What has seemingly become the biggest story of the NFL offseason just reached a new breaking point, as Dallas Cowboys’ all-world EDGE Micah Parsons officially announces he requested a trade.
This situation has finally hit a boiling point, after The Athletic’s Dianna Russini posted Friday that Parsons was ready to take “drastic measures” in his ongoing battle with Stephen and Jerry Jones over a new deal. Well, the drastic measure has been taken, with Parsons finally requesting a trade.
Of note in his message he posted, Parsons explicitly talked about the relationship (or lack thereof) between the Joneses and Parsons’ agent, David Mulugheta. Notably, earlier this offseason, Jerry Jones said this about Mulugheta:
It’s always great when you stick your foot in your mouth and then wonder why your breath smells like feet. Masterful gambit, Mr. Jones, they never saw that one coming!
The Athletic’s Dianna Russini is reporting that the Cowboys (naturally) don’t want to trade Parsons.
The Dallas Cowboys have no intention of trading Micah Parsons, per sources.
Still, teams around the league are planning to reach out to check on his availability today.
— Dianna Russini (@DMRussini) August 1, 2025
If they do end up acquiescing to his request, the compensation would be similar to when the Bears acquired EDGE Khalil Mack. In that trade, the Bears gave up two first round picks, a third-round pick and a sixth round pick for Mack, a second-rounder and a conditional fifth. Mack and Parsons are around the same age when he was traded as well, so the framework could be similar.
However, this could end up playing out how all Cowboys trade requests do. The Cowboys look stupid, Jerry Jones hates looking stupid, so they pay Parsons at a monster clip which he deserves and everyone goes home. But at this point, has the bridge been burned? Has there been too much damage done?
