The Dallas Cowboys and Mika Parsons were in a dead end throughout the 2025 offseason. On August 1st, Parsons demanded trade from Dallas. The Cowboys gave his wish a week before the 2025 season began.
Owner Jerry Jones shipped Mika Parsons to the Green Bay Packers in exchange for Kenny Clark and two first-round picks. This was a move that shocked the entire league. Mika Parsons grew up as a Cowboys fan and dreamed of playing for Dallas. His relationship with Jerry Jones is broken, and Parsons finds a new home. In the fourth Sunday night football, the Packers are on the path to facing the Cowboys. This is the first chance to face the cycne of his old team that Mika Parsons traded him.
Mika Parsons is excited about his first opportunity to play in Dallas
Mika Parsons is ready for his first game with the Cowboys 🧀 pic.twitter.com/iawlywzpbj
– Sports Center (@sportscenter) September 24, 2025
In the 12th overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, the Cowboys selected Mika Parsons from Pennsylvania. Since he entered the league, Parsons has been a single destroyer crew. Mika Parsons and Hall of Fame Reggie White are the only players with more than 12 bags in each of their first four seasons. His career so far is his 14.0 sacks for the 2023 season. Many thought Mika Parsons was riding the Cowboys throughout his career.
However, Jerry Jones decided to trade this offseason for the Packers. Throughout the three games, Parsons has 1.5 sacks for Green Bay. In week four, the Packers are on their path to facing the Cowboys. This is Mika Parsons’ first trip back to Dallas since the deal in late August. He was suffering minor injuries when Palon was traded.
Mika Parsons’ Duck Prescott looting Cowboys QB: “He has five guys in front. pic.twitter.com/zmfbaf0hnq
-NFL Around (@AroundThenfl) September 26, 2025
Mika Parsons has scored a snap count to start the 2025 season. Two first team All-Pro played 63% of Green Bay’s defensive snaps. NFL Insiders hopes Mika Parsons will be “unleashed” with the Cowboys in week four. In his last two games, Parsons has 13 pressures. It is tied in the third range.
The Dallas Cowboys traded Mika Parsons for the Packers at the height of his career. There’s no doubt that Sunday Night Football in the fourth week means more for Parsons. It’s his first trip to AT&T Stadium since the Cowboys traded him for the Packers in late August. How many bags will Mika Parsons get back to Dallas? He never recorded a bag against Duck Prescott in the game. Mostly because they were teammates for the first four years of his career. Now Parsons has the opportunity to check it out from his list.
