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Dallas Cowboys followers won’t be feeling too joyful after the massive trade that despatched star edge rusher Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers. But Parsons, in his personal phrases, is feeling “great.”
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Parsons spoke to reporters on Friday in an introductory press conference, saying that he felt bodily good and that he was able to get on the market instantly. Parsons has been sitting out of Dallas’ preseason observe with a again difficulty (although perhaps, presumably, the ongoing contract dispute had one thing to do with it too).
“Physically, I’m great,” Parsons stated on Friday. “I think I can contribute a lot. I’m going to team up with the doctors and create a plan. We already talked about how we can ramp me up and get me in a flow where they feel comfortable and I feel comfortable.
“My plan is to be right here. They did not quit what they gave up for me to sit down on the sidelines.”
As a part of the trade, Green Bay signed Parsons, the 2021 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, a three-time All-Pro and four-time Pro Bowler, to a reported four-year, $188 million cope with $136 million assured. That quantity makes him the richest non-quarterback in NFL historical past.
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In return, Dallas acquired two first-round picks and defensive deal with Kenny Clark in the trade. Clark stated Friday that he was “shocked” after being traded, however that he’s “appreciative” of the brand new alternative.
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The trade ended a simmering monthslong negotiation between Parsons and his agent, David Mulugheta, and Cowboys group proprietor and basic supervisor Jerry Jones. In his thoughts, Jones believed he had negotiated a deal and Parsons agreed, per reviews, solely Mulugheta was by no means concerned. When Parsons advised Jones he wished Mulugheta concerned, issues apparently fell aside. Jones took shots at Parsons as a part of a meandering media conference to open coaching camp, then Parsons requested a trade, and final week Jones went on a media tour lobbing more jabs at Mulugheta, which (in all probability) led to Parsons demonstrably checking out on the sideline through the Cowboys’ last preseason recreation.
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