There were some question marks about the Dallas Cowboys' defensive approach to Sunday's 31-28 loss against the Green Bay Packers, namely that Micah Parsons was often dropped into coverage instead of utilized as a pass-rusher.

On Thursday, team owner Jerry Jones appeared on Shan and RJ on 105.3 The Fan and spoke about that decision (h/t The Dallas Morning News).

"Micah can be Micah. He can impact the game at any designation, addressing any part of the other team’s game," he said. "He can do that. We all know that. But more importantly, we did not think [Aaron Rodgers] was going to throw the ball a lot, and he didn't. And we did think they were going to run a lot, and they did. That's how he was deployed and I understand the reasons he was where he was logistically during the game, and don't have any issue with that."

The Packers did settle on a larger dose of runs than passes, rushing 39 times to just 20 pass attempts from Rodgers, though he did complete 14 of them for 224 yards and three touchdowns. He was sacked twice, once by DeMarcus Lawrence and once by Sam Williams.

Parsons, meanwhile, finished the game with seven tackles (one for loss). It was the rare game that he didn't have a huge impact generating pressure—for the season, he has eight sacks and 14 quarterback hits. He didn't register either on Sunday, however, for the second game in a row and the third time in the past four contests.

Whether Parsons was upset with his role is unclear, but he told reporters he was unhappy with the team's inability to slow down Green Bay's rushing attack, which churned out 207 yards on the ground:

"No one is going to allow us just to rush, no one is going to allow us to be who we are. We got to put out this fire. Until we take out this fire, we are going to keep seeing it. If people want to keep doing their own thing, we are going to deal with this all year. We have to put this out. We have to be accountable. We have to stay in our gaps. We have to stop the run. Until we do that, it's going to be a long year. Things like this can't happen. Bad things tend to repeat. We got to clean this up and stop it now."

In the past four weeks, the Cowboys have now given up 136 rushing yards to the Philadelphia Eagles (loss), 117 rushing yards to the Detroit Lions (win) and 240 rushing yards to the Chicago Bears (win), along with the Packers loss. For the season they are giving up 143.1 rushing yards per game, 29th in the NFL.

It makes sense for opponents to dial up a heavy rushing diet against the Cowboys, given how dynamic Parsons and Lawrence are off the edge. It's a smart strategy, and one Dallas needs to address if they look to remain serious Super Bowl contenders.