Parsons traded to Green Bay, given $188 million contract

[Big Blitz]

Will Anderson is going to get 50 mill per.  

[Dick_Cheney]

Wow I can't believe we are going to lose to the Packers in the Super Bowl because of this trade. 

[Ethan in Cleveland]

We can't stop the run now. 

We play with the lead a lot.

 

Two number 1s for the second best pass rusher in the league. 

 

I make that deal in a heart beat. Two generational players in Allen and Parsons -  one on offense and one on defense. 

 

Beane refuses to go all in, instead hoarding late round draft picks so he can waste them next year 

 

F!!!!!!

 

On the other side, bad trade for Dallas. 

[BigDingus]

Well damn, I was wrong.

 

I was convinced Jerry would hold out & force him to stick around.

 

Sucks that we didn't have the cap space to handle this...

[MikePJ76]

55 minutes ago, Success said:

Reminds me of the Mets/Soto deal - great player, WAY too much money.

 

 

He is no way as good at football that Soto is at baseball.  
 

 

[Taro Nimbus]

People forget the Cowboys have a pretty good offense.   On defense they’ll be the same as last year. Even without Diva Parsons.  They’ll be fine.   Still have them winning 10-11 games 

Edited Thursday at 10:11 PM by Taro Nimbus

[julian]

The compensation is fine… 47M per ? lol wtf… that payday is what’s keeping me from being upset at Noy making that trade, glad he’s in the NFC and now we can all move on.

[Logic]

There's no other way to spin it: 

Waiting until a week before the season opener to do this deal -- rather than announcing back in March that he was available and having teams bid against each other and almost certainly drive up the return, plus giving your team a chance to use the draft and free agency to find defensive reinforcements and prepare for post-Micah life -- is idiotic. Based on what GMs are telling Jordan Schulz (who's probably the most connected NFL guy these days, more so than Schefter and Rapaport), most NFL teams agree, and are laughing at Jerry's strategic botch.

Also, getting only two late 1sts and a 30-year-old DT for a player of Micah's caliber is a loss. MAYBE if the stars align you can replace Micah with one of those picks (though its doubtful that you're finding an edge rusher of that quality as late in the draft as GB's pick will likely be), which means you ultimately added a late 1st and a 30-year-old DT in order to have the "honor" of not paying one of the game's most impactful defensive players.

Organizational malpractice. Jerry is in over his head, and if Cowboys fans weren't such an insufferable bunch, I'd feel bad for them.

[Virgil]

42 minutes ago, Logic said:

Kenny Clark is good. No debating that.

Two (likely very late) 1sts is awful value for a top three edge rusher who has four straight 12+ sack seasons, four straight Pro Bowl appearances, is a two time All-Pro, and is just 26 years old.

Terrible return for a player of that caliber.

While not in the same division, I can’t imagine Dallas wanted to trade with the Eagles, Packers, or 49ers, which makes me believe this was the best deal they received.  Considering everyone was speculating it would take at least two 1sts and a player, I think the market was less than speculated.  
 

Granted, for those upset with the Cowboys, could they have physically paid Parsons even if they wanted to?   Dak and Lamb are making top 3 money.  It would have been almost 150 mil for just three players.  I feel like that’s roster suicide.  Ask the Bengals 

[DrDawkinstein]

Glad he's staying in the NFC at least!

[Ethan in Cleveland]

Lol..  isn't it ironic to see this thread just above the Jordan Poyer thread. One team getting a generational pass rusher and another gifting $400K to a washed up safety.

[DrDawkinstein]

On 8/23/2025 at 8:37 PM, DrDawkinstein said:

 

I'm not going to argue he's great or even good against the run. Dont get me wrong. 

 

23 minutes ago, Einstein said:

In general, I wish Beane made more deals. Id rather pay known commodities top dollar than constantly taking swings (and a lot of misses) at draft picks. 

BUT, in this particular case, Parsons is a run game liability... as much as @DrDawkinstein doesnt want to admit it. 

 

Proving you dont read posts when you get your panties bunched 

[MikePJ76]

Green Bay plays at Dallas Sunday night September 28th!

 

 

[DrDawkinstein]

 

 

1 minute ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

Lol..  isn't it ironic to see this thread just above the Jordan Poyer thread. One team getting a generational pass rusher and another gifting $400K to a washed up safety.

 

Oh dang, we could've signed Parsons for $400k?

[BigDingus]

I really hope next year there's a way to get us in a cap position next year where we could afford these kind of season-changing deals. 

 

The Cowboys were willing to trade within the NFC, against a team they play this year, and get rid of a player that's 3 years younger than TJ Watt. 

 

The contract is huge, but just like with QB contracts, it'll only look better 4 years from now. 

[Lost]

17 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

We can't stop the run now. 

We play with the lead a lot.

 

Two number 1s for the second best pass rusher in the league. 

 

I make that deal in a heart beat. Two generational players in Allen and Parsons -  one on offense and one on defense. 

 

Beane refuses to go all in, instead hoarding late round draft picks so he can waste them next year 

 

F!!!!!!

 

On the other side, bad trade for Dallas. 

 

I prefer the middle route.  Instead of 50 mil/year a top 3 non QB guy, maybe get 2 or 3 elite players in the 15-20 range.   Beane usually just likes to shopping at the bargain basement.  The one time he did swing for the fences on the Von Miller deal it turned into a big flop.  But at the same time he had the sneaky good signing of Leonard Floyd who got us 10.5 sacks for like 8.5 million.  

[notpolian]

I assume almost no way Bills could have freed up the coin for that contract.

 

Dumb move by the Cowboys.  You don't trade a difference maker edge rusher in their prime for any compensation, let alone that.  Jerrah is far from top of his game, that's for sure.

[Doc Brown]

It would be funny if Kenny Clark sits out and demands a new contract.

[Roundybout]

2 minutes ago, Lost said:

 

I prefer the middle route.  Instead of 50 mil/year a top 3 non QB guy, maybe get 2 or 3 elite players in the 15-20 range.   Beane usually just likes to shopping at the bargain basement.  The one time he did swing for the fences on the Von Miller deal it turned into a big flop.  But at the same time he had the sneaky good signing of Leonard Floyd who got us 10.5 sacks for like 8.5 million.  

Von had 8 sacks in 11 games before he tore his ACL. I still think it was a good signing that got screwed by bad circumstances 

[Bills!Win!]

It’s going to be tough playing against the Packers in the Super Bowl now