Micah Parsons' trade request: What we know about his future with the Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys grooming campy began past week with Pro Bowl walk rusher Micah Parsons reporting to campy but not participating, arsenic helium awaited a declaration extension.

Last season, backmost Dak Prescott and receiver CeeDee Lamb didn't get their respective caller deals done until adjacent to the season, truthful galore assumed Parsons' concern would travel suit. However, connected Friday, Parsons posted connected societal media that he is requesting a trade.

"I nary longer privation to play for the Dallas Cowboys," helium wrote. "My commercialized petition has been submitted to Stephen Jones personally."

ESPN NFL reporters Todd Archer and Jeremy Fowler interruption down however we got here, what it means and what's adjacent for Parsons and the Cowboys.

What led up to Parsons' commercialized request?

At the commencement of camp, Parsons said helium was not frustrated, but helium was discouraged. Without immoderate ceremonial negotiations astatine all, helium yet felt it was indispensable to marque the request. It was not made lightly. Parsons grew up a Cowboys instrumentality and connected draught nighttime successful 2021 helium willed it into fruition, adjacent aft Dallas traded backmost to No. 12 wide successful a woody with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Parsons said the "repeated shots" led to this decision. At the opening property league of grooming camp, proprietor and wide manager Jerry Jones made a flippant remark that adjacent if the Cowboys signed Parsons, it would not warrant his availability due to the fact that helium "could get deed by a car."

After respective fans yelled "Pay Micah!" past week, Jones called those "faint" successful narration to what helium heard from fans successful the Lamb talks past year. Executive vice president Stephen Jones said of the fans' chant, "It doesn't alteration anything. We privation to wage Micah, too. He's got to privation to beryllium paid, too." -- Archer

What is Jones' past with players who requested a trade?

Multiple sources cannot callback a clip erstwhile a Cowboys subordinate requested a trade. While determination person been contentious negotiations successful the past -- moving backmost Emmitt Smith missed 2 regular-season games successful 1993 -- it had not gotten to the constituent wherever a subordinate would inquire to determination on.

While the Cowboys person yet paid their prima players, it has taken clip to get deals finished, including with Prescott (twice), moving backmost Ezekiel Elliott, defender Zack Martin and Lamb successful caller years.

If helium opts to sit, Parsons tin beryllium fined $50,000 a time if helium leaves camp. However, since helium is connected his rookie deal, it tin beryllium rescinded by the club. Last year, Lamb went done thing akin with his clasp out.

Ultimately, Jones has ne'er mislaid a prima subordinate helium wanted to keep. Parsons, however, has pushed the concern further than anybody with his commercialized request. -- Archer

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If Parsons refuses to play, however would that interaction the defense?

Take distant Joe Burrow from the Cincinnati Bengals and however would they be? Or Patrick Mahomes from the Kansas City Chiefs. That's the benignant of interaction Parsons has connected the Cowboys.

Parsons has recorded 52.5 sacks successful his archetypal 4 seasons, trailing lone Reggie White (70), Derrick Thomas (58), J.J. Watt (57) and DeMarcus Ware (53.5) since sacks became an authoritative stat successful 1982. Parsons and White are the lone players to grounds astatine slightest 12 sacks successful each of their archetypal 4 seasons, and Parsons reached 12 successful 2024 contempt sitting retired 4 games due to the fact that of a precocious ankle sprain.

The Cowboys similar their walk rushing extent with Dante Fowler Jr., Sam Williams, rookie Donovan Ezeiruaku and Marshawn Kneeland, but they don't person the aforesaid interaction arsenic Parsons, who was a finalist for Defensive Player of the Year successful each of his archetypal 3 seasons.

That foursome has combined for 64 sacks with 55.5 coming from Fowler. -- Archer

What are radical astir the league saying?

After speaking with aggregate league executives successful the hours aft the Parsons news, determination is genuine intrigue and astonishment astir wherefore Dallas takes this maneuver with prima players.

"They are costing themselves millions each summer," said a high-ranking NFC executive, adding that the team's evident involvement successful headlines and tv speech astir Dallas' declaration issues can't beryllium capable for the franchise to offset the wealth lost.

People I've talked to permission unfastened the anticipation that cooler heads volition prevail aboriginal into August. But they enactment that Dallas is besides playing with occurrence regarding a subordinate and cause (David Mulugheta) who don't caput the relation of villain.

"Wrong player," a root with nonstop cognition of Parsons' process said of the Cowboys' tactics.

Parsons is the uncommon prima subordinate with nary blemishes -- he's young, injury-free and connected a Reggie White-like trajectory. -- Fowler

How is this antithetic from Myles Garrett's commercialized petition with the Cleveland Browns?

The code of Garrett's petition is overmuch antithetic than the 1 Parsons made.

Garrett took to societal media successful February and said, "While I loved calling this metropolis my home, my tendency to triumph and vie connected the biggest stages won't let maine to beryllium complacent. The extremity has ne'er been to spell from Cleveland to Canton, it has ever been to vie for and triumph a Super Bowl."

Five weeks later, Garrett signed a four-year, $160 cardinal hold to stay with the Browns.

Parsons wrote astir "repeated shots astatine myself" and elaborate the backmost and distant helium had with Jerry Jones successful March, saying the archetypal intent was to sermon enactment and Jones turned the taxable to his contract.

Can the sides repair a narration that had Parsons ne'er wanting to permission Dallas and saying to ESPN successful December that helium didn't request to beryllium the highest paid antiaircraft subordinate successful the game? -- Archer

How are different players responding to this news?

Reaction to the Parsons quality dispersed rapidly crossed societal media, including from respective Cowboys teammates.

On X, Lamb responded: "Never fails dawg. Just wage the man, what you beryllium em. No request for the other curricular."

Cowboys teammates DeMarvion Overshown, Trevon Diggs, and Juanyeh Thomas each changed their X illustration representation to see Parsons.

Buffalo Bills Pro Bowl halfway Eric Wood posted a pic of Parsons successful a Bills azygous holding a Lombardi Trophy with the caption: "Looks bully to me."

Former Arizona Cardinals All-Pro antiaircraft lineman J.J. Watt posted: "Take attraction of your champion players early. Saves money. Saves headaches. The longer you wait, the higher the price."