Micah Parsons planned to play this season and would have participated in the Cowboys' opener against the Eagles even if he had not been traded to Green Bay. Parsons wanted to remain a Dallas Cowboy, having grown up cheering for the team and wearing blue and white at Penn State and in the NFL. Dallas did not engage in contract negotiations because the team believed owner and general manager Jerry Jones had reached a direct agreement with Parsons. Parsons' representation emphasized that contract negotiations are the agent's role while Parsons' role is on-field performance. The negotiation impasse contributed to the trade to Green Bay.
Micah Parsons had never planned to sit out this season and would have played for the Dallas Cowboys in Thursday's regular-season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles, even if he had not been traded to the Green Bay Packers last week, his agent David Mulugheta told ESPN's "First Take" on Tuesday. Mulugheta said the Cowboys were never told that Parsons would not play.
"To expect somebody like Micah Parsons to be one of the best defenders in the NFL and also a great lawyer when it comes to contracts, I think it's a bit unfair. His job is to go out there and chase quarterbacks, and our job is to go out there and chase commas for him. I'm not sure exactly why it went this way, but we were always prepared and open to negotiating a contract with the Jones family."
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