The Dallas Cowboys traded arguably the best player on their roster a week before the start of the 2025 season, and Terry Bradshaw thinks that was the right decision.
Bradshaw shared his thoughts on the Micah Parsons trade during the Week 1 edition of the “FOX NFL Sunday” pregame show. The Hall of Fame quarterback said he believes Cowboys owner Jerry Jones “did the right thing” by trading Parsons to the Green Bay Packers for two first-round draft picks and Pro Bowl defensive tackle Kenny Clark.
“I don’t blame (Jones) one bit. I would have unloaded him,” Bradshaw said. “It saves me a ton of money on the salary cap, number one. He’s automatically getting two more first-round picks to go with the two he’s already got, and who’s to say that at the end of this year, if things don’t work out, somebody’s gonna get traded and pick up another one.
“Jerry Jones is sitting in the driver’s seat. I think it was a smart decision. … Whether or not Parsons was a difference-maker or not with the injury to the back, and you tell me that’s no big deal, I disagree.”
“I think Jerry Jones did the right thing.” 👀
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Terry Bradshaw shares his thoughts on the Cowboys’ decision to trade Micah Parsons to the Packers. pic.twitter.com/ZxFuD1Wrn6
As Bradshaw mentioned, Parsons has been nursing a back injury in recent weeks. Many people thought the injury was fabricated so he could justify sitting out practices with the Cowboys, but the star pass-rusher has been receiving treatment for it. He is expected to be limited in Green Bay’s Week 1 game against the Detroit Lions.
Jones has said he believes the Cowboys will be a better team in 2025 after trading Parsons — not just in the long term. The 82-year-old thinks unloading Parsons will solve one big issue that Dallas’ defense has had in recent years.
Parsons is a four-time Pro Bowl defensive end who has had at least 12 sacks in every one of his NFL seasons. You simply can’t replace production like that. It is reasonable to debate whether the return for Parsons was sufficient, but very few people actually believe the Cowboys will be better off in the short term without him.
