Gary’s Q&A

Listener question & Gary’s response · Transcript passage

Let’s just jump right into the first question, and I’m going to start this off by addressing a question that many of you asked, so I’m just going to answer all of you at once collectively. You asked what my thoughts were on the recent Micha Parsons trade.

For those of you who do not follow the NFL or perhaps live in a country that doesn’t have American Football, let me briefly explain what happened.

The Dallas Cowboys traded their star defensive end, Micah Parsons, to the Green Bay Packers in exchange for two first-round draft picks in 2026 and 2027, along with long-time Packer defensive tackle Kenny Clark.

Parsons subsequently signed the largest non-quarterback contract in NFL history for four years.

To put it bluntly, this is huge. This is easily the biggest trade in Packers history.

I asked several long-time Packer fans I know what first came to mind when they heard the news, and every single one of them said the exact same thing: Reggie White.

In 1993, Reggie signed as a free agent with the Green Bay Packers and was a huge part of their Super Bowl Championship in 1997. Reggie was the best defensive player in the league at the time and went on to win Defensive Player of the Year with the Packers.

The other player that came to mind was Charles Woodson. He signed with the Packers in 2006 and helped Green Bay win a Super Bowl as well, and also won a Defensive Player of the Year award with the Packers.

Micah Parsons is arguably the top defensive player in the NFL right now. If not, he is most certainly in the top three.

He is in the prime of his career and, absent injuries, is poised to have his peak seasons with the Packers. So far, he is on a trajectory to become a Hall of Famer.

Teams almost never, ever trade such players at this point in their career.

Moreover, the Packers got him for a steal. Kenny Clark had a great career with the Packers, but he’s 30 and had his worst season last year. Two first-round picks won’t mean much, given that they almost certainly are going to be picks in the mid to high 20s, which are nearly second-round picks at that point.

Micah Parsons perfectly fills the biggest hole on the Packers’ roster and does so in the best way possible.

I’ve been watching a lot of videos about the trade over the last few days, and the reaction to the trade has been almost unanimous that this was one of the worst trades in history for the Cowboys.

Time will tell the real impact of the trade, but we’ll have an idea in week one when the Packers play the Lions.

I don’t think they are a shoe-in to win the Super Bowl this year, but I think their odds went up considerably.