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The Micah Parsons contract situation with the Dallas Cowboys has been dragged out across the entire offseason, and now it has reached a fever pitch. On Friday, the star pass rusher officially requested a trade from the franchise due to the inability to reach an extension with the franchise.
In a message that he posted himself on social media, Parsons used very strong language such as “I no longer want to play for the Dallas Cowboys.” Now, the trade market for one of the best players in football will start to heat up.
Of courses his trade request doesn’t guarantee a deal. The Cowboys are standing firm for now and have no intention of trading Parsons, and the former Penn State star is going to continue coming to training camp in order to avoid fines. However, teams will surely be checking in frequently on the status of Parsons.
The 26-year old is on a historic pace so far in his young career, notching 52.5 sacks and nine forced fumbles in his first four seasons. He and Reggie White are the only two players to record 12 sacks in each of their first four years, and Parsons was still able to hit that benchmark despite missing four games last season.
Here are five teams that should be doing everything they can to get Parsons on their team.
The Chargers had a surprisingly good defense that overachieved last season, but they lost Joey Bosa to the Buffalo Bills this offseason. Regardless, it’s clear that this unit is headed in the right direction under Jim Harbaugh and Jesse Minter.
If there was one weakness that stuck out for the Chargers defense last season, it wasn’t any specific player or position group. It was that fact that they didn’t necessarily have the horses and the talent on that side of the ball to allow Minter to run some of his unique looks that he excelled at in the college ranks at Michigan.
Adding one of the best pass rushers in the league would certainly fix that. The Chargers would be able to get pressure without blitzing, and Parsons’ positional versatility from his time at Penn State would make him a perfect fit in Minter’s defense.
Los Angeles has plenty of cap space available in the future, and is currently allocating almost no future money to its very young defense. That would make getting an extension done with Parsons very doable, and general manager Joe Horitz should be blowing up the phones trying to get a deal done.
The Commanders are dealing with a contract standoff and a trade request of their own after star wide receiver Terry McLaurin asked out on Thursday while holding out for a new deal.
It seems highly unlikely that Jerry Jones would want to trade Micah Parsons within the division in the NFC East, but the Commanders have a glaring need up front on the edge and adding Parsons would make them...
