Colin Cowherd is ready to ask a question that some thought might have been unimaginable a year ago: Did the Dallas Cowboys actually win the Micah Parsons trade?
A day after the Cowboys extended four-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Quinnen Williams to a three-year, $105.9 million deal, Cowherd thinks there’s momentum building toward the idea that Dallas won its trade with the Green Bay Packers.
“People were freaking out about the Micah Parsons trade. I would make an argument by October or Thanksgiving, the Dallas Cowboys, it could be official, won the Micah Parsons deal,” Cowherd said on Tuesday’s edition of “The Herd.” “You got Quinnen Williams, a Pro Bowl defensive tackle. By the way, when they traded Micah, initially, the Cowboys got worse. That gave them a better draft pick. That draft pick became Caleb Downs, who, to me, is the steal of the draft. I think there’s an argument he could be the best player in the draft.
“You don’t get that if the Cowboys had two or three more wins [last season]. … We overvalue non-quarterback stars on this league.”
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The Cowboys acquired the star defensive deal with in a commerce with the New York Jets forward of the commerce deadline final season, utilizing among the draft capital they bought within the cope with the Packers for Parsons. Dallas obtained defensive deal with and three-time Professional Bowler Kenny Clark and first-round picks in 2026 and 2027 from Inexperienced Bay for Parsons. Then, they traded a 2027 first-round choose, a 2026 second-round choose and defensive deal with Mazi Smith to the Jets for Williams.
As for the 2026 first-round choose the Cowboys obtained from the Packers, the Cowboys chosen UCF Knights linebacker Malachi Lawrence with the No. 23 choose after a trade-back. Earlier within the draft, they traded up one spot to pick Ohio State Buckeyes security Caleb Downs with the No. 11 choose.
The Packers, in the meantime, noticed Parsons have an encouraging debut season with the franchise, logging 12.5 sacks, incomes his third profession All-Professional honor and ending third amongst edge defenders in general grade (91.9), according to Pro Football Focus. Nonetheless, Parsons’ 2025 marketing campaign ended after 14 video games as a consequence of a torn ACL, which is anticipated to maintain him off the sector for at the least the primary month of the 2026 season.
With Parsons sidelined, the Packers misplaced their final 5 mixed video games of the season (common season and postseason), ending with an NFC wild-card spherical loss to the Chicago Bears. The 2 groups truly confronted off in Week 4 of final season, enjoying to a 40-40 tie.
Granted, the Cowboys went on to overlook the playoffs for a second consecutive season, and their protection completed final in factors allowed. Nonetheless, with the reinforcements Dallas has obtained due to the Parsons commerce, Cowherd thinks the Cowboys are on the rise.
“I have a look at the Cowboys’ roster, between Caleb Downs, Quinnen Williams and the roster flexibility, that is the perfect group they’ve had, when it comes to general expertise, arguably in a decade,” Cowherd later mentioned. “The Cowboys are in a great spot.”
