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Micah Parsons is formally a member of the Green Bay Packers, and members of the Dallas Cowboys are simply as shocked as the remainder of the NFL world.
Parsons’ tense contract state of affairs with the Cowboys led to a commerce request that proprietor and normal supervisor Jerry Jones truly fulfilled, sending him to the Packers in a deal that included Inexperienced Bay’s 2026 and 2027 first-round picks and All-Professional defensive sort out Kenny Clark.
The Packers additionally reportedly gave Parsons an enormous four-year, $188 million contract extension, which makes him the highest-paid non-quarterback within the league by margin.
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Dallas Cowboys defensive finish Micah Parsons (11) reacts after the sport in opposition to the Baltimore Ravens at AT&T Stadium on Aug. 16, 2025. (Kevin Jairaj/ Imagn Pictures)
However, as you’d anticipate, Cowboys gamers have been shocked to see the information, together with large receiver CeeDee Lamb, who posted a crying emoji on his Instagram Tales with the NFL’s put up on the commerce.
Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs additionally posted a broken-heart emoji on X, as the 2 defensive gamers have been shut throughout their time collectively on the Cowboys. Diggs added one other tweet, although, congratulating Parsons on his new deal and a brand new chapter of his NFL profession regardless of having to be opponents now.
“Greatest In The World!” he wrote on X, tagging Parsons. “Congratulations to my brother!”
Security Juanyeh Thomas stated, “Rattling…” with a broken-heart emoji and a GIF of Steve Harvey that reveals how he feels.
Receiver KaVontae Turpin additionally shared his preliminary ideas on the commerce.
“Yeah this league s— loopy lol,” Turpin stated on X.
Whereas Cowboys gamers reacted to the stories, Parsons confirmed the commerce himself earlier than the crew finally did, posting a thank-you video on his X account. He additionally delivered an announcement, the place he said that he “by no means needed this chapter to finish.”
“Not all the pieces was in my management,” Parsons wrote in his assertion. “My coronary heart has at all times been right here, and it nonetheless is. By all of it, I by no means made any calls for. I by no means requested for something greater than equity. I solely requested that the particular person I belief to barter my contract be a part of the method.”
COWBOYS OWNER JERRY JONES: MICAH PARSONS TRADE GIVES TEAM ‘CHANCE TO BE BETTER’ THAN RECENT YEARS
Dallas Cowboys defensive finish Micah Parsons (11) at coaching camp on the River Ridge Fields on July 26, 2025. ( Kirby Lee/Imagn Pictures)
Parsons requested a commerce earlier this month whereas contract talks continued to stall. He made a earlier assertion saying he “now not” wished to be in Dallas, however followers of “America’s Crew” have been hoping it was merely a negotiation tactic.
However Jones, regardless of saying that he wasn’t enthusiastic about buying and selling Parsons, made the deal to maneuver on from the 26-year-old star.
Parsons, who grew up a Cowboys fan in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, thanked followers for his or her assist during the last 4 years.
“From the second I arrived in Dallas, you embraced me and my household as your personal. You made a child from the east coast really feel proper at dwelling in Texas. Each time I pulled as much as work, each time I stepped onto that discipline, I felt the burden and pleasure of representing you. You didn’t simply give me a jersey, you gave me a spot to belong,” Parsons wrote.
Dallas Cowboys defensive finish Micah Parsons walks onto the sector after the crew’s preseason NFL soccer sport in opposition to the Baltimore Ravens on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Picture/Gareth Patterson)
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“North Texas will proceed to be my dwelling within the offseason. I will nonetheless be right here, giving again to the group that gave me a lot. And irrespective of the place the following chapter takes me, the bond we have constructed won’t ever break. Thanks, Cowboys Nation, for each cheer, each second, and each ounce of affection you confirmed me. Sporting the star has been the honour of my life.”
Fox Information Digital’s Ryan Morik contributed to this report.
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