Dawgs By Nature
The Browns defense is poised to be an elite group once again
The Cleveland Browns have had several issues lately with their defensive unit. One of the group’s best tacklers, MLB Jordan Hicks, retired from the game without warning. Then right cornerback M.J. Emerson was lost for the season with a non-contact Achilles tear that required surgery.
This team lives and dies with its defense.
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With the loss of Hicks and the possibility of LB Devin Bush being suspended for the first six games, plus JOK not returning, suddenly this group will have three new faces at linebacker in Week 1. But there are capable replacements.
Losing Emerson is a huge hit. Can Cam Mitchell or Myles Harden fill that void? Or will Berry need to go and get the best free agent cornerback available instead? Berry just signed CB Keenan Isaac (6’-3”, 190 pounds), who is now with his sixth team and has played in just seven NFL games over two seasons with zero stats.
Now comes news from Dallas Cowboys camp that stud EDGE rusher Micah Parsons wants out of Dallas and has officially asked for a trade.
To this, we say to Andrew Berry, stop what you are doing, and make this deal!
Now realistically, other players from the Cowboys every season make the news about wanting a new contract, then hold out for a short spell, and ultimately get signed for bank. RB Ezekiel Elliott got a huge deal, QB Dak Prescott got his, so did OG Zack Martin, and last year it was WR CeeDee Lamb. All wanted more money because how can a player live on 20-something million a year? And besides, other players at their position got new huge deals, so where are theirs?
But this trade request from Parsons seems different. It appears honest, and he just may not play for the Cowboys any longer. He feels disrespected, and perhaps no amount of cash can change that attitude.
Parsons (6’-3”, 245 pounds) is under contract with Dallas. His rookie deal was signed in 2021 for $17 million with a four-year plan after being the 12th player taken in Round 1. The Cowboys exercised the fifth-year option, which is set to pay him $24 million this season. He is obligated to fulfill it.
For now, it appears to be a negotiation tactic. Or is it? Parsons saw what his other teammates did, in that they waited it out with Cowboys GM Jerry Jones, and then ended up with what they wanted in the first place.
This one....just feels different. Being dissed can be a lethal tactic.
Parsons handed his statement to Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones on Friday. It states:
“Unfortunately, I no longer want to be here. I no longer want to be held to close door negotiations without my agent present. I no longer want shots taken at me for getting injured while laying it on the line for the organization, our fans,...
