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Adam Schefter Reveals Eagles Made 'Strong' Play for Micah Parsons

NFC East rivals checked in on star defender.

Kyle Koster

Parsons is now gone from the NFC East.
Parsons is now gone from the NFC East. / Tim Heitman-Imagn Images
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Two bitter rivals will kick off the NFL season on Thursday night as the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys square off. Philly is coming off a Super Bowl parade and the Cowboys are coming off a months-long situation between Micah Parsons and Jerry Jones that ended in divorce.

The season opener will have everything a fan and television network could want. There is no shortage of storylines on which to pull. But it could have been even spicier had Dallas been more receptive to the queries of its divisional foe about a potential trade for Parsons.

ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter categorized this as a "strong" play. A play the Cowboys had no interest in running.

Parsons would eventually end up in Green Bay. The Eagles will have to settle for trotting out a defense that stymied Patrick Mahomes to win it all. And for not having to gameplan against Parsons twice a year.

It will be interesting to see if there are further details about just how detailed this strong phone call was. On the surface, yes, there's a lot of intrigue because these two teams hate each other. But any front office doing their job would have touched base to see what the deal was with Parsons as all the drama played out.

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Kyle Koster
KYLE KOSTER

Kyle Koster is an assistant managing editor at Sports Illustrated covering the intersection of sports and media. He was formerly the editor in chief of The Big Lead, where he worked from 2011 to '24. Koster also did turns at the Chicago Sun-Times, where he created the Sports Pros(e) blog, and at Woven Digital.

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