Jerry Jones not trading Mike Jenkins, still general manager of NFL team

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The ultimate pick-six

Jerry Jones signed Brandon Carr to a rather lucrative contract and he traded up in the NFL Draft to take LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne.

Despite all that, Jones has no intentions of trading Mike Jenkins, a relative first-round bust, not only calling him important for the 2012 season, but a "long-term player."

Now, Jones is about as subtle as a hammer to the head while attempting to "play the media" and possibly up the ante in bargaining. If Jenkins is indeed a "vital" part of the Cowboys future and they inexplicably sign Jenkins long term. On one level, it sounds like something that Jones would do, despite having roughly $93 million invested in cornerback between Carr, Claiborne and Orlando Scandrick. It's also so idiotic and impossible considering the salary cap and all that. I'm torn.

If it happens, I'll dance with glee because it is so idiotic. The reason it really won't happen is because Jenkins is an unrestricted free agent after 2012-13 and he will get ridiculous money on the open market as a semi-serviceable cornerback in the NFL. He could get Carr money.

Therefore, Jones is lying when he refers to Jenkins -- who can't play the slot like Scandrick and will be pushed out by Carr and Claiborne -- as a "long-term player." And he's trying to drive up the price in trade, if there is a market.

There's nothing less awesome than Jerry Jones being a general manager in high-stakes professional sports. 

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