Cowboy Roundup: Full Micah Parsons contract breakdown, Dallas dodged a bullet?

Happy Saturday, Dallas Cowboys Nation. The dust is finally settling on the Micah Parsons trade, and we're all just going to have to accept the reality that he's now officially a member of the Green Bay Packers.

Parsons was introduced by Green Bay on Friday night, announcing that he would be wearing No. 1, while the Cowboys also introduced their newest addition.

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Dallas' new defensive tackle Kenny Clark met with the media and fielded several questions, expressing his shock about the trade but excitement to get to work with the Cowboys. Let's hope it all works out.

Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Kenny Clark is brought to his table during the Greater Green Bay Chamber's annual Welcome Back Packers Luncheon | Sarah Kloepping/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

While we have to wait until Thursday for the Cowboys to kick off the regular season, there is plenty of football to hold fans over until Week 1 of the NFL season, with the first full weekend of college football coming our way today, and the schedule is loaded. Let's sit back and enjoy the excitement as Labor Day Weekend gets underway.

While we make our way through the weekend, let's check out some of the news and headlines we may have missed around the web.

Full Micah Parsons contract breakdown

Green Bay Packers edge rusher Micah Parsons speaks during an introductory press conference | Tork Mason / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The Cowboys weren't willing to pay Micah Parsons, so they shipped him to the Packers where some believe Green Bay may have overpaid with his $47 million per year salary. Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network shared a full breakdown of the new Parsons deal.

2025
$44M signing bonus
$1.17M base salary (fully gtd)

2026
$38M option bonus (fully gtd)
$2.387M base salary (fully gtd)

2027
$34.443M option bonus (fully gtd)
$3.107M base salary (injury gtd)

2028
$40.55M base salary (partially injury gtd)

2029
$43.55M base salary
$1M 90-man bonus

Did the Cowboys make the right move?

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Did Cowboys dodge a bullet?

Dallas Cowboys CEO Stephen Jones, head coach Brian Schottenheimer, and owner Jerry Jones speak to the media | Tim Heitman-Imagn Images

InsideTheStar.com takes a look at how the Cowboys may have saved the future by not opening up the checkbook in the same way the Packers did for Parsons.

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