Micah Parsons Traded To Packers

data said:
Timing. Cowboys didn’t just lose Micah Parsons, they also traded away the 2025 season. Season outlook already bleak, but 2025 is more hopeless. This trade would be acceptable if 2025 Cowboys already out of playoff contention before the trade deadline. Additionally, would’ve given Cowboys more time to drive more in return.

Personal issues aside, only GM’ng way this makes sense is the Jones are much more confident in replacing Micah Parsons than they are drafting a quality DT. Failed with Taco, failed with Mazi, failed with Trysten Hill. Conversely, they drafted Demarcus Ware, Lawrence, Micah and must be high on Kneeland.
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And Ezeiruaku.

I'm sure they're much more confident with what they have at edge, and their ability to draft future ones. Edge was probably our deepest and most talented position before Parsons was traded.

Still doesn't mean you should take pennies on the dollar.
 
Eh, Micah wasn't the difference between not making the playoffs and some deep playoff run.

I think the only way this really kills us this year is if the team miraculously was a top NFC team and we wish we had him for the playoffs against the best teams. But there's little chance we're that good anyway.
 
Oh, and lifetime Packers fan, Sturm, says Clark isn’t even a run stuffer. :lol
 
Chocolate Lab said:
Eh, Micah wasn't the difference between not making the playoffs and some deep playoff run.

I think the only way this really kills us this year is if the team miraculously was a top NFC team and we wish we had him for the playoffs against the best teams. But there's little chance we're that good anyway.
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I agree, I think we probably went from like a 60% chance to win 10ish games and making the playoffs with him, to about 40%.

The floor and ceiling are a bit lower, maybe from an 8-12 win range with Parsons to now 6-10 without.

This was never going to be a strong Super Bowl contender with or without him, the consternation is just that they seemingly panicked and got less than they should have.
 
Bipo said:
Oh, and lifetime Packers fan, Sturm, says Clark isn’t even a run stuffer. :lol
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They had one of the best run defenses in the league last year with Clark playing more snaps than any of their other DL, so he can't be that bad.

From what I've seen in the all-22 he's a good run defender, but he's definitely not some massive 2-gapper who is just going to eat space. He's going to win with penetration, which makes sense given what Eberflus wants to do, but he also has enough size/power to hold the POA most of the time.
 
Jerry Jones's handling of Micah Parsons, David Mulugheta could haunt the Cowboys


Beyond the question of whether history will look kindly or poorly upon the Micah Parsons trade, the manner in which Cowboys owner Jerry Jones handled Parsons and his agent, David Mulugheta, could leave a mark.

Here's an unsolicited text that arrived from a long-time agent during Friday's edition of PFT Live:

"You have no idea how damaging this episode is for the Cowboys as it relates to the entire agent community. We all talk and nobody would ever willingly steer their clients to that team. Make no mistake, they've never been a honest or good organization, but since [Jerry] so brazenly disrespected and went behind the back of a top player's top agent, they are in serious trouble moving forward. This is really one of those 'time to take the car keys away' moments."

Ultimately, money goes a long way toward getting players and agents to do business with a team. But that could require the Cowboys to overpay to get the guys they want. No team should want to have to do that.

Ideally, a team becomes the obvious choice when the dollars are equal. Even better, a team wants to be the preferred destination, even if other teams are offering more.

Jerry's insistence that agents are simply bystanders and not equal partners will not endear him to other agents. He has displayed — for months — a fundamental lack of respect for agent David Mulugheta. And, yes, other agents have noticed.

Meanwhile, who ultimately won? Mulugheta took the high road by never taking Jerry's bait. Mulugheta had a strategy. He implemented it. And he got Parsons a contract with a new-money average of $47 million per year. And he got Parsons the new team that, as a result of the chronic disrespect Jerry displayed, Parsons decided he wanted.

That won't prompt the Cowboys to admit a mistake. They'll claim they won, even if Parsons propels the Packers to a Super Bowl win and if the Cowboys keep watching NFC Championship games from home.

Look at it this way. The Cowboys rushed to throw a "this is fine" press conference last night in order to persuade media, and fans, that they got what they wanted and that they'll be better for it.

Did the Packers feel compelled to convene the media and make the case for why they did what they did? No. They're content to let the results speak for themselves.

As they likely will.

This is something that will unfold in apparent fashion based on how the Cowboys and Packers fare in the coming seasons. As it relates to free agency in 2026 and beyond, we'll see if the Cowboys win the jump balls when competing with other teams.

Or if they'll have to splash the pot a little more aggressively than others in order to convince players and agents to subject themselves to the same kind of disrespect that was displayed to one of the best players in the entire league.
 
Simpleton said:
They had one of the best run defenses in the league last year with Clark playing more snaps than any of their other DL, so he can't be that bad.

From what I've seen in the all-22 he's a good run defender, but he's definitely not some massive 2-gapper who is just going to eat space. He's going to win with penetration, which makes sense given what Eberflus wants to do, but he also has enough size/power to hold the POA most of the time.
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Not that this is the biggest concern in a megadeal like this, but at least in the short run we might be decent on the inside now. Clark and Osa will be the best duo we've had there in... how long?

I know, low bar, but still. Maybe we won't be as total swiss cheese as we have been.
 
Smitty said:
Jerry Jones's handling of Micah Parsons, David Mulugheta could haunt the Cowboys
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Florio bashes Cowboys. In other news, dog bites man.

Meh.
 
Bipo said:
Can’t say they don’t have money now. Unless they give a fucking OG 40 per
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They won't do shit in FA after extending Tyler, Bland and presumably Pickens, not to mention making Aubrey the likely highest paid kicker in the league.

Maybe they'll feel pressure to make one semi-splashy external signing to appease the fan base if this season goes terribly.
 
Genghis Khan said:
It really does remind me of when the 49ers traded Haley to us because they were sick of his shit and I believe didn't want to pay him.
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The feasibility of paying him now is something that I do believe the Joneses on. They went top dollar on Prescott and Lamb and then there is the dead money with Martin. You max out Parsons, you only have half a pie. Like the need for DT, they put themselves in this situation by their poor decisions and lack of timing.
 
Simpleton said:
They had one of the best run defenses in the league last year with Clark playing more snaps than any of their other DL, so he can't be that bad.

From what I've seen in the all-22 he's a good run defender, but he's definitely not some massive 2-gapper who is just going to eat space. He's going to win with penetration, which makes sense given what Eberflus wants to do, but he also has enough size/power to hold the POA most of the time.
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I mean he seems and looks like a great fit for Eberflus. He doesn't want slug DTs from what I can tell.

Stopping the run is going to be all about gap discipline. And I guess from that aspect Parsons wasn't a great fit. Awesome talent but he took whatever path he needed to get a sack or splash play.
 
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