NFL trade grades: Cowboys trade Micah Parsons to Packers

Against all obstacles, Micah ParsonsWith contract dispute Dallas Cowboys Ended with superstar Edge Rashar Business is being doneOn Thursday evening, Dallas unimaginable, to deal with the passengers green Bay Packers In exchange for two first round pics and defensive tackles Kenny Clarke,

Steps paid for Parsons, LiterallyOn joining his new team, Packers assigned him a contract of four years, $ 188 million, in which $ 120 million was fully guaranteed to sign.

Are Packers Valid Super Bowl contenders with Parsons? Did they give a lot for him? And where does it leave the cowboy? Let’s grade business from both perspectives and dive into it.

Get packers: Edge Micah Parsons
Get cowboy: DT Kenny Clarke2026 First-Dore Pick, 2027 First-Dore Pick

Packers grade: B+
Cowboy Grade: C+

I really never thought that it was going to happen. This can be even more real for packers fans – they must be thinking, Cowboy did the business of Parsons To us,

The franchise-conversion trading came a week before a 2025 season kick, which we think of this season and beyond couboys and packers. But before I break it, I want to clarify one thing: there is a price in which every player makes sense to do business, even the Chief Quarterback Patrica mahmsBut this does not mean that Dallas was found He Type of return to Parsons.

Let’s start with the fun side of this deal, Green Bay. Parsons have done between 12 to 14.5 sacks in each of their four NFL sessions, but they do not fully explain its impact. On the down-to-down basis, he wreakes havoc. Last season was the first time in his career that he did not lead the League at the Rush Jeet Rate nearby – he finished second.

Since 2021, Parsons have a 30% pass Rush win rate (meaning that he defeats his inhibitor within 30% of the time of 2.5 seconds). It removes every other player from the water, including Miles GaratWhich was second at 26%. Parsons’ 310 pass Rush win also leads the league during that period. He is second under pressure with 251 (five rear) MaxX CrossbieAnd it is important to keep in mind: Parsons is only 26 years old – he is in the head of his career.

Green Bay Draft will pay for all that in terms of pics and contract dollars. The question is not how much he makes them, but is it worth the cost. When discussing the contracts, we throw words like “market-setting” and “record” many times, as it is often a reflection of cap inflation. That is not the case here.

Since 2015, the most expensive contract in terms of APY Adjusted for 2025 cap dollars Was for a non-witness TJ WattAccording to data, 2021 deal with Steelers Overthecap.comThe contract would have been $ 42.8 million per year in the 2025 cap environment. Parsons cleaned that number by a huge margin.

Green Bay surrendered the two first round pics-they probably be the first-rounder late, but you never know! – and Clarke for Correct To pay the dealing passengers. Clarke had a long, productive career in Green Bay and while his disadvantage is remarkable, their influence is compared to Parsons. ‘Clarke is also 30 years old and is coming out of a season in which he recorded only one sack and career-lo pass Rush’s win rate of 7%. He is a bargain for Dallas this year, but in 2026, Dallas will cost $ 21.5 million, assuming that his deal is unchanged, per overthcap.com.

Such trades are difficult to justify, as the theoretical team is giving draft capital to pay a market-value contract. If we guess that the expensive contract of Parsons was “appropriate”, it is difficult to find out how two can be made for the first round pics. And the impact of any non-QB fails to reach the level of top quarterbacks. History is not particularly kind to these multi-first-round-pick deal (thinking) Khalil Mac, Jamal Adams And Luorous tunsil Here).

But if there is an exception to that rule, it is a scenario because due to the elite level of the game of the game, its youth, and – most importantly – due to the boost, it provides super bowling opportunities of packers right now and in future.

Prior to Thursday’s deal, Packers were going into the season as a fringe super bowled contenders – ESPN Football power index Gave them a 3% chance of winning – but with easily appearing upside down. They are coming in the 11-win season with the lowest Snap-lower age In NFL, the backup quarterback was to start Malik Willis For two sports and almost certainly a more efficient crime could have been, they were not quite run-of-ut.

Even though Packers were ranked fourth in the protective EPA per sports in the last season, the roster still has a clear pass-rishing weakness. Now he has probably achieved the best player to fix that problem.

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EJ manual questions how to trade Cowboy Micah Parsons

Sam Achao and EJ reacts to the cowboy trading Micah Parsons for manual packers.

And due to the age of Parsons, Quarterback Jordan love And in general the team, this is not the “all-in” position for 2025. Packers have established themselves for years of dispute (although without the next two years without the first round). And that’s why I think this high-sector step is worth it.

Let’s flip the cowboy.

Before Thursday, I felt that there was a foundation for Dallas to be a good team. Yes, Cowboys were 7-10 in the last season, but it was in a season which had quarterbacks Duck prescott Half the season missed. Prior to this, the nucleus of prescott, parsons and broad receiver Saeedi Lamb Dallas helped win 12 games in three consecutive sessions! Team acquired George Pickens To address a major requirement in the WR2 and while the roster was rarely correct – it was at the 18th position in FPI before business – it was a good draft away from being dangerous.

This is very difficult sales with parsons.

To be fair, Dallas’s nearby Rush still has the appropriate amount of capacity. Experienced Dante fauler juniorThe 10.5-Bori season with Washington is fresh. And he is surrounded by opposite players. round two Donovan aziruku There has been a standout in the training camp, Tod archer per ESPNPre -backup Sam Williams In 2022 and 2023, he faced the actual capacity, when he combined with a torn ACL to a well-average-average 22% pass Rush win rate before disappeared in the previous season. And they are still high Marshawen nilandLast year’s second round pick.

But did Cowboy get the most for Parsons? Is clear comparison Trade of Mac of The Reders In 2018 (the deal was slightly lower than the two first round pics), but Parsons is now a better player compared to Mac. And would Cowboy have received more for Parsons, did they make them available for trade in March? My feeling is yes.

This can change the current trajectory of cowboys, but they replenish all the surplus values ​​that have been given by the packers. There will be pain here – it certainly damages Dallas in short term – but there is a world where cowboys can use additional pics (especially if they trade for more selection) to build the foundation of their next competitive team. This is usually a good strategy.

So when I knock the cowboy not to expand the passengers and not to trade for it (possibly), in more offsen than before, this step will probably not be as bad as long as PR hits they are taking now.