Just two days after the Dallas Cowboys traded away Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers, a shocking report about Dak Prescott came to light.
NFL fans assumed the Cowboys would work out a long-term deal with Parsons at some point before Week 1. Jerry Jones, however, opted to send his All-Pro pass rusher to Green Bay for three-time Pro Bowl defensive lineman Kenny Clark and a pair of first-round picks. It's a move that he claims will make Dallas better in the long run.
Parsons, meanwhile, received a four-year, $188 million deal from the Packers. His contract includes $136 million guaranteed.
"He was an asset that we got four great years out of, but when you are talking about making a contract the kind that he got and for the future, that's quite a commitment," Jones said. "And none of that counts what he did those first four years. It all goes against what he can do for you in the future. The length of that contract and maybe more. Well, then you've got to really weigh how many players -- and I'm going to give you this -- not only do we immediately get a player, but those draft picks could get us, I'm talking top, Pro Bowl-type players. Could. You won't necessarily get those players. You've got to draft or acquire them. But they could get us as few as three or as many as five outstanding players."
So what does Prescott think about the trade? Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated shared some insight this weekend.
There was never any tension on the field between Parsons and Prescott. According to Breer, however, the Pro Bowl quarterback for the Cowboys wasn't always pleased behind the scenes.
Apparently, Prescott had an issue with things Parsons would say on his podcast.
"As we said, the pacing of this negotiation wasn’t wholly dissimilar from what we all witnessed with Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb last year, or even Zack Martin the year before that. Once the team arrived in California for camp in 2023 and ’24, their negotiations were put on the back burner, the same way Parsons’s were this summer. Basically sending the message that if a deal isn’t done that works for the team early, the player has to wait," Breer wrote.
"That said, there is a difference between this negotiation and the previous three. Martin, Lamb and Prescott are/were very popular in the locker room. That’s not the case with Parsons, who has rankled teammates in different ways, seen by some as egotistical and self-centered. His podcast has created issues, too, that go all the way up to quarterback Dak Prescott."
Prescott hasn't addressed this report yet, but there's a chance someone will bring it to his attention before Week 1 against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Interestingly enough, the Cowboys and Packers will meet in Week 4. There could be some words exchanged between Parsons and Prescott.
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