Deadspin | Packers acquire Micah Parsons from Cowboys in blockbuster

[ad_1] Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons (11) celebrates his sack towards the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium in Glendale on Set. 24, 2023. One week after Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones labeled commerce speak round his All-Professional pass-rusher "pure B.S.," Dallas shipped Micah Parsons to the Inexperienced Bay Packers.

The Packers despatched three-time Professional Bowl defensive sort out Kenny Clark and first-round draft picks in 2026 and 2027 to the Cowboys within the blockbuster commerce.

Parsons and Jones dug in over a contract the Packers instantly addressed with a four-year, $188 million extension that features $136 million assured, in keeping with a number of experiences.

The deal makes Parsons the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL historical past. His $47 million annual common simply surpasses the contract extension pass-rusher T.J. Watt signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers, which averages $41 million per 12 months.

Parsons, who requested a commerce on Aug. 1, confirmed the commerce on his social media when he wrote, "Thanks Dallas ... GO Pack Go!"

Parsons will go to Dallas in a Inexperienced Bay uniform in Week 4 for "Sunday Evening Soccer."

Indicators of irreconciliable variations dotted the preseason and experiences surfaced earlier Thursday that the Cowboys had been lastly prepared to hearken to commerce gives for the 26-year-old.

The seismic deal comes 4 weeks after Parsons posted his commerce request on social media, writing, "I now not need to play for the Dallas Cowboys." He claimed that Jones turned a March dialog right into a chat about future contract parameters, and when Parsons later advised Jones that agent David Mulugheta would attain out to get the deal performed, Jones claimed it already was performed earlier than giving him the chilly shoulder.

Jones, who made clear he prefers to speak contracts instantly along with his gamers and never their paid representatives or brokers, acknowledged publicly that he and Parsons agreed to the parameters of a deal within the spring. ESPN pegged the phrases of the five-year extension at a median of $40.5 million per season.

Parsons had not participated in a full apply for the reason that finish of the 2024 season and held out all through camp. Extra lately, he eradicated references and pictures containing the Cowboys and their brand from his social media accounts.

Parsons performed the primary 4 years of his profession with the Cowboys, racking up 52.5 sacks in 63 video games and by no means ending a season with fewer than 12. Earlier than the commerce and extension, he was slated to play on the fifth-year choice of his rookie contract for $21.342 million.

Inexperienced Bay provides a premier defensive participant to a entrance seven already thought of among the many finest within the NFL because it prepares to make a run at dethroning Detroit within the NFC North.

Clark, 29, made 126 begins in his 140-game profession spent fully in Inexperienced Bay. A Professional Bowler in 2019, 2021 and 2023, Clark has amassed 417 tackles (51 for loss), 35 sacks, 76 quarterback hits, seven pressured fumbles and eight fumble recoveries.