Micah Parsons will face off against the Eagles on Monday night, which will be as close he can get to an NFC East team for quite a while.

While trading away Parsons to the Packers , the Cowboys inserted a clause in the deal that essentially ensured Parsons would not wind up with those Eagles any time soon after Philadelphia had been active in trying to land the star pass rusher.

The clause — previously unreported and unearthed by ESPN , which referred to it as a “poison pill” condition — states that if the Packers trade Parsons to a team in the NFC East either this year or next year, Green Bay then must hand Dallas its 2028 first-round pick. Thus, Parsons is essentially off-limits to teams in the Cowboys’ division until at least 2027, a move that ensured Parsons would not soon join a

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