"Micah Parsons was not just Dallas's best defensive player; he was one of the league's few genuine game-wreckers, a two-time All-Pro edge who made quarterbacks rethink plays before the snap. Yet after a contract dispute spiraled into acrimony and commanded the pre-season news cycle, Jerry Jones traded Parsons to Green Bay last Thursday for two future first-round picks and defensive tackle Kenny Clark, a 29-year-old considered on the downside from his Pro Bowl peak."
"Jones insisted he'd offered even more guaranteed money and Parsons's agent, David Mulugheta, says the player's first-choice was to stay in Dallas but the squabble appears to have never really been about dollars. Jones had bypassed Mulugheta, trying to broker the deal one-on-one, as if his name and the star on the helmet were leverage enough. It wasn't hardball so much as hubris: I'm Jerry, we're the Cowboys, what more do you need?"
On Thursday night in Philadelphia the Dallas Cowboys will stand on the sideline while the Eagles raise a championship banner. The Eagles project the stability of an organization built for long-term success. The Cowboys enter the season diminished after trading Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers amid a contract dispute and acrimony. Parsons was a two-time All-Pro edge and a game-wrecker who pressured quarterbacks pre-snap. The trade returned two future first-round picks and defensive tackle Kenny Clark. Parsons signed a four-year, $188m extension with Green Bay, becoming the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history.
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