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The Cowboys new defensive tackle has big expectations.
FRISCO, Texas – New Cowboys defensive tackle Kenny Clark was getting his daughter, Kenaii, some ice cream on Thursday when he got a phone call.
The call was to inform him that he’d been traded from Green Bay to Dallas in exchange for Micah Parsons, one of the most significant trades in recent NFL history.
“I was shocked, but once Jerry and all those guys called me, Schotty and everybody, I just felt wanted. It’s a blessing, I’m appreciative of it.” Clark said.
Clark, 29, has spent all nine of his NFL seasons with the Packers, where he was a three-time Pro Bowler. As he begins the next chapter of his career in Dallas, he says the Cowboys are getting a player that is difficult to stop when playing at his best.
“No nonsense, you’re going to get a dawg, somebody that’s just all about football,” Clark said. “I’m here to ball. I’m here to be my best self. I feel like when I’m my best self, there’s nobody messing with me. That’s what I bring to the table, I’m here to play my ass off.”
With six days to go until the Cowboys kick off the season against the Philadelphia Eagles, Clark has to quickly get acclimated to his new teammates as well as his role in the locker room.
“First and foremost, just establishing myself by how I play,” Clark said. “And just being myself, establishing myself as a leader. I lead by example, I truly believe in being a pro and doing things the right way.”
Micah Parsons speaks as a Green Bay Packer.
Micah Parsons was beginning to worry his situation with the Dallas Cowboys might not get settled by the time the regular season opened, which is why on Thursday as he was leaving the team facility after getting treatment on his back, he placed another phone call to his agent, David Mulugheta.
Mulugheta was still putting the final details on Parsons’ blockbuster trade and massive contract extension with the Green Bay Packers, but Parsons was getting impatient.
“I told him that day, I was like, ‘Man, I don’t know what’s gonna happen, but I need you to get something done soon,'” Parsons said. “I haven’t not played football this long since I was in seventh grade.”
Within a few hours, the Packers had sent two first-round picks plus Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kenny Clark to the Cowboys. They also finalized a four-year, $188 million contract extension with Parsons that, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, included $120 million fully guaranteed at signing and $136 million in total guarantees, making him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history.
This after a training...
