The hold-ins keeping Terry McLaurin and Trey Hendrickson off the sphere have come to an end this week. No resolution on the Micah Parsons front appears imminent, nevertheless.
Parsons’ trade request still stands, and the considered a departure from the Cowboys will remain a talking point until and unless an extension agreement will be reached. By and huge, teams don’t view a Parsons trade as being viable and Dallas doesn’t intend to drag off a deal. At the least one potential suitor is value watching on this case, though.
Whispers concerning the Packers looking right into a Parsons trade have picked up recently, and Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio reports the team is indeed “interested.” After all, that might little question apply to any variety of potential landing spots for the All-Pro edge rusher, and Florio cautions Green Bay’s interest is “nowhere near the smoke that’s on the market.”
When talking to the media on Wednesday, Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst was asked concerning the late-summer trade market. Without mentioning Parsons by name, he left the door open to a notable move happening. If Green Bay were to swing a deal, pass rush could represent a logical goal.
“You’re never one player away, but good players make impacts,’ Gutekunst said (via Ryan Wood of USA Today). “Any time there’s a player of that caliber you may acquire, you’re attempting to.”
Parsons and Cowboys owner Jerry Jones have escalated tensions over a scarcity of communication involving agent David Mulugheta regarding extension talks. Any recent deal which is reached will little question make him the highest-paid edge rusher within the NFL, something Jones has stated he communicated a willingness over to Parsons when the 2 spoke this spring. Within the absence of a long-term pact, though, a campaign spent on the fifth-year option is in store.
Parsons is slated to gather $24.01MM this season consequently, although Florio reports a grievance was filed earlier this offseason regarding the worth of the one-year tender. Edge rushers often encounter situations equivalent to this based on the variance in value between outside linebackers and defensive ends. Parsons is currently viewed by the Cowboys as a DE, something which might drop his option value to $21.32MM. The previous Defensive Rookie of the 12 months and his camp, in contrast, try to have him classified as an OLB.
A number Parsons’ Pro Bowl and All-Pro nods have include him listed as a linebacker, but the important thing determinant in this case is his commonest position played in 2023 (his third NFL season). Circumstances equivalent to this often end in a compromise being agreed to between team and player regarding the choice value, however the Parsons-Jones relationship is – not less than publicly – moderately strained for the time being. That would complicate efforts to resolve this matter, which is after all small compared to extension talks.
A back issue has been present in Parsons’ case for much of the summer while he has remained a non-participant in training camp. The 26-year-old recently underwent an MRI which got here back clean, but this layer to the continued saga might not be over. NFL Network’s Jane Slater reports Parsons is now in search of a second opinion on his back. It can be interesting to see what becomes of that endeavor.
Eight days remain until the Cowboys kick off the regular season; it stays unclear whether or not Parsons will suit up for that contest. Meanwhile, with a trade potentially seen as feasible, the Packers’ moves over the approaching days shall be value watching closely.