepared a nuclear program that blasted into overdrive after the 1973 oil embargo started.

French terrorists trying to stop his nuclear program blew up his house one night in 1977 with him, his wife, and his daughter all inside, and he still went to work that morning to keep building reactors. He was attacked in the left-wing press for the cost of his hotel room as he arranged a new home.

There should be statues all over France for the man who gave his country a fighting chance at not just sovereignty but also greatness in an energy-constrained 21st century.

His fleet of reactors is now being intentionally and unintentionally throttled; France's reactors should be producing way more power and at a much lower cost than they are today.

I finally got to visit one of his incredible plants earlier this year with @nukebarbarian, Cattenom, which can power millions of people from its four massive units.

His example inspires me while helping build @TheNuclearCo alongside @JonathanWebbKY, @TheNuclearJoe, and a fast-growing team.

France: study and honor your hero Marcel Boiteux and you too may rediscover your way.

[Sam Monson @SamMonsonNFL]

I'm wary about all the Micah Parsons attitude stuff.

1. It's the only thing the Cowboys can cling to from a PR point of view. "Nah, you guys should see how he acts when the cameras are off, trading him is GOOD for us".

That stuff just SCREAMS post-crisis spin.

2. It's hard to imagine he could be SUCH a giant pain in the ass that it offsets how good a player he is.

Like, for his negative influence to be so powerful, you're better off without what he's doing on the field? That's hard to even fathom.

3. The last time a team may have genuinely believed that, they traded away Randy Moss and regretted it ever since.

[Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing]

Kevin Clark: "When I look at Jerry Jones, I think of one thing: If the football Gods came down and said, 'Jerry, you get to win the next three Super Bowls... but the catch is, you can't do a press conference...' he looks at the football Gods and says, 'no deal.'"

[Dave Helman @davehelman_]

Kenny Clark’s a good player. He also turns 30 in a month.

And those Packers’ picks, barring some type of catastrophe, are going to range between 24-32.

I’m willing to sleep on it, but this sounds like it sucks out loud? Am I being too harsh?

[Brandon Thorn @BrandonThornNFL]

As pure pass-rushers, it's Myles then Micah off the edge and then everyone else. Trading one of those guys (in their prime!) is a virtual lock to be a net loss. Franchise-altering move for both sides..

[Dane Brugler @dpbrugler]

Even worse than Jerry saying this is Jerry believing this.

[Jotiker @j_otiker]

I think for my mental health I am no longer going to be a Cowboys fan until the Jones family is gone

[Micah Parsons @MicahhParsons11]

Thank you Dallas 🦁👑 🙏🏾! I

[Matthias Huss @matthias_huss]

The #Glacier Loss Day is reached in Switzerland!
From now on all melt that occurs on glaciers until October is unsustainable. This tipping point has only been reached so early in the record-shattering year 2022.
Expect big ice loss due to the prolonged melt season and feedbacks

[Dave Helman @davehelman_]

Philly has 8 guys playing on a contract that's worth $50 million or more in total, and 6 guys making an average annual salary of $20 million or more. Just in case you were wondering, next time the people running your favorite team tell you there's no money.

[Dave Helman @davehelman_]

rooting for Schotty because he seems like a great guy and I’ve really enjoyed the insights I’ve heard listening to his insights at press conferences and the like.

but “the answer to all our problems was down the hall this whole time!” should be met with a huge grain of salt coming from the team that got passed up by the Washington football franchise this fall.

[Dave Helman @davehelman_]

We don’t know Brian Schottenheimer will be a failure any more than we know Ben Johnson will be a success. Coaching hires are weird & hard to predict. Few people thought highly of Dan Campbell in 2021 etc etc etc.

We do know that it REEKS of bad process to fart around for eight days with a head coach who needs a new contract, fail to retain him after missing an interview window for coveted candidates, bring in two former head coaches who are not in high demand, one outside assistant you already have a relationship with and *then* choose the guy down the hall who a) is not drawing interest elsewhere b) has not been a head coach c) has not called plays for you and d) has had mixed results when he has called an offense in the past.

It’s not to say Schottenheimer can’t be a success, or that he’s not a good dude. Just that the process of getting to him feels neither thorough nor inventive, which doesn’t (and shouldn’t) inspire confidence. Especially since the people running this process would have you believe this is a desirable job.

[Robert Mays @robertmays]

The Cowboys start to make perfect sense when you realize that winning football games just isn't their primary objective.