Dallas Cowboys star linebacker Micah Parsons has not only requested a trade out of Dallas but also issued a statement saying he no longer wants to play there.
Parsons is looking for an extension that his play on the field has shown he deserves, but Jerry Jones and the Cowboys have yet to grant his request. Now, they could decide to trade him instead. While many landing spots and trade possibilities have been discussed since the news of his trade request broke, Kristopher Knox of Bleacher Report has come up with a deal that sends Parsons to the Los Angeles Chargers.
Here are the details of his proposed deal:
Chargers receive: Micah Parsons, 2027 4th-round pick
Cowboys receive: 2026 1st-round pick, 2026 2nd-round pick, 2027 1st-round pick, 2027 5th-round pick, Najee Harris
This would be a lot to give up for the Chargers, but Parsons, one of the best defensive players in the league, commands this price. The Chargers would then need to sign him to a contract extension as his deal expires at the end of this season.
“The Los Angeles Chargers, presumably, are looking to continue trending upward under new head coach Jim Harbaugh. L.A. saw a six-win improvement last season while fielding the league’s No. 1 scoring defense.
This offseason, Los Angeles bolstered its offense by adding players like Najee Harris, Omarion Hampton and Tre Harris.
Hampton, a first-round running back out of North Carolina, is expected to lead Los Angeles’ rushing attack. That doesn’t necessarily make Harris expendable. The former Pittsburgh Steelers standout still has “no timeline” for returning from an eye injury either, according to The Athletic’s Daniel Popper.
However, including Harris might be an acceptable sweetener for a Cowboys team hoping it can find a viable starting back between Javonte Williams, Miles Sanders, Deuce Vaughn and rookie fifth-round pick Jaydon Blue”, wrote Knox.
Overall, it would be a move unlike any we’ve ever seen the Chargers make, but Jim Harbaugh, knowing that his team is a contender and has the money to lock up Parsons for the rest of the prime of his career, could help entice the front office to take a chance.
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The Cowboys would also get Najee Harris in the deal. Harris has yet to do much of anything in L.A. since signing as a free agent this summer. An eye injury suffered during a fireworks incident on the Fourth of July has kept him off the practice field in training camp.
The Cowboys are not going to want to move Parsons, and most of this is just posturing from the player and the front office to get what they want. It’s happened in Dallas for decades with Jerry Jones in charge. But if the two sides can’t come to an agreement and Parsons really does want out of Dallas, at just 26 years old, the Chargers could shake up the entire season by making a move to land him.
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