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Why did the Cowboys trade Micah Parsons? Jerry Jones quotes, contract details

With less than a week until the start of the 2025 NFL season, the Dallas Cowboys made the most surprising move of the offseason. The franchise traded away franchise edge rusher Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers for draft picks and defensive tackle Kenny Clark.

Green Bay made Parsons the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history when the trade was completed.

Dallas drafted Parsons in the first round, No. 12 overall in the 2021 NFL Draft. He's one of just two players from that draft class to make the Pro Bowl in each of the first four seasons of their career.