Eagles

Report: Howie Roseman Owns So Much Real Estate in Jerry Jones’ Big Head that the Cowboys Put a Special Condition into Micah Parsons Deal

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Nov 9th, 2025 · 10:11 AM EST

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This is tremendous, from Adam Schefter at ESPN:

…The Dallas Cowboys went out of their way over the summer to ensure (Micah) Parsons would not play for the division-rival Eagles — at least not anytime soon.

Unbeknownst to everyone except the few who crafted the August blockbuster trade that sent Parsons from Dallas to Green Bay was a “poison pill” condition that, according to sources involved with the deal, prevents the two-time All-Pro from playing for Philadelphia in the immediate future.

The previously unreported condition states that if the Packers decide to trade Parsons to a team in the NFC East — the Eagles tried to trade for him in the summer before being rebuffed — then Green Bay would owe Dallas its 2028 first-round draft pick, sources involved in the trade told ESPN.

Schefty says the conditions are set through 2026, so the Birds, Giants, and Commies can’t trade for Parsons until 2027 without the 1st round pick being forfeit. Apparently it’s the same condition set for Kenny Clark and a possible trade back to the NFC North.

Parsons, or “Michael Parson,” as Jerry Jones once called him, signed a four-year deal when he was traded to the Pack. In 2027 he’d be 28 years old and hitting the cap at $27 million, then a huge jump in salary in 2028, so if Howie ever did decide to move for him, it would have to come with the back end/void year magic that he typically works.

The Birds went out and got Jaelan Phillips at the trade deadline and they’ve got Nolan Smith coming back from injury, so we will see how good the defense looks out of the bye, but it’s hilarious nonetheless that Jerruh and company put a provision in the GB trade that essentially works like the opposite of a sell-on fee. It’s like a sell-on penalty instead.