BREAKING NEWS ***** Cowboys are trading LB Micah Packers to Green Bay Packers *****

Rayman70 said:
He wanted a bag. We can't do that and pay guys coming up for new deals. I'm sorry but this was the right thing to do. We are rebuilding.
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So then don’t lie to the fanbase and say you don’t spend in free agency because you build thru the draft. Only to not pay the best draft pick you’ve had in a decade. It makes 0 sense. 47 million for a DE is freaking bananas either way.
 
RustyBourneHorse said:
Look, I wouldn't be this upset if it wasn't the Packers. There were a few teams I didn't want him going to, besides the division. The Packers (along with the Chiefs, Pats, Texans, or 49ers) were one of them. And the thing is, this was unnecessary to me. If Jerry had just contacted Parsons' agent last year when Parsons was open to a deal, this could all have been avoided. But, as usual, Jerry has to make it about him. He has to soak up all the drama and media. Well now he got burned! Only problem is, he doesn't care, so it's really us that got burned. That's why I'm fuming. If it was the Ravens or Chargers or Broncos, I wouldn't be nearly as upset. I'm fuming that it got to this point, but at least in that case, it'd be easier to stomach. This?? Jerry may have just ruined the Cowboys legacy even further with this deal if Green Bay wins a Super Bowl because of this.
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My list was nobody in the NFC East or the Packers or the Steelers or the 49ers that's it I would be OK with the Patriots and the Texans aren't really a rival at least it would have been in the AFC...

I get what you're saying but look I bet this was the best offer they can get how many teams have the resources that were in need of a pass rusher that they can pay $47 million to and give up two first round picks and their defensive tackle?

Only a team on the verge of being good that was one player away or they were already a playoff contender could afford to do this There were very few offers I bet because of how much he was going to cost.

I get it when I first saw it I said there's no way this is real because we thought 3 days ago these rumors about the Packers were fake we thought the rumors that David was asking for four years 200 million was fake I don't think any of it was fake now I truly believe they were asking for $50 million a year from Jerry.

That's too much for a defensive end i'm sorry...

It's a better deal for them because they're contenders possibly but this could be really good for us if they have an injury bug like we had last year or they're just not as good as they were going to be because maybe the Bears come on who else is in their division Is it the Lions I mean I don't remember but Either way if they have a bad year either this year or next then our first round pick goes up.

Her weakest position on the team was defensive tackle and nose tackle which I believe this guy is so yes I'm trying to make it feel better the Packers does make it feel like a gut punch At least we kinda saw this coming the Luka Doncic straight for me is a Mavericks fan we woke up one morning and it just he's a Laker of all teams he's a Laker and they didn't get enough for him...

I think that trade helped temper me a bit on this one because I was shocked on that one but this one we we sort of felt it coming even though we didn't think it was possible that Jerry would trade away his best defensive player in one of his superstars because he's never done it before....
 
RustyBourneHorse said:
Well, this better get us a great future. And to be fair, we were probably going to suck this year anyway. Maybe if we can position this to build a great team, that would be good. I just hope the Packers don't tie us at 5 Lombardis first.
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Even when we won 12 games with Micah he vanished, got dominated in playoffs. Terrible against the run
 
Kenny Clark - 6’3, 314 pounds140 games in nine seasons, three Pro Bowl honors.
Hasn’t missed a game for injury since 2020.
35 career sacks.
Pretty much ideal DT partner for Osa.
You got major salary cap boost by Packers eating all of Clark's signing bonuses.

You are not a great defense now, but you are very balanced with a ton of pass rush upside.

Again, this was a good trade that was handled poorly by Jerry and his need to be the main character.

I could care less about Micah's sacks last year when good teams didn't need to bother to pass because you were trash up the middle versus the run.
This addresses that is a big way.

I still have little faith in their late R1 draft abilities but on paper you are set up nicely to win this trade.
Certainly so, once cap hits are figured in.
 
ScipioCowboy said:
Credit the Packers for being aggressive, I guess, but I don’t get it. All the problems we point to on the Cowboys offense are magnified by the Packers offense. Jordan Love has never proved to be as good as Dak, and his receivers are worse. Now they have a cap crunch and limited ways to acquire more talent.
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Yea love is massively overrated. It's not like the kitten was traded to Buffalo. Then he'd be on a contender
 
TonyS said:
Don't know what went down for sure, but based upon 30 years of past data, I have no faith that Jerry got the best deal that he could. Micah's agent obviously knew he could get Micah more than Jerry was willing to pay. This deal happened very fast, so fast that I would look into tampering between the agent and the Packers. This is HUGE money, even for a star player. Watt is making $6M per year less with his recently signed contract. GB DT is old and will probably be out of the league in 2 years. He was a throw-in. 2 first round picks will likely be 25th or lower (meaning worse), which is closer to 2nd round than 1st round.

This couldn't have tasted good to Jerry. One of his draft picks leaving the team in the prime of his career. Goes against everything he believes (because he loves to show he's a football guy). If it did feel like a good deal, he's completely lost the gambler mentality he once (thought) he had.

Cowboys are significantly worse team this year than they were before the trade. Maybe we can leverage the Number 8 pick and the 28th pick next year to trade up for an overrated RB. I wish I was joking.
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Jerry got whipped by a great agent. I wonder what Mulugheta is sipping right now? Imagine the number of potential new clients he can expect. He’s drinking top shelf tonight. If he’s in Wisconsin he’s not even having to pay for it.
 
USMarineVet said:
Yep. I was a little unsure myself so I googled it and A.I. said that the fact that it was a trade and not a loss in free agency doesn't effect comp picks. In fact, (and this surprised me) they used the Micah trade today as an example. Good trade piece if the Boys choose to move up.
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Heck yeah, an added 3rd rounder evens things out IMO. That' some decent draft firepower.
 
phildadon86 said:
He did for sure.

I always thought it was how he was being used. And it was to a degree. The problem is when you use your only weapon so often it gets banged up.

The team had no one generating pressure up the middle and the LBs have sucked for years.
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There are reports that he pouted about meeting asked to play more linebacker.

It was mentioned in TheTicket.
 
jterrell said:
The Cowboys won 7 games last year.
Micah doesn't move a needle enough for this team to pay him the highest ever non-QB contract.

They saved about 40M PER year in the Clark/Parsons swap and got two R1 picks.
And yes, we can forecast those will be picks in the mid to late 20s until we see GB suffer injuries or some nonsense and you end up picking higher than you ever expected.

No doubt Micah is a stud pass rusher, but you have been adding top 60 draftee pash rushers every season for 3 years now.
Williams, Osa, Clark, Fowler is a lot better than most teams on 3rd down.
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No more hold out contracts. Resign our All Pro guard, Smith now.
 
phildadon86 said:
So then don’t lie to the fanbase and say you don’t spend in free agency because you build thru the draft. Only to not pay the best draft pick you’ve had in a decade. It makes 0 sense. 47 million for a DE is freaking bananas either way.
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I question that line of thinking. Is he the best? Not our problem I guess.
 
blueblood70 said:
My list was nobody in the NFC East or the Packers or the Steelers or the 49ers that's it I would be OK with the Patriots and the Texans aren't really a rival at least it would have been in the AFC...

I get what you're saying but look I bet this was the best offer they can get how many teams have the resources that were in need of a pass rusher that they can pay $47 million to and give up two first round picks and their defensive tackle?

Only a team on the verge of being good that was one player away or they were already a playoff contender could afford to do this There were very few offers I bet because of how much he was going to cost.

I get it when I first saw it I said there's no way this is real because we thought 3 days ago these rumors about the Packers were fake we thought the rumors that David was asking for four years 200 million was fake I don't think any of it was fake now I truly believe they were asking for $50 million a year from Jerry.

That's too much for a defensive end i'm sorry...

It's a better deal for them because they're contenders possibly but this could be really good for us if they have an injury bug like we had last year or they're just not as good as they were going to be because maybe the Bears come on who else is in their division Is it the Lions I mean I don't remember but Either way if they have a bad year either this year or next then our first round pick goes up.

Her weakest position on the team was defensive tackle and nose tackle which I believe this guy is so yes I'm trying to make it feel better the Packers does make it feel like a gut punch At least we kinda saw this coming the Luka Doncic straight for me is a Mavericks fan we woke up one morning and it just he's a Laker of all teams he's a Laker and they didn't get enough for him...

I think that trade helped temper me a bit on this one because I was shocked on that one but this one we we sort of felt it coming even though we didn't think it was possible that Jerry would trade away his best defensive player in one of his superstars because he's never done it before....
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I just hope we can build a Super Bowl team because of this in the next few years, ideally before the Packers tie us and/or the Chiefs pass us. Because otherwise, this was a possible disaster.
 
jterrell said:
Kenny Clark - 6’3, 314 pounds140 games in nine seasons, three Pro Bowl honors.
Hasn’t missed a game for injury since 2020.
35 career sacks.
Pretty much ideal DT partner for Osa.
You got major salary cap boost by Packers eating all of Clark's signing bonuses.

You are not a great defense now, but you are very balanced with a ton of pass rush upside.

Again, this was a good trade that was handled poorly by Jerry and his need to be the main character.

I could care less about Micah's sacks last year when good teams didn't need to bother to pass because you were trash up the middle versus the run.
This addresses that is a big way.

I still have little faith in their late R1 draft abilities but on paper you are set up nicely to win this trade.
Certainly so, once cap hits are figured in.
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In no way did they win this trade. Unless they spend that money in free agency and actually hit on late first round picks. Which hasn’t been their forte.

2 firsts and a player for Micah just isn’t enough.
 
Ranching said:
We all want to win, but being a true fan isn't about winning....that's the icing on the cake
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Does hurt like hell I'll admit it but when looking at the contract he was probably demanding here which was $50 million a year II can see that it was a rumor just like we thought the Packers rumor was fake the rumor that they were demanding four years $200 million from Jerry Now I can believe it that was also true given that they got $47 million from the Packers I can see why they were would put the screws to Jerry..

It got ugly and this is the first time in the history of the Cowboys that Jerry Jones allowed one of his superstars to leave and it had to be the Packers I think that's what hurts the most but there's no way I would have been OK with them paying $47 million a year.. Let alone if the number was 50... That's the only reason this is feeling not so bad they got two 1st round picks they weren't great 1st round picks they got a defensive tackle and those tackle that's a Pro Bowler and we don't have to pay the $47 million a year..

thats QB money!!!!:facepalm:
 
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