The football world just tilted off its axis. The biggest shockwave of the offseason has finally crashed down: Dallas has shipped Micah Parsons to Green Bay. Unreal, right? But maybe not. At this point, it feels like the fans had a better grasp on reality than the experts who were ‘hopeful‘ about this saga. And no one was more hopeful than Michael Irvin. So, of course, the news hit him harder than anyone else. His reaction? Pure disbelief.

Yeah, it felt like the man would almost break down on his podcast. And he sort of did. When the Micah-Packers news dropped, he couldn’t help but let out a sigh of aghast. “Oh my god, I can’t believe this man, I’ve been here all day, I cannot believe this, I cannot believe we just traded Micah Parsons,” he said. Well, like Irvin, many of us couldn’t believe what just happened.

If you’ve been keeping up with this contract delay saga, you probably know that this relationship reached the point of no return. This was also evident in Parsons’ comments, when the DE stated, “I never wanted this chapter to end, but not everything was in my control.”  This was something beyond saving at this point. And arguably, Jerry Jones is the person to blame for that, no one else. But, per reports, Jones said the Micah Parsons trade is in the “best interest for the Dallas Cowboys.” Perhaps the billionaire owner is planning something. Anyway, one thing we all know is that this couldn’t have played out any other way.

Months of public jabs at Parsons: questioning his loyalty, his shape, even leaking about his contract standoff, all of it poisoned the water. His camp flat-out told Dallas where to shove their offer, and that was the breaking point. There was never going to be a clean ending. Somebody was always walking away happier. And now, Parsons has his exit.

No one in their right mind would choose to play for an owner who has arguably ‘disrespected‘ them every step of their way, certainly not after the money the Packers are offering. Yeah, let’s talk numbers and logistics. Dallas shipped him in exchange for DT Kenny Clark and two future first-rounders (2026 and 2027).

The Packers gave a four-year, $188 million deal to Parsons, with a staggering $136 million guaranteed. Yep, the edge rusher market just boomed. And Micah is finally getting what he wanted all along. It all started when TJ Watt scored that megadeal with the Steelers. And now Micah is getting an even bigger payday.

And let’s be clear, he deserved every bit of it. Green Bay isn’t shelling out just for headlines. Parsons’ resume is already as airtight as it gets: 52.5 sacks in four years, another 12 tacked on in 2024, and 9 career forced fumbles. As for Irvin, who spent 12 years in America’s Team, this hits even harder considering he had almost guaranteed him staying.

It’s the hope that ruined Michael Irvin

Perhaps Irvin put way too much faith in Jerry. Before the deal materialised, Irvin said, “I guarantee, Michael Parsons’s not going anywhere. Jerry’s not that crazy. This is all what we call just negotiation stuff.” But he wasn’t the only man with hope out there. Dak Prescott was in false hope, too. Earlier, when he was asked about the contract standoff, Prescott said he’s confident No. 11 will be on the field when it matters. He even pointed to his own drawn-out negotiations with Jerry Jones and said that it always works out in the end.

“I’ve got confidence,” Prescott said of a deal getting done, per beat reporter Clarence Hill Jr. “I told y’all way back when. I’m just going off of experience, honestly, no different than mine. I’ve got confidence in that,” he said just a few days ago. But the Parsons situation was different. Something which neither Prescott nor others, including Irvin, were expecting.

It screamed ‘ugly break-up‘. It was all about who was going to end up happier at the end, and it’s Micah Parsons. He became the highest-paid non-QB in NFL history, and Jerry Jones lost the best edge rusher in the league.