The shock hit like thunder. The Dallas Cowboys shipped Micah Parsons , the face of their defense, the player offenses feared most, to the Green Bay Packers for two first-round picks and defensive tackle Kenny Clark . Within hours, Parsons signed a four-year, $188 million extension with $136 million guaranteed, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Jerry Jones called it a gamble for the future. Packers fans called it the moment everything changed.
Parsons himself wasted no time. “ They didn’t give up what they gave up for me to sit on the sidelines. I’m gonna give it my all ,” he told Weston Hodkiewicz (@WesHod) on Friday morning on August 29. He doubled down, “ I think physically, I’m great. I can contribute a lot. ” The tone wasn’t polite. It was raw. It was personal. This