{"id":107037,"date":"2025-08-30T04:47:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T04:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/107037\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T04:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T04:47:08","slug":"micah-parsons-didnt-think-he-would-be-traded-but-hes-ready-to-prove-packers-were-right-about-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/107037\/","title":{"rendered":"Micah Parsons didn’t think he ‘would be traded,’ but he’s ready to prove Packers ‘were right about me’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parsons, a Pro Bowler in each of his four career seasons with the Cowboys, was traded Thursday to the Packers in exchange for three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kenny Clark<\/a>, a 2026 first-round pick and a 2027 first-round choice. In addition, he signed a four-year, $188 million contract.<\/p>\n

When asked if he was told he’d been traded by Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones or just his agent David Mulugheta, Parsons replied, “Pretty much all through David,” and shrugged.<\/p>\n

He confirmed his back — a source of much question as he was a hold-in during Cowboys training camp — was feeling healthy and all signs seem to point to him being good to go for the Packers’ season opener against<\/a> the Detroit Lions. He admitted he wasn’t sure how things would end up with the Cowboys or whether he’d have to hold out into the regular season.<\/p>\n

“I was worried about that, but now it’s resolved,” he said.<\/p>\n

Resolved too is a trying time that he’s happy to move forward from.<\/p>\n

“I’m very determined,” said Parsons, who’s piled up 52.5 sacks in four seasons. “I would say these last four months have probably been the hardest four months of my life.”<\/p>\n

To kick off the presser, Parsons announced he’ll wear No. 1 as a Packers player. He’ll be the first Green Bay player to don the number since Hall of Famer Curly Lambeau, whose name adorns the team’s homefield. However, Parsons is listed by the Packers as a defensive lineman and per NFL rules, defensive linemen are restricted to wearing Nos. 50-79 and 90-99. Thus, Parsons will likely have to be listed as an outside linebacker or change the number if he prefers to be listed as a D-lineman.<\/p>\n

Though he’s happy to put the drama behind him and excited about what lies ahead, Parsons admitted he never saw the end result coming.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t think I would be traded,” he said. “But that’s the harsh reality.”<\/p>\n

As for his landing spot, Parsons had no control over that, but believes fortune smiled on him in that regard, as well.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t have any say,” Parsons said. “It was just, I would say I’m pretty lucky because I understand the rich history of the Packers. The fact that they had interest in me and understand they have a pretty tough team already in the NFC. I was pretty much geared up and ready to play them [Week 4] looking for revenge [the 2023 season Divisional Round loss]. Now, I’m on the other side to this rich history and get ready to play for these guys and suit up and play. I’m very excited.”<\/p>\n

And now, Parsons will be looking for another kind of revenge come Week 4<\/a> when he plays the Cowboys. He downplayed that, saying his focus must first be on the Lions and the opponents before Dallas.<\/p>\n

If there was an underlying theme for Parsons on Friday, it wasn’t about looking back on the drama left in Dallas, but more so about fulfilling the expectations that he has for his time in Titletown.<\/p>\n

“I’m going to be ready,” he said, “I’m going to be here to win games and I’m going to push these guys to do what we have to do to prove this organization was right about me.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parsons, a Pro Bowler in each of his four career seasons with the Cowboys, was traded Thursday to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[10949,49,48,1721,1730,1731,44,514,2208,82],"class_list":["post-107037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-around-the-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-micah-parsons","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-no-minute","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}