The Fumblerooski Podcast - A Dallas Divorce -Episode 378 The Fumblerooski Podcast

Episode Date: August 28, 2025

Micah Parsons has been traded to the Green Bay Packers in a blockbuster deal. Adam Wright and CJ Medeiros break down all the ins and outs of the deal for both sides.

Blockbuster deal has been made. Micah Parsons has been dealt to the Packers. We welcome you to a special emergency episode of the Fumble Ruski podcast. It may not have always showed it in the staff sheet, but you can see him making throws when he needs to make the throws. Back-to-back games where he has three touchdowns. Someone's got to get that six or seven spot. He's an elite wide receiver as a rookie.

Truly a lose-lose scenario for both. Welcome to the Fumbaruski podcast by Power 88 and Secret Weapon Consulting. I'm Adam Wright with C.J. Medeiros. Yes, I am on a part-time basis, still a co-host around here. I am the producer in the background, so I am present at all episodes. I'm just behind the scenes working out all the framework for the episodes, making sure they don't go too long, and also adding in some graphics and segmenting the show and also figuring out what we're going to talk about. However, during a time when our main co-host, Chris Costich, is not available, I'm stepping in in order to help break the news.

So Micah Parsons, the all-pro linebacker, has been sent from the Cowboys to the Packers in a Blockbuster deals. The official details have pretty much all been ironed out as far as compensation for trading the all-pro player. The Cowboys received defensive tackle Kenny Clark. He's a three-time pro bowler and two first round picks. On top of that, the Packers not only gave up all of these players but they also threw the bag at parsons they gave him a four year 188 million dollar deal um as far as guaranteed compensation um somewhere over the somewhere somewhere over the hundred millions most of that is guaranteed which is uh yeah 136 million yes going to be guaranteed out of the 188.

Yes. Didn't have it right in front of me. But, I mean, this is a massive deal. And the Packers gave up a lot to get this one guy. The Packers, their defense has been a little iffy in the past few years. In recent years, they've always had good defenses. They've worked on it ever since the Aaron Rogers days when it was all offense and no defense. They kind of reversed that.

And then it got to a point where they didn't really have enough offense. They had to trade Devante Adams out. And if you remember, they, you know, Aaron Rogers ended up leaving, largely because of that. And I think this is a big, this really is an embodiment of that. Their defense has been falling off in recent years. And, you know, after really improving it. And now here we are. The Packers is traded for a superstar.

This is a guy who could really do everything. We were, C.J., you and I were looking at some of what he's done off camera right before we started. But this guy's been a pro bowler for every single season he's been on. He's been in. He was the defensive rookie of the year. He's been a finalist. for the defensive player of the year. I mean, this guy has been, he's been doing it all.

And 12 sacks in each of his four seasons in the league, 12 or more sacks, 23 or more quarterback hits, 12 or more tackles for loss, and he can play in coverage. This is a guy who can literally do everything. He is a Swiss Army knife, and he was a focal point. of that Dallas Cowboys defense, which had been ferocious in recent years.

Now, they had some issues with injuries this season. They were very inconsistent, and the run defense was very so-so. So it makes sense that they acquired Kenny Clark. He's a great run stuffer, and he's a three-time pro bowler. You get two first-round picks out of this deal, and I got to say, with as good of what will I say with as good of a track record that the Cowboys have that Jerry Joan has as a GM at drafting and developing players they find superstar players like it's no one's business they're very very good at drafting which is probably the only reason why they've remained

somewhat competitive in the last 25 years since they haven't been to even an NFC championship it's what's kept him aflo what's really sank them is that jerry jones has cheaped out on coaching he's cheaped out in free agency and outside of a couple of trades he really hasn't hit the market very much this is really the only one that i can remember where the cowboys have really traded away a star player as opposed to trading for one i mean they traded for amari cooper years back They just traded for George Pickens. So they bring in players pretty often through trades. They don't do free agency.

They just don't. Jerry Jones has too large of an ego to do it. But they're great at drafting. So that part kind of makes sense. What is a surprise is that usually Jerry Jones locks down his star players that are homegrown. It's great for his ego. He loves to nail those players down and just so that he could say,

I saw that kid in college, I drafted him, I developed him, I have this potentially future Hall of Fame player on my roster for the rest of time. This is a little surprising here. They usually keep them. And I think that's why I'm completely shocked that this materialized into a trade. I thought it was a means of leverage. Micah Parsons requested this trade about on August 1st, I believe. It was through X, and he sent a very, very long message.

So this really came from the heart for him. Obviously, he was angry. He didn't even paragraph, by the way. It was just a long blob that he put in the notes section. He didn't create a no. No social media team. He just put out a massive blob of crap and just said, yeah, I'm out of here.

So maybe we should have known from the start. But CJ, your thoughts. It finally happened. Like something happened. I know the joke is like, oh, nothing ever happens. All these players, they demand trades there or get traded. But do you know what this means this was never to gain leverage? You know, this was never a stunt.

He wanted out. And for once, let's just all soak this in. for once a player who demands a trade actually gets traded like this is insane like wow what a time to be alive but the thing for jerry is i just want to say first let's look at the return two first round picks and defensive tackle kenny clark Kenny Clark is 29 he's in the back half of his career whereas parsons is in the middle and sure the cowboys had like run defense problems but cool maybe your rush is going to be a little better or your rush defense is going to get better okay but now let's talk about pass rush micha parsons was the only credible pass rushing threat they had and now he's gone and the other one

to marcus lawrence already left so unless you think so like marshawn nieland is going to break out i wouldn't expect anyone to get double-digit sacks which you know niland very well could he's very underrated at college. But still, I just, this feels weird because, you know, Jerry does, you know, he can draft, right? He can always replace his stars or I don't know if it's him anymore because I've heard that his son, you know, has had a handed drafting probably since 2014. Hell his son's the reason that Cowboys didn't even take Johnny Mansell and instead took Zach Martin, you know, great decision. But, but it's just this might be. a sign that Jerry Jones's ability to keep his guys in and negotiate has finally withered and

died. Because last episode, I went through, you know, the Jerry Jones time negotiating, where he plays good cop, bad cop, he'll act coy with the media. He'll schmooze his players. Hey, come into my office, have some drinks. Let's just chop it up. Then, you know, then he'll just turn around. around and start trash talking to the media and say, oh, well, he's always hurt. I'm not going to. And, you know, and we always like to point and laugh about how he always gets his man, but usually 10 million more a year than what he should be getting because he waits that long. But no, even still, even though he always ended up hurting himself, even though he always ended up giving out more than he should have in terms of contracts with his really, let's face it, whack-ass style of negotiating. He always got his man. But now, it didn't work the cracks in the armor are showing jerry jones is not this infallible deal maker that he thinks he is parsons left and he's not going to be easy to replace and yeah now the cowboys do have two first round picks this year and next year but but what are you going to do like you're not going to be bad enough to necessarily tank and even if you do

you turn those picks into home runs, you know, and you start drafting well, you really think you're going to go anywhere with head coach Brian Schottenheimer? This is essentially rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Yeah. So what I, it appears there's just a report like five minutes ago from Tom Pelliserra that him and Ian Rappaport have actually reported that the Cowboys have had trade discussions talking about Micah Parsons going all the way back to last year. And that's going to segue into our last, into my next piece of information, which is that apparently, according to reports that came out today, this trade, the terms have been agreed upon by the Packers for the last two days. This deal was already agreed upon two days ago.

We talk about how you mentioned how, and I have as well, mentioned how the Cowboys are one of the better drafting teams in all of football. They basically rely on it. They got two first round. What's that? I said not basically they do. They don't ever use free agency that they have to draft. Right.

I wonder if they're punting on this season. I wonder if they're kind of starting a semi rebuild, taking a couple steps back, so that in 2026, they target some players in the draft, and they go out there and they grab some players and they retool for the future. That's what I'm wondering, because talking about right now, for right now, this makes no sense for the Cowboys. It really makes zero sense. If you're talking about winning right now, they just traded for George Pickens. They still have C.D. Lamb on the team. their defense is loaded to the gills. On top of that, just five minutes ago,

you just, you, you, you, you re-signed your star quarterback. So why are you taking a step back here? What happened? Because if you, if it's been a full year of you talking about potentially trading away your star pass rusher, in the middle of his prime, by the way, that tells you, That tells me that you have a lack of confidence in the team that you have, the roster that you're building, and that you feel you need to take a few steps back and not start over, but kind of retool a little bit.

They still have CD Lam. They still have Dak Prescott. Notice how in the first round of this draft, we expected them to take a pass catcher, or rather a running back. They didn't do that. And throughout the Cowboys' existence, they've always been a team that does best when they have that star back. They don't have that right now, and they didn't take one in a running back heavy draft. Isn't that weird?

I'm just wondering if they're punting into next year and potentially beyond. It's the only, literally the only thing. could be. Like, I'm sorry. I know they traded for lamb. I know that their defensive back feels at least good. Front seven's kind of iffy, but whatever. But yeah, no, you're punting.

Like, you're not going to win a Brian Schoenheimer. This is just like, oh, everything's fine here. But they're not going to compete. They're just, even if they are looking to the future, which then again, it's Jerry Jones. That's not something that he does. He's very much a future be damned type. So, yeah, I stand by my rearranging deck chairs in the Titanic analogy because, respectfully, they could be.

It's the only logical explanation, but there's nothing logical about how Jerry Jones works. The Cowboys are just a very directionless team. They're not good enough to compete for a Super Bowl. I know every person in Texas, well, anywhere outside of Houston that is, is like, oh, this is actually our year. No, it's not. and it's if it wasn't before now it's really not you're going to get no pressure on the quarterback your defense was already injury prone and suspect i mean yeah parses miss some times they're on bland miss some time that one linebacker i think to barby on overshan miss some

time so let's just pump the brakes here mister this is our year uh you you don't have a future because look even if you are going to say oh this might be a retooling season what you think you're going to win with DAC? You're not. Hell, can I be honest? I would not rule out a complete tank. I really wouldn't. You know, Jerry Boy, would love to. Now we're going a bit far. No, no, no, no. They still have CD Lamb and Dak Prescott under contract. I may not love Dak Prescott. What's that? I said, yeah, sure, they do, but I don't know. Jerry Jones is not a man of conviction or focus maybe conviction but not focus he's he's just another idiot owner who gets dazzled by the sparkly thing in front of him and hell if Dallas really sucks like if somehow they

fall i wouldn't rule him out taking archmanning i mean at least just for the media drama alone and you know he'd do it too i just my point is i still think it's on the table because Dallas is just this much of a, you know, a cluster, we'll say. And I literally don't know. Now, from the Packers standpoint, yeah, good. I mean, that's fair. You know, you didn't give up too, too much. I mean, yeah, two first round picks. That sucks. But, hey, and Kenny Clark, I mean, hell, usually these guys go for two first, like a player, more late round picks, maybe a second player. But honestly, it's not a full. There's no way it can be a full tank when they just sign their star players five minutes ago, the other star players. And on top of that, you just

traded for Jerry Jones. Okay, cool. Like, it's literally Jerry Jones, man. And by the way, let me just say he's not exactly fond of that. With all due respect to your point, I don't care. I do not care that he just re-signed him. Have you seen him bitching to the media about, oh, yeah, well, we just made him the highest paid quarterback and he can't stay healthy. He only played six games for us. that's literally like things that he said he literally complains to the media about DAC being able to stay healthy and you think everything's fine no i'm sorry i just said it's not it's not a full they he gave him the contract if he really did not have faith in him just because he had one he had an unhealthy season that does not mean that they're going on a

full on tank it just it doesn't that that doesn't correlate especially with what they with everything else that they've been doing okay Then why is he literally complaining to the media about his quarterback? He's criticizing a player for not doing a thing that he wants him to do. That's a good thing. You know who else? Criticize their player a lot? Bill Belichick to Tom Brady.

You know who else did that? Okay, false equivalents to Tom Brady as well. Okay, cool. False equivalence. It's not a false equivalence. Yes, it literally is. No, it is not. Explain how.

Because players get criticized by their coaches. It just happens. It doesn't mean they don't like that. After he's extended? Like, my point is, and this isn't even a one-off, too. Like, you do realize that Dack has been, I mean, Jerry has been complaining about DAC for years. Literally since he got his first contract, he's been complaining about it.

He's like, oh, he doesn't do this. He doesn't stay healthy. He doesn't do that. It's like, my point is, like, it's not off the table, maybe like another year or two, but not right now. But my point is Jerry's still unhappy. and I put nothing past him because, you see, the problem is you're thinking about it logically. Think about it like Jerry.

What does Jerry like? Jerry likes attention above all else. He wants to stay in the spotlight. He's another one where he's such an egomaniac where any bit of attention is good. And with all due respect, you're saying, oh, if you think about it logically, no, no, no. Logic and Dallas literally do not mix. You have to start thinking outside of the box. And I'm just saying, like, I'm not saying it's likely.

I'm just saying it's a cluster. Like, it could happen. And with all, and here's the thing. You're like, oh, yeah, well, Bill Belichick did it too. It's not comparable. It's just not. The comparison is made totally in bad faith. And above all, yes, it is.

It's like, oh, well, Bill Belichick did. Okay, well, Bill Belichick had Tom Brady. And in doing so by saying, oh, yeah, well, Dak. I mean, Jerry Jones. complaining about DAC is comparable to Bill Belichette going about Brady, really is it? Because of quality of play. We're just, they are not the same. Why would he give him a contract extension if he didn't have faith in him?

That's not what they. There's literally no other options. Yes, you can. You can just move on from him and get a new quarterback. Teams do it all the time. Jerry literally does not want to have that bad of a record man. Like, I'm just, I'm sorry. Like, I understand your point.

I do, I just, the point is, like, Dax literally just not going to get it done. And it'd be one thing if it was a one-off, but it's not. All right. Listen, I think we're getting a little too far off topic talking about Dack. This is a Micah Parsons emergency episode. And just going over some of the, going over some of the details, as far as this deal goes, let's look at the Packers side of things. So as I mentioned, the Packers, they've worked on their defense in recent years.

They have worked on it a little bit. Going all the way back to the late Aaron Rogers years, they've been going heavy drafting on the defensive side of the ball. And for the most part, it's worked. And they did just release Jair Alexander five minutes ago, which is not great for them. He couldn't stay healthy, though. Yeah. This does match what they are trying to do,

which is to fortify their defense and surround their quarterback, not just not with weapons necessarily, but to have the quarterback who's able to do more with less and let the defense do a lot of the work. And that is a, that is a formula that's worked fairly well that other teams have executed in years past. it's just i mean you have you have some issues on that offensive line that you're trying to figure out you also want to evaluate why jordan love keeps getting hurt all the time because it's

really hurting uh the the quality of their seasons feels like they they should have won more games last year and they couldn't because their quarterback couldn't stay healthy um also love hurt now he's got something torn in his hand or something they said he's going to be ready for week one. It's a non-throwing hand. Oh. Oh. But it's, listen, I have enough faith in Jordan loved so that he's at least a competent starting quarterback. I think we all know at this point that he's a good quarterback. He's good. Yeah. How good. That's, that's, that's, that's the big question that needs to be answered at this point. He's only played one full season. Last year he was hurt all year. I think this year is going to be big in terms of him

proving himself, not just being a good quarterback. He's already showed that. But how good? How good? Can he be great? Can he be as good as the other Packer quarterbacks before him? That remains to be seen. It seems like he's not anywhere near Aaron Rogers' ability to not throw interceptions. There's no one better at doing that than Aaron Rogers is. He seems to be very Brett Fav-like in terms of volume scoring, for a lack of a better term. Kind of a guy who, yeah, he's going to throw a lot of touchdowns. He's going to throw for a lot of yards, but the interception is going to get racked up,

which a lot of quarterbacks are like that at this day and age. This defensive move for them, Michael Parsons, it was the centerpiece to those Cowboys defenses and a big part of why. they were, in some years, elite. I think he could really, with everything that he could do, he could put them over the top. I'm just a little worried about their secondary. Yeah, the secondary without Alexander,

well, the sarcastic part of me wants to say, well, what's the difference? He only played eight games a year anyway. So it's not like they have to prepare for this. But still, yeah, it is concerning because at least you still had him for a bit. don't have them at all. But, hey, they do have Xavier McKinney. And, yeah, that's pretty much their secondary is going to be weird. But, man, Rashon, Gary and Michael Parsons, that's going to be

scary. But as far as Jordan Love goes, I feel like the Packers, once again, are going to be probably more defensive oriented, at least now more than ever, because like you mentioned, Jordan Love, while good is not Aaron Rogers, and while Aaron Rogers was, you know, a really good quarterback, a lot of people realize, well, like, don't realize what you said is that it wasn't that, you know, he was this big gunslinger who could make a few lucky Hail Marys. It was that he was good at not turning the ball over in the regular season, that is. But still, Jordan Love, nah, no, he, like you said, he's not had that ability. And I'm tired of hearing this excuse me, oh, well, he's a gunslinger. Like, with all due respect, that argument, I mean, I'm not saying you do it, but that's just what I hear. It's like, oh, no, it doesn't matter.

He's a gunslinger. Like, yeah, no. Doesn't matter. You throw a lot of picks. He's a gunslinger. That holds very little water for me. And outside of Toyotathon, Jordan Love really doesn't do a whole lot. I mean, I had to make a Toyota Thong joke, but still, I like this because Jordan Love wasn't going to get it done by himself.

And now that Aaron Rogers isn't demanding to be the highest paid quarterback anymore, you do have a tiny bit more financial flexibility to get someone like Parsons. But you better make this count because right now, the lions have surpassed you in your own division. The Vikings, who knows what they're going to be. and the Bears finally broke your winning streak after they beat you last year. You are falling behind in the division that you ran for low these many years and you have to do something, anything,

to pick up the pace and you got it. Michael Parsons is an absolute game wrecker. And now with him that big of a piece, you should squarely be in contentioned for the NFC North. I mean, are the Lions still the favorites? Yeah, but you've closed the gap. But will they win?

I don't know, probably not. Not unless, you know, Jordan Love can channel his inner Rogers, I guess, and throw less picks. But Michael Parsons at least makes you at least a very legitimate wildcard team. You make a fair point about their division because you mentioned the cowboy, rather you mentioned the lions. I think you're missing the other two teams in this division. I literally. One of them being the one of the others being the Vikings. that, yeah, they won 14 games last year, but now they switched Sam Darnold for

their first round pick, J.J. McCarthy, who's now been getting FaceTime with NFL coaching for the past year now. And now he gets to start. Yes, he was injured, so we'll see if that had any effect on his ability to develop with a year. year in the league. But that Vikings team, if J.J. McCarthy can actually play, then that's a lethal team. And I mean, same thing with the Bears. I mean, even if, let's say Caleb Williams is even just barely above average or just solid. That's another team.

So I wonder, with this trade being made, maybe the Packers were thinking in the back of their heads with what we have right now, it's just not enough to compete with everybody else. Many other divisions, excuse me, in football, they would be in the conversation to win the division. Problem is, I just don't know if the Packers actually believe that right now, which is why they probably made this deal in order to help them get closer. They're going to be a competitive team, but until they make that one move, that puts them over the top.

They're going to continue to be that 9 and 8, 10, and 17 that, you know, treads water. They'll make the playoffs, but they're always going to be the little brother to everyone else in that division. Yeah. Yeah, I know you got a point. It's just, I don't know. I mean, Micah Parsons does give Green Bay a legitimate shot, but make no mistake.

As good as the defense could be, it's literally all going to have to be on Jordan Love. I mean, Adam, we've gone back and forth over this forever, and you've said many times, I do agree with you. Quarterback is the most valuable position. I mean, Parsons can only take him so far. Yeah, but I do believe in Jordan Love in the sense that he can win them some divisions. I think he can do that.

He needs to stay healthy. I don't think it's the turnovers that are the issue for me. It's definitely the health. When he's healthy, he helps them win games. When he's not, it's just forget about it. And we'll see how bad of the turnover of a turnover issue he has throughout his career. It's there. But like I said, there are a lot of quarterbacks who have turnover problems who are among the best in the game.

Most notably, Josh Allen, he didn't have that issue this year, but I think everyone's forgetting. He was running a lot this year. Joe Burrow has that issue, routinely throwing for 12 or more picks a year. Again, another guy who didn't do that this year. I think he threw for eight or nine, but still, he usually does. Patrick Mahomes, ever since he lost most of his weapons, or they've aged, Travis Kelsey, he's gone up there in interceptions. So I guess, I don't know, I don't think a lot of quarterbacks throw interceptions.

What matters for me is, do you throw too many interceptions? do you throw for enough touchdowns and yards for it to be worth it? Joe Burrow, Josh Allen, Tom Brady late in his career, Patrick Mahomes, they all do those things. So it works. Will it work for Jordan Love? That's the biggest question for them. But it's clear that the Packers have enough faith in him so that they're building up the defense on that team, rather than building up the team around, the offense around Jordan Love.

So they feel something for them. For me, it's a health thing. The biggest thing to help, then we'll figure out this turnover problem. Is it too big? Is it too big of a turnover issue for them to the point where it hinders their ability to win? I haven't really seen that yet. So we'll see. We'll see.

I'm not saying that there isn't a turnover problem. I'm just saying a lot of corporations. do. And a lot of the quarterbacks that I can name are among the best in football and maybe perhaps even among the best of all time. So clearly you can turn the ball over a few times in the NFL and still be an elite quarterback in this league. So I mean, yeah, you're right. It's just it's still going to have to all entirely be on Jordan Love. And if you can win games, then great. But I don't know, man. Forget turnovers. Once again, he's just, just got to be healthy.

Sure. Because that's arguably an even bigger problem. Yeah. I, again, I think health is the biggest issue for him right now. Right now, the best ability is availability. I think it's more important that he's not on the field than being on the field and throwing for four touchdowns and three interceptions. I'm pretty sure that's an actual stat line that he had earlier this past season.

I believe that was in a game against the Vikings, right? Yeah, it was. I remember because I had him in fantasy. Right. And I'm pretty sure they almost, did they win that game? Did they almost win? I completely... I don't think they did, no.

But it was a close game. Yeah, it was. So that's something that, you know, I don't think it hinders their ability to win as much. as people say. So, all right. We do need to end the show since we're already past 30. But I feel we've covered everything. What do you think? Any other aspects of this trade that we haven't covered? I feel like we've gotten pretty much everything. But what do you think? That's pretty much it. I mean, I was going to say something about the NFC East, but let's be real. Dallas

wasn't going to win anyway. So it really actually does not matter. I thought they had a chance to be competitive. Not anymore. Well, yeah, past tense, had. But I don't know if the Eagles are winning this division. That's a conversation for another time, but I do think the, I think the commanders, this is their year. There's a weird trend that no team in the last 20 years has won the NFC East twice in a row. And the Eagles have, have lost some pieces on their defense and also their offensive line. It's not that I don't have faith in them replacing those pieces. But is it too far-fetched to say maybe they're just 10 and 7 this year?

Maybe they fall off just a little bit. Maybe they win 11 games. Or instead of like 13 games, they win 12 and they're second in their division to the 13 or 14 win commanders. Ten seems a bit much, but 11-12 is very possible. Yeah, like, there's still going to be a good team. It's just, I'm just looking at the trend. I'm looking at the trend. They lost a couple players this year.

They relied heavily on Saquan Barkley. They're running back. If he gets hurt, which I would not rule it out in the slightest, it's a massive problem. It's hard to rely on high-volume running backs for multiple. years in a row it almost never works out so just pay attention to that um but the eagles will be good this year i just think the commanders might be a little better all right that'll be it be sure to tune into us on spotify spreeker apple podcasts i hurt radio

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Yeah, pro-bowler Blaine Bishop, we had to interview. We'll have that up at 7.30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Monday. That'll be Monday on September 1st, Labor Day, that is. Then we're going to move our Tuesday episode up. to Wednesday. Why? Because we're going to be previewing opening night. On top of that, we have our Friday episodes coming back where we give our game picks for the very first of the season in 2025 Friday episode of Sunday slate of games. So we have a packed. We're packed with episodes. Yeah. So in two weeks, we have five episodes, essentially.

have come out. We had one on Tuesday. We have one today. As an emergency episode, we have our interview with Blaine Bishop going up on Monday. We have our opening night preview, and then we have our Friday episode returning. So packed week of episodes, and it's going to be very fun. NFL season is right around the corner. It's about to start, guys. wait all right that'll do it for us tonight thank you for tuning in and be sure to tune in next week for our first week of football over now