by: Dan Morrison 9 hours ago dan_morrison96
The Dallas Cowboys shocked the NFL world when, after a difficult contract negotiation, they decided to trade Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers ahead of the season. Now, ESPN’s Adam Schefter is reporting that the deal included a “poison pill” to prevent him from being sent to the Philadelphia Eagles.
“ESPN Sources,” Schefter wrote. “Micah Parsons’ trade to the Packers included a poison pill that the Cowboys inserted to block a deal in the near future to the Eagles.”
At the time, this detail wasn’t known to the public. However, that poison pill is, in essence, that is designed to keep Parsons from playing with Philadelphia, a division rival, in the near future. It states that, if Green Bay tried to trade Parsons to an NFC East team, they would additionally owe Dallas their 2028 first round pick. That, obviously, becomes a major reason to de-incentivize that kind of trade. It also comes after the Eagles tried to trade for him last offseason.