When the Dallas Cowboys traded Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers ahead of Week 1 of the 2025 season, there was one detail we didn't know at the time that involved the Philadelphia Eagles and the rest of the NFC East.
According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the blockbuster deal that included two first-round picks and defensive lineman Kenny Clark going to Dallas in exchange for Parsons has a "poison pill" in the trade that prevents the Eagles, New York Giants and Washington Commanders from acquiring Parsons should Green Bay desire to trade him down the road.
The "poison pill" says that if the Packers do decide to trade Parsons to an NFC East team at any point, the Cowboys would get a 2028 first-round pick from Green Bay.
Schefter adds that there is a "poison pill" attached to Clark, also, as the Cowboys will have to give the Packers a 2028 first-round pick if Dallas trades Clark to an NFC North team.
The previously unreported poison-pill condition states that if the Packers decide to trade Parsons to a team in the NFC East division -- the Eagles tried to trade for him last summer before being rebuffed -- then Green Bay would owe Dallas its 2028 first-round draft pick, sources involved in the trade told ESPN.
The poison-pill condition also was used on Kenny Clark, the other player involved in the trade, according to sources. If the Cowboys trade Clark to a team in the NFC North, they then would owe the Packers their 2028 first-round pick.
That is quite the interesting agreement and is not something you see in trades.
But it's understandable, as the last thing the Packers and Cowboys want to see is their former players burning them with a division rival.
That is especially important for the Cowboys, as Jerry Jones is already receiving no shortage of criticism for trading his franchise player.
Just imagine what would happen if Parsons ended up in Philadelphia or with a different division rival in the next few years.
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