by: Nick Schultz 34 minutes ago NickSchultz_7
As the fallout continues from the Micah Parsons trade, a Dallas Cowboys legend weighed in. Troy Aikman said he didn’t think the move was “a possibility” before Parsons headed to the Green Bay Packers last week.
As he assessed the trade, Aikman said time would tell as to whether the Cowboys or Packers will come out of it better. On the surface, though, he is “not a fan” of how Dallas did.
Aikman explained his surprise on The Rich Eisen Show , acknowledging Jerry Jones’ comments about possibly exploring a trade before this year’s NFL Draft . But, like Jones, he also drew parallels to the Herschel Walker trade while explaining why the picks will matter in the end.
“I was surprised,” Aikman said. “I didn’t think it was a possibility that he was traded. Obviously, everybody’s followed it. We’ve heard Jerry’s comments on what went into that. I know that Jerry has said that they talked about possibly trading him back before the draft. My guess is that all these teams, they have to talk about what value they might get for any player. So I’m sure there were a lot of conversations with regards to potential trades with a lot of the players on that roster. I guess we’ll know in time, quite honestly, as to whether or not it was a good trade on the Cowboys’ behalf, whether or not the Packers benefitted the most from that.
“I think the key to it – much like all the conversation that has been around this Herschel Walker trade, especially with the Netflix doc and Jerry mentioned it when he announced the trade – it’s not so much the picks. It’s what you do with the picks. So time will tell as to who benefitted most, just like it did when we made the trade with Herschel and the Minnesota Vikings. But at first glance, I’m not a fan of the trade.”