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Parsons' Return Delayed: Cowboys Trade Still a Stalemate
19 Oct
Summary
- Micah Parsons will not play this week due to an ongoing injury.
- The Cowboys' trade of Parsons for draft picks has yielded mixed results.
- Both teams' performance suggests neither has clearly won the trade.
Micah Parsons will not be taking the field this week, as his practice window has not yet opened. This decision comes over a year after the Dallas Cowboys traded him to the Green Bay Packers. The trade, which involved players like Quinnen Williams and Malachi Lawrence for the Cowboys, and cap space allocated to Jake Ferguson and DaRon Bland, has not yielded the expected improvements for Dallas.
Parsons, who was placed on the Active/PUP list after an ACL tear late last year, remains sidelined. While he expressed a desire to play if a Super Bowl were imminent, caution is being exercised to prevent further injury. The initial narrative favored the Packers, but a late-season ACL tear for Parsons began to shift perceptions.
As of Week 6 of the 2026 season, the Cowboys' run defense remains poor, and fan sentiment is divided. The Packers have lost games down the stretch after Parsons' injury, indicating that neither team has emerged as a clear winner of the trade thus far.
