Why Parsons deal makes Packers Super Bowl contenders

NFL 2025 season

Dates: 4 September 2025 – 8 February 2026

The NFL has been shocked by Micah Parsons’ massive trade from the Dallas Cowboys to the Green Bay Packers.

The defensive star stated last month that he wanted to leave Dallas following a long-running contract dispute.

And his wish was granted just one week before the new season began.

The 26-year-old replaces TJ Watt as the NFL’s highest-paid non-quarterback after signing a four-year deal with the Packers worth $ 188 million (£139 million).

The decision cements Green Bay as a contender for the Super Bowl, according to BBC pundits who are shocked the Cowboys allowed a player in his prime to join one of their rivals.

According to NFL pundit Phoebe Schecter, “Micah Parsons was the guy the Cowboys were building their defense around.”

“You should have traded him away a week before the start of the season,” he said. Jerry Jones continues to make that soap opera.

The controversial and charismatic owner of the Cowboys, who won three Super Bowls in the 1990s but has overseen 30 years of underachieving, is the subject of a new Netflix documentary.

Dallas, for instance, has only managed one play-off victory in its last four seasons despite having one of the NFL’s most devastating pass rushers. Only four players have compiled a total of 52 sacks since the Cowboys signed Parsons in 2021 (including him).

The defensive end played 12 of 13 games last season, including 4.5 against the Washington Commanders, Briton Efe Obada’s former team.

Obada, who is currently without a team, called Mike Parsons a “game-wrecker.” He wrecked our games last season, despite the fact that we had been practicing for him all week, and I’ve seen him do it firsthand.

He writes, “It’s insane how he sends offensive coordinators.” I don’t understand it, just pay your guys. It’s similar to trading Patrick Mahomes. “Green Bay received a fantastic one.

Parsons has also been assigned to a different NFC Conference team, which has seen progress since Aaron Rodgers’ Packers starting quarterback position was replaced in 2023.

According to BBC broadcaster Anthony Wootton, “the Packers had a weakness in defense,” It seems absurd that you have all but strengthened one of the teams in your conference.

Because of his other-worldliness, Mike Parsons is a guy offensive coordinators have to plot against and quarterbacks have to watch out for. He has taken the Packers to a whole new level.

In his first two seasons as a starter, Love has helped Green Bay reach the play-offs. Since the Packers have an established quarterback under their belt, the 26-year-old has switched from his rookie contract to a big-money deal.

The Whole 10 Yards, Green Bay, were listed among nine teams in their “Super Bowl window” at the start of the BBC iPlayer season.

The Packers’ main rivals in the NFC are the Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers, Washington Commanders, and Philadelphia, who are defending champions, are seen as one team from each conference reaching the big game.

Kansas City, the AFC champion after being denied a historic victory in February, and the Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills both have MVP-winning quarterbacks in their ranks.

The Cincinnati Bengals’ defense made up for the team’s play-off defeat from the previous season. The Bengals are still in the early stages of their Super Bowl preparations, with quarterback Joe Burrow leading the league in receiving yards and touchdown passes and Ja’Marr Chase taking the receiving triple crown.

The Denver Broncos and the Los Angeles Rams are both in contention for the Super Bowl, and their injuries over the past year suggest that the 49ers’ window has now come to an end, according to some commentators on The Whole 10 Yards.

NFL reporter Matt Miller reported that the team is “coming off a disappointing year.” They have the tools to be a perennial contender, but they must stay healthy, with head coach Kyle Shanahan, quarterback Brock Purdy, and defensive end Nick Bosa.

NFL reporter Ian Rapoport said he “wouldn’t be that surprised” if the Bengals made a play-off run after the Rams defeated them in the Super Bowl three years ago.

He claimed that they had one of the best defenses last year and were “kind of up and coming.” They’re coming up and going this year, I don’t know. They are, in fact, here.

Denver’s quarterback Bo Nix is entering his second season after leading the Broncos to the playoffs for the first time since winning the Super Bowl in 2016.

Rapoport continued, “The Broncos appear to be coming.” Bo Nix appears to be more superior than anyone else, according to head coach Sean Payton, who was skeptical of him. They appear to be breaking into their window.