Terry McLaurin, Trey Hendrickson, and now Micah Parsons. All three were bandied about all summer in New England as potential trade additions. All three turned out to be a fantasy.
In the case of Parsons, though, the player actually moved, with the Packers sending two first-round picks and a player to Dallas while also agreeing to pay Parsons $188 million over four years, with $136 million guaranteed.
Patriots insider Phil Perry said that while any team would love to add an elite player like Parsons, it was just never going to happen in New England.
“For the Patriots, two first-round picks, that doesn’t make much sense for me in terms of where the Patriots are on their organizational arc right now,” Perry said on Early Edition.
Marc Bertrand made the case that the frosty relationship between Robert Kraft and Jerry Jones might have killed any chance of a Patriots-Cowboys trade of this magnitude from happening, while also noting that Parsons most likely wanted to join a contender.
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Perry said, respectfully, that neither of those issues would have been relevant in this discussion.
“I don’t think it even gets to that point with Micah Parsons, because I don’t think the Patriots would be willing. I really don’t,” Perry said. “Do you think they would’ve been willing to pay him like a quarterback and give up two first-round picks as a team that’s coming off back-to-back four-win seasons? That conversation stops well before it gets to Jerry Jones and Robert Kraft.”