Cowboys Trade Parsons To Packers In $188m Deal

Micah Parsons has been traded from nan Dallas Cowboys to nan Green Bay Packers successful a blockbuster woody 1 week earlier nan commencement of a caller NFL season.

The protect extremity will motion a four-year, $188m (£139m) statement pinch nan Packers that will make him nan highest-paid non-quarterback successful nan league's history connected $47m (£35m) a year, NFL Network reported.

The Cowboys will person 2 first-round draught picks and three-time Pro Bowler Kenny Clark arsenic portion of nan deal.

The move ends a long-running statement conflict betwixt Parsons and Dallas, which had escalated complete nan summer.

"I ne'er wanted this section to end, but not everything was successful my control," Parsons said successful a connection connected X, confirming his move to nan Packers.

"My bosom has ever been here, and it still is. Through it all, I ne'er made immoderate demands. I ne'er asked for thing much than fairness. I only asked that nan personification I spot to discuss my statement beryllium portion of nan process.

"This is simply a sad day, but not a bitter one. I'll ne'er hide nan joyousness of draught night, nan adrenaline of moving retired of nan tunnel, aliases nan brotherhood I shared pinch my team-mates, coaches and nan unit who prepared maine for each azygous game. Those memories are excavation forever."

Parsons, 26, has earned 4 Pro Bowls and 2 All-Pro honours pinch nan Cowboys since joining them successful 2021 but he was entering nan 5th and last twelvemonth of his rookie statement this season.

He had removed references to nan Cowboys from his societal media and released a connection earlier this period saying he "no longer wanted to play for nan Dallas Cowboys."

The Packers will return connected nan Detroit Lions successful their regular play opener astatine Lambeau Field connected 7 September and look Dallas successful week four.