‘I wasn’t surprised’ – Dak Prescott speaks about Micah Parsons trade for the first time, makes admission about the deal
The Cowboys quarterback didn’t expect the trade but he wasn’t exactly shocked by it.
Dak Prescott knows what it’s like to go through negotiations with Jerry Jones’ Dallas Cowboys. So when he speaks about how the Micah Parsons saga went down, he does so with a unique point of view.
On Sunday, he spoke to the media for the first time since the Cowboys traded Parsons to the Green Bay Packers and while he says he didn’t expect it to happen, he wasn’t surprised by it.
“I definitely didn’t think he was going to get traded,” Prescott told reporters via The Athletic’s Jon Machota. “But just with the way their negotiations went down, obviously to some extent, hell, y’all were asking me questions, it seemed like it got personal on their ends, so that’s why I wasn’t surprised.”
Prescott added he wished Parsons good luck. During the offseason, the Cowboys quarterback was publicly supportive of the star defender in his quest to become the highest-paid non-quarterback in the NFL. At one point in training camp, Prescott said history showed Parsons would be taken care of by Dallas despite drawn out negotiations.
Prescott admits resolution avoids distractions
Though a report from Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer revealed some in the Cowboys locker room took issue with Parsons’ podcast including Prescott, the quarterback was supportive of him every chance he got to talk to the media.
Even still, he admitted dealing with questions about whether or not Parsons was playing next Thursday versus the Philadelphia Eagles would’ve been a “headache and a distraction.”
It’s not easy to move on from a trade as massive as Parsons’ was. Let alone when the two sides are scheduled to square off in Week 4 of the regular season.
However, that’s exactly what the Cowboys are doing. Dallas will visit NFC East rival and reigning Super Bowl champion Eagles in a matter of days and missing Parsons will do nothing to help them win the game.
This wasn’t the players’ decision. And despite what the front office said in the aftermath of the deal, the coaching staff didn’t spearhead it either. Now they need to control what they can control.
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