Green Bay, Wisconsin – Micah Parsons was starting to worry that his situation with the Dallas Cowboys did not register at the start of the regular season, which is why Thursday, when he left the team after having followed a treatment on his back, he made another telephone call to his agent, David Mulugheta.
Mulugheta brought together the latest details on the Blockbuster Trade in Parsons and the extension of a massive contract with Green Bay packers, but Parsons is getting impatient.
“I said to him that day, I said to myself:” Dude, I don’t know what’s going to happen, but I need you to do something soon “,” said Parsons. “I haven’t played football for so long since I was in seventh year.”
In a few hours, the packers sent two first -round choices and the defensive platform of the Pro Bowl, Kenny Clark, to Cowboys. Green Bay also finalized a contract extension of $ 188 million over four years with Parsons who, sources, told Adam Schefter in ESPN, includes $ 120 million fully guaranteed at the signing and $ 136 million in total guarantees, which makes him the best paid non-quarter in NFL history.
The move occurred after a restraint of the training camp when Parsons sat the practices of the cowboys due to the waterproofing of the back.
“I didn’t want to be in a position where I missed opportunities, not only to feed my family, but as I said, the brotherhood,” said Parsons. “These guys wanted me to be as bad as I wanted to be on the ground. They look at me as [a] Big brother, like: “He must be there, I know that we know that we can win with him, I know what he can do there.” So yes, I’m worried, but now it’s resolved. “”
Parsons flew to Green Bay on Friday, passed his physique and signed his contract. He chose n ° 1 for his jersey, becoming the second player of the packers to wear this number and the first from Curly Lambeau in 1925-2010, and held a 24-minute press conference. He had to return to Dallas on Friday evening and return Sunday to work with the defensive coordinator of the packers, Jeff Hafley.
Starts said he doesn’t expect the back to be a problem.
“I think physically, you know, I’m great,” said Stands. “I think I can contribute a lot. I’m going to team up with the doctors to create a plan. We have already talked about how we can accelerate things and make me sink where they feel comfortable and I feel comfortable.”
If everything is going well, he said that he planned to play during the opening of the season of September 7 against the Lions of Detroit.
“They did not abandon what they abandoned so that I am trying to go,” said Parsons.
Parsons said that neither Jerry Jones nor Stephen Jones had informed him that he was exchanged. The news came from her agent.
He also said that he had no power about the place where he found himself, but added that he was happy that it was Green Bay.
“You do not understand how excited I am to be here,” said Parsons. “I hope they understand the type of player who will enter this building every day to improve. And I understand what Kenny meant for this organization. I will never try to replace him. I just want to try to maintain the standard he left here and his imprint he left and the same with the other prestigious guys who have entered this program.”
The packers had not exchanged first-round choice against a veteran player since 1992, when they acquired the Brett Favre quarterrière. Even if the current managing director Brian Gutekunst granted two first rounds and a pro Bowl player for Parsons, Gutekunst said that he was still thinking that it was a long blow for most negotiations.
“The chances of these things that happen are quite slim, and I think it was my mindset all the time, was to keep the conversations in progress because of the player’s uniqueness,” said Gutekunst. “But I don’t think it is really before the last days I thought:” Hey, there is an opportunity here to close this thing. “”
Before trade, packers had + 200,000 dimensions to win the Super Bowl this season, according to ESPN Bet. After trade, they were +1600 and quickly went to +1400, sixth best on the dimension map. Green Bay went from +1000 to +850 to win the NFC and from +260 to +225 to win the NFC North.
The packers have not been to the Super Bowl since the 2010 season, but they made the playoffs in five of the first six seasons of coach Matt Lafleur, twice reaching the NFC championship match.
“I have the impression that this is always the wait here, I have the impression that since the day I was hired,” said Lafleur. “So, you are not approaching different from what we have in the past. Trying to be your best every day, trying to improve a little. It’s a long year, there are a lot of variables that come into play throughout the season, and it is certainly how well you stick well in difficult times.
