This was smart asset management by Dallas, converting one elite player into multiple valuable pieces that can be used to build for success in the short and long term. The Cowboys gained a proven Pro Bowl defensive tackle, plus two first-round picks that could yield three to five quality players if used to draft or in another trade. And if things go off the rails, the Cowboys may be set up to draft high enough to acquire a franchise quarterback next spring.
Dallas just committed organizational malpractice by trading away a generational defensive talent in his prime to a conference rival. Parsons is only 26 years old and is already on a Hall of Fame trajectory. Those late first-round picks from a playoff-bound Packers team won't yield comparable talent, and Clark is 29 with declining production. This proves Jones must relinquish personnel matters in his organization to sharper football people.
By landing Parsons the Packers have greatly improved their Super Bowl chances. After all the drama in Dallas, Parsons should be motivated by proving the Cowboys were wrong to trade him and to live up to his $188M deal. The Packers' defense will be formidably strong because his pass rushing will take some heat off of the secondary. Parsons could be the missing piece.
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