Cowboys owner Jerry Jones still regrets missing out on Paxton Lynch

Jerry Jones didn’t sleep well Thursday night.

The Dallas Cowboys owner couldn’t get over missing out on a possible trade back into the first round for Memphis quarterback Paxton Lynch. After the draft, Jones lamented that he didn’t overpay Seattle for the 26th overall pick that ultimately went to Denver.

“When I look back on my life, I overpaid for my big successes every time,” Jones said. “And when I tried to get a bargain, get it a little cheaper or get a better deal on it, I ended up usually either getting it and not happy I got it. Or missing it.

“And I probably should have overpaid here.”

Jones didn’t get to bed until about 3 a.m. that night and woke up at 6 a.m. He said before the morning was over, he had talked with six people about how he screwed it up.

“I was still mad about it,” Jones said. “Actually thought we had it done.”

The Cowboys tried to trade up in the fourth round Saturday for Michigan State’s Connor Cook, but to no avail. The Oakland Raiders had jumped ahead of them for Cook.

But Jones wasn’t too disappointed in losing that. He felt good about the quarterback the Cowboys ended up with later in the fourth round, Mississippi State’s Dak Prescott. Jones likes the idea of Prescott being groomed under Tony Romo and the coaching staff, and envisions a similar scenario with how Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers learned under Brett Favre for a couple seasons.

“I see a heady player [in Prescott],” Jones said. “I see a very heady player. I see an intelligent player. I see a player that has a chance to add some to his game that isn’t just a prototype fit for this offense. You may have to put some bells and whistles in there.

“I like his upside here. Coming in here and learning from Tony I think is big.”

This story was originally published April 30, 2016 at 7:37 PM with the headline "Cowboys owner Jerry Jones still regrets missing out on Paxton Lynch."