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If there’s any solace to take in the Parsons trade, it’s that he won’t be playing for the Eagles for a long time, if ever.
The Dallas Cowboys traded edge rusher Micah Parsons over two months ago, but there are still details being revealed from the trade heard around the NFL world. According to ESPN insider Adam Schefter, the Cowboys added a clause in the deal that protected the team from watching a rival swing a possible deal for Parsons if the Green Bay Packers decided to move on from the pass rusher.
Although the biggest threat would likely come from the Philadelphia Eagles, the poison pill in the deal included all NFC East teams and prevents the Packers from trading Parsons to any of the Cowboys’ rivals. If that happened, the Packers would need to send Dallas a 2028 first-round pick.
While it’s highly unlikely the Packers would give up two first-round picks to acquire an elite pass rusher in his prime only to turn around and trade him so quickly, this was a smart move by Jones. The Cowboys protected themselves from any division rival finding a way to trade for Parsons.
The Packers wouldn’t want to give away another premium draft selection for a player who would no longer be on the team. Parsons isn’t a rental for Green Bay, and he’ll likely be with the team for duration of his four-year extension, but the poison pill seems to expire before the final two years of that deal.
According to Schefter, the clause works both ways.
If there is any hope left for the 2025 season, Dallas will have to come out of the bye week looking sharp.
This will be the fourth bye week that falls on Week 10 of the schedule for Dallas. The first came in 2002, followed by 2008, and the last time was in 2020.
Oddly enough, all four years they have had a Week 10 bye, the Cowboys hit the road to play in Week 11. Dallas is 2-1 in Week 11 games in those three previous seasons.
Dallas lost to the Colts in 2002 and then defeated the Redskins in 2008.
They beat the Vikings in 2020.
If you are a believer in bad omens, as well as a Cowboys fan, you might want to skip to the next sub-heading now.
In the three previous seasons that the Cowboys have had a Week 10 bye, they all have one bad thing in common. Dallas has never made the playoffs in a season with a Week 10 bye.
They are already 3-5-1 this year and have a 93% chance of missing the playoffs in 2025.
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