Micah Parsons is headed to the Inexperienced Bay Packers after a blockbuster commerce, leaving the Dallas Cowboys following a protracted contract dispute. ESPN was first to report the deal.
An individual with data of the small print informed the Related Press that the Packers and Parsons have agreed a four-year, $188m contract that features $136m assured. The deal makes the two-time All-Professional edge rusher the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL historical past.
The contract, negotiated by agent David Mulugheta of Athletes First, pays Parsons $62m within the first new 12 months and $120m totally assured at signing – all information for a defensive participant.
Parsons confirmed his departure in a press release posted on X. “I by no means wished this chapter to finish, however not every little thing was in my management,” he wrote. “My coronary heart has at all times been right here, and nonetheless is. Via 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 proprietor Jerry Jones declined to debate the take care of Mulugheta, insisting publicly that he and Parsons had already agreed to parameters of an extension within the spring. Jones had beforehand dismissed commerce hypothesis as “pure BS” and argued the crew may retain Parsons by way of his rookie choice and successive franchise tags.
However Parsons had grown more and more annoyed, eradicating Cowboys references from his social media and formally requesting a commerce on 1 August. The rift culminated in Tuesday’s settlement, which sees Dallas obtain two first-round picks and veteran defensive deal with Kenny Clark in return, in response to an individual with data of the commerce.
The Packers, who reached the playoffs final season behind quarterback Jordan Love, are including one of many NFL’s most dominant defensive gamers on the top of his profession. Parsons, 26, recorded 40.5 sacks over his first 4 seasons in Dallas and was named an All-Professional in three of them.
His arrival remembers the 2018 deal that despatched Khalil Mack from the Raiders to the Bears for a package deal of draft picks, although Parsons’ contract far surpasses Mack’s six-year, $141m extension. For Inexperienced Bay, the worth is steep however the payoff could possibly be transformative: a generational move rusher anchoring a protection with Tremendous Bowl ambitions.
