Some things are just meant to be. Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers is among them. It just feels right. He is the pass-rusher this defense cried out for last season, the difference-maker who can lift this historic franchise back to the top after a 15-year championship drought.
But it almost didn't happen.
Jerry Jones deserves a thank you for his bizarre decision to send a defensive star with Hall-of-Fame aspirations to Green Bay, but we can also add the Carolina Panthers to our Christmas card list. They, too, provided a big-time botch that paved the way for Parsons to wear green and gold.