Micah Parsons was beginning to worry his situation with the Dallas Cowboys might not get settled by the time the regular season opened, which is why on Thursday as he was leaving the team facility after getting treatment on his back, he placed another phone call to his agent, David Mulugheta.
Mulugheta was still putting the final details on Parsons’ blockbuster trade and massive contract extension with the Green Bay Packers, but Parsons was getting impatient.
“I told him that day, I was like, ‘Man, I don’t know what’s gonna happen, but I need you to get something done soon,’” Parsons said. “I haven’t not played football this long since I was in seventh grade.”
Within a few hours, the Packers had sent two first-round picks plus Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kenny Clark to the Cowboys. They also finalized a four-year, $188 million contract extension with Parsons that, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, included $120 million fully guaranteed at signing and $136 million in total guarantees, making him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history.
This after a training camp hold-in which Parsons never stepped foot on the practice field for the Cowboys.
“I did not want to be in a position where I was missing opportunities, not only to feed my family, but like I said, the brotherhood,” Parsons said. “Them guys wanted me on the field as bad as I wanted to be on the field. They look at me as [a] big brother, like, ‘he needs to be out there, I know we know we can win with him, I know what he can do out there.’ So, yeah, I was worried about that, but now that’s resolved.”