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CBS sportscaster and former NFL quarterback Tony Romo chats with the media Tuesday, June 27, 2023 during the OSF Children’s Hospital of Illinois Championship & Pro-Am at Metamora Fields Golf Club.
It seemed like everyone and their mother had an opinion about the seismic preseason trade that sent two-time All-Pro pass rusher Micah Parsons from the Dallas Cowboys to the Green Bay Packers . Now, more than a week later, one former Cowboys star is finally providing some interesting insight into the deal rocked the NFL world.
CBS broadcaster Tony Romo , the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback, delivered a more nuanced take on the Parsons trade while covering the Packers’ season-opener vs. the rival Detroit Lions Sunday on CBS.
“I think it was a shock to everyone in Dallas and Green Bay. And initially, everyone knows you can’t rid of a player like this. And believe me, he is a game wrecker. There’s not many,” Romo said during the CBS broadcast. “The most important guy on the field is the quarterback. The second most important is the guy who effects the quarterback and he is definitely that guy. So to trade him means there obviously had to be a lot that went into it.
“I don’t think its ever just as simple as just this or that. But I will tell you, time will tell how this totally plays out on both sides, but I do think there’s a chance that both sides could win in the end.”
After contract negotiations with the Cowboys — and owner/general managers Jerry Jones — reached a point of no return, Parsons was granted his trade request when Dallas traded him to the Packers for nose tackle Kenny Clark and Green Bay’s first-round draft picks in the 2026 and 2027 NFL Drafts on Aug. 28.
Parsons quickly signed a four-year, $188 million contract extension that made him the NFL’s highest-paid non-quarterback with an average annual salary of $47 million. The contract also included $136 million in total guarantees.