The Dallas Cowboys want finality to the Micah Parsons saga, even if it means trading him away. The Cowboys obviously don't have to trade Parsons, but we've reached the point of no return in contract discussions, and ESPN's Adam Schefter confirmed it.
The rest of the NFL has already likely been circling around this situation, but now, the vultures are going to be making their presence felt. If the Cowboys are really listening to trade offers, what would they actually accept? Let's take a look at a handful of deals that might actually be enticing enough to Jerry Jones.
3 crazy trade offers the Cowboys would have to accept for Micah Parsons
1. Blockbuster trade with the Las Vegas Raiders
Raiders get:
Micah Parsons
Cowboys get:
TE Brock Bowers
2026 1st-round pick
2027 1st-round pick
The Raiders would almost undoubtedly want to have their cake and eat it too, but why would the Cowboys not make it hurt a little bit if they're giving up the guy who has led the NFL in pressures since he came in to the league back in 2021? If you want to get something, you've got to give something.
The baseline of any trade with the Cowboys is going to have to include multiple first-round picks, which is a given. But how does a team competing with others to get a deal done actually get Jerry Jones to say "yes"? Well, you make a player like Brock Bowers the centerpiece.
The Raiders already have Michael Mayer, a former second-round pick, on the roster. As good as Brock Bowers is, the Raiders' defense is going to drag that team down.
2. Blockbuster trade with the Denver Broncos
Broncos get
Micah Parsons
Cowboys get:
EDGE Nik Bonitto
2026 1st-round pick
2027 1st-round pick
This trade gives the Dallas Cowboys an immediate replacement for Parsons in the form of a Pro Bowl player. It also just so happens that Bonitto has been negotiating a contract extension with the Broncos, and the Cowboys could probably pretty easily get him to sign on the dotted line for whatever he's closing in on with Denver.
The Broncos are obviously already on the cusp of paying a premier edge player, so they might not be opposed to the idea of reaching a little bit deeper into the Walmart pockets to pay a player like Parsons.
This would give the Cowboys a young edge player with a Pro Bowl pedigree as well as multiple future first-round picks to work with. Meanwhile, the Broncos get a superstar off the edge to go with young quarterback Bo Nix as their foundation pieces for the future.
3. Blockbuster trade with Buffalo Bills
Bills get:
Micah Parsons
Cowboys get:
2026 1st-round pick
2026 2nd-round pick
2027 1st-round pick
2027 3rd-round pick
The Buffalo Bills should be expected to be one of the most aggressive teams when it comes to anyone making trade offers for Micah Parsons. The Bills don't have a single Super Bowl win in franchise history, thanks largely to the Dallas Cowboys, who handed them two of their four Super Bowl losses back in the 90s.
The irony of the Cowboys potentially trading them the missing piece should be lost on no one. The reason why the Bills would have to give up so much high capital to get Parsons is because their picks will be expected to be late in each round. They might even have to give up more than this, but getting two firsts, a second, and a third is at least a great starting point for completing what would be the biggest trade for a defensive player in league history.
And that's exactly what this will have to be in order to get done.
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