GREEN BAY — “You're never one player away, right?” Brian Gutekunst said that afternoon, roughly 24 hours before he would make what could turn out to be one of the biggest trades in the Green Bay Packers’ storied history. “I never believed that.”

When the Green Bay Packers general manager said that in front of a roomful of reporters on Aug. 27 at roughly 2:15 in the afternoon, three-time All-Pro pass rusher Micah Parsons was not — officially, anyway — on his team’s roster.

Behind the scenes, of course, Gutekunst and the Packers had reached an agreement with the Dallas Cowboys and owner/general manager Jerry Jones on the trade compensation to bring Parsons to Titletown: The Packers’ 2026 and 2027 first-round draft picks, plus three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kenny Clark.

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