{"id":106341,"date":"2025-08-30T08:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T08:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/106341\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T08:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T08:46:09","slug":"bad-deal-for-cowboys-jerry-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/106341\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad deal for Cowboys, Jerry Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dallas Cowboys trade Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers<\/p>\n

USA TODAY Sports’ Tyler Dragon breaks down the blockbuster trade between the Cowboys and Packers that sends Micah Parsons to Green Bay.<\/p>\n

Sports Pulse<\/p>\n

The Cowboys traded Micah Parsons, arguably their best player, for two first-rounders and a Pro Bowler.As Parsons joins the Packers, he also pulls down a record-setting contract.Dallas owner Jerry Jones is likely to face even more questions moving forward than he did for the balance of this summer.<\/p>\n

Just when you thought Micah Parsons was going to become the latest Dallas Cowboys<\/a> star to take the scenic route \u2013 literally and figuratively \u2013 to a nine-figure extension \u2026<\/p>\n

Just when you thought Dallas owner Jerry Jones was going to take another bath<\/a> by losing a negotiation to one of his premier players \u2026<\/p>\n

Just when you thought the latest NFL superstar to follow the hold out, hold in, I\u2019m hurt, trade me, now just pay me playbook to riches would get his bag \u2026<\/p>\n

Just when you assumed all of that was unfolding as it so often has in so many NFL quarters \u2212 but particularly in North Texas \u2212 Jones and \u201cAmerica\u2019s Team\u201d ship Parsons to the Green Bay Packers<\/a>, a team much of America actually loves and has been typically relevant over the past 30 years.<\/p>\n

Hoo \u2018Boys!<\/p>\n

Naturally, a deal of this magnitude immediately lends itself to dissection and declarations of who won and lost \u2013 so let\u2019s get to it:<\/p>\n

WINNERSMicah Parsons<\/p>\n

As he waited and waited in Frisco, Texas, and Oxnard, California, he eventually grew so disillusioned with Jones and his typically polarizing negotiating rhetoric, that Parsons opted to go public with a genuine trade demand. Amazingly, he not only got his wish, he was transferred to a better team, and reeled in a record-setting four-year, $188 million deal with $136 million guaranteed. Now set up to make $47 million annually, Parsons not only reset the contractual scale for non-quarterbacks by orders of magnitude \u2212 he surpassed recently extended T.J. Watt, who is set to average $41 million per season \u2212 at 26 years old, he\u2019s nicely positioned to get to a third massive payday if his highly productive career arc (52\u00bd sacks in 63 regular-season games) generally remains on its current heading.<\/p>\n

David Mulugheta<\/p>\n

Amazing what a good agent can do for a player when NFL teams actually invite him into the process.<\/p>\n

Green Bay Packers<\/p>\n

USA TODAY Sports had already projected them as the 2025 NFC champions<\/a> \u2013 look at me! \u2013 and their Super Bowl odds<\/a> will only substantially shorten from here. By virtue of their stability and the draft-and-develop approach GM Brian Gutekunst and coach Matt LaFleur generally embrace, Green Bay had already enjoyed the least disruptive offseason of any team in the NFC North. But Parsons\u2019 arrival will certainly further disrupt opponents of a team already armed with an upwardly mobile defense that finished tied for eighth in the league last season with 45 sacks.<\/p>\n

2025 NFL RECORD PROJECTIONS: How many games do Packers, Cowboys win?<\/a><\/p>\n

Aidan Hutchinson<\/p>\n

The Detroit Lions star is likely going to be the next pass rusher to get paid. He almost certainly won’t pull down $47 million per, but Parsons\u2019 big deal should definitely help Hutchinson\u2019s cause whenever he bellies up to the table.<\/p>\n

Trey Hendrickson<\/p>\n

The Cincinnati Bengals star \u2013 set to make a mere $30 million or so in 2025<\/a> \u2013 also stands to benefit from Parsons\u2019 windfall. Hendrickson would get at least a $36 million franchise tag in 2026 if Cincy goes that route, though that number could also rise as the pass-rushing pay scale continues to explode, Parsons taking it to another level. Barring that, Hendrickson will almost certainly command $40+ million per year from whichever team signs him next March.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia Eagles<\/p>\n

That regular-season kickoff game against the Cowboys<\/a> next Thursday is starting to look like little more than a speed bump for the reigning Super Bowl champions, who now appear to have only one legitimate challenger (Washington) in the NFC East. No team has won the division in consecutive seasons since the Eagles<\/a> sat on its summit from 2001 to \u201904 \u2212 but even harder to bet against them breaking that hex now.<\/p>\n

NBC<\/p>\n

Packers<\/a> at Cowboys, Sept. 28, \u201cSunday Night Football.\u201d Legit chance it\u2019s the highest-rated regular-season game of all time after adding this subplot to what was already a matchup of two of the country\u2019s most popular clubs.<\/p>\n

LOSERSJerry Jones<\/p>\n

Sure, getting two first-round picks \u2212 albeit ones likely to land near the back of Round 1 \u2212 and a front-line player like Pro Bowl defensive lineman like Kenny Clark isn’t nothing. And the Cowboys will also have much more salary cap space in future years to import and pay others now that Parsons won\u2019t take up a significant chunk of it, as QB Dak Prescott and WR CeeDee Lamb already do.<\/p>\n

But, man. Jones just about literally drove his best player away, and that also sends a bad message to the guys currently in the locker room as well as the ones who might consider joining it. And given his summer shenanigans led to this outcome, hard to believe that fans won\u2019t continue calling for Jones to relinquish his de facto general manager duties … not that he’ll listen. And, heck, if players like Laremy Tunsil and Jamal Adams have fetched two first-rounders in trades in recent years, did Jones really get the maximum return for a player who could wind up as a generational pass rusher? It\u2019s quite feasible whatever shape the trio of Clark and his two future teammates takes, they won\u2019t actually fill the void left by Parsons, either from a production or public relations standpoint.<\/p>\n

Recently paid pass rushers<\/p>\n

The Steelers\u2019 Watt, Browns\u2019 Myles Garrett, Texans\u2019 Danielle Hunter and Raiders\u2019 Maxx Crosby all signed extensions this offseason averaging at least $35 million \u2013 at least $40 million per in the cases of Watt<\/a>\u00a0and Garrett. Oops?<\/p>\n

Kenny Clark<\/p>\n

He quietly gave the Packers nine really good seasons, and his 10th teemed with possibilities \u2013 until \u2026 Sorry, dude.<\/p>\n

Brian Schottenheimer<\/p>\n

Being a rookie head coach is tough enough<\/a> without losing your best player a week before your inaugural season starts. But while expectations are usually outsized around the Cowboys, maybe Schottenheimer, 51, at least enjoys a more measured grace period as Dallas clearly veers into something more adjacent to a rebuild.<\/p>\n

Dallas fans<\/p>\n

First Luka, then Micah. But, hey, the Mavericks wound up with Cooper Flagg, y\u2019all \u2212 maybe the NFL script next delivers Arch Manning to the Cowboys atop next year\u2019s draft? Right?<\/p>\n

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