El Turco wrote:I thought whole point of trading Parsons was to get multiple cheaper players. They essentially traded Parsons for a worse player playing a less impactful position. Not like one player is going to fix that defense.
The Cowboys were not winning anything with Micah Parsons. In case everyone forgot he played for the Cowboys the last few years and their defense was terrible after Quinn’s defense got embarrassed in the playoffs. It doesn’t make sense to pay a 1/3 of your cap to 1 guy when even with him you’re terrible. The that same money and get 2-4 impactful players (they don’t have to be the absolute best at their positions).
The Cowboys biggest problem (even during Quinn’s seasons as the DC) the last decade has been their run defense. They just traded for “statistically” the best run stopping DT in the NFL. They also traded for a very good run stuffing DT in Clark. They also added a good LB that has been playing on a bad team. That’s 3 solid-elite players for 1 guy that didn’t make your defense tat much better.
Plus they might not be done. Word is they are still trying to obtain Minkah Fitzpatrick and/Bradley Chubb.
And again, these trades are more about next season than this season. They are really too far out of the picture to have any realistic hopes of making the playoffs this year.