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Former Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons has\u00a0started a trend, and it\u2019s growing.<\/p>\n

Houston Texans\u00a0defensive end Will Anderson Jr.\u2019s record contract extension as the highest-paid non-quarterback ever pleased Parsons. Now a linebacker with the\u00a0Green Bay Packers, Parsons posted \u201ccongrats brother\u201d via X in reaction to Anderson\u2019s deal on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Parsons previously landed a four-year,\u00a0$188 million\u00a0contract extension with the Packers following the 2025 trade. Anderson passed Parsons\u2019 annual average of $46.5 million with $50 million a year in his three-year,\u00a0$150 million\u00a0deal with the Texans.<\/p>\n

Those annual numbers equate to starting quarterback salaries. Both are ahead of some of the better starters in the league, such as the\u00a0Kansas City Chiefs\u2018 Patrick Mahomes and the Los Angeles Rams\u2019 Matthew Stafford.<\/p>\n

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It could also mean more defensive stars or non-quarterback offensive stars will come calling for large deals sooner than later.\u00a0Cleveland Browns\u00a0star defensive end Myles Garrett could be one of them amid trade speculation.<\/p>\n

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Micah Parsons\u2019 Absences Was Felt Hard in Dallas<\/h2>\n

Depending on how the following years in Dallas and Green Bay play out, the Parsons trade could live in infamy.<\/p>\n

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The Dallas defense took a major step back in 2025 without Parsons, and the Cowboys are tasked with making moves this offseason to fix a last-place defense. Parsons clearly merited the major money all the more in hindsight while he helped the Packers defense thrive.<\/p>\n

While the Cowboys missed the playoffs, the Packers performed well as a playoff team. Green Bay could get even more out of Parsons in 2026 if he is back to full health, too.<\/p>\n

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Dallas, meanwhile, has quarterback Dak Prescott and wide receiver CeeDee Lamb in their primes as stars but just lost a season of that in 2025 with a losing season. While Dallas could trade up in the\u00a0NFL\u00a0Draft on April 23 in Pittsburgh, asking a rookie star, no matter how strong, to lead a defense is a tall order.<\/p>\n

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Prescott is the league\u2019s highest-paid player at $60 million annually, and there\u2019s nine more quarterbacks after him who are paid more annually than defensive stars Anderson and Parsons.<\/p>\n

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In 2024, Prescott signed his four-year,\u00a0$240 million\u00a0contract extension, and Packers star quarterback Jordan Love ironically became the second-highest paid with a four-year $220 million deal that same year. Green Bay showed that the team can do both in terms of paying a franchise quarterback and a defensive star north of $45 million annually. Love makes $55 million yearly.<\/p>\n

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What teams will follow suit is the question. The\u00a0Jacksonville Jaguars\u00a0are paying Trevor Lawrence $55 million annually, and two-way star Travis Hunter could command that kind of money if his career develops. The\u00a0Cincinnati Bengals\u00a0pay quarterback Joe Burrow $55 million annually, and wide receiver Ja\u2019Mar Chase could be a candidate for a larger deal down the road, since he is at $40.25 million annually.<\/p>\n

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Dallas won\u2019t likely have the scenario soon unless there\u2019s a major free agent find in 2027 in a massive trade between now and then to bring a defensive star who would command the kind of money that Parsons left The Star in Frisco for the frozen tundra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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