Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys actually did it. They traded edge rusher Micah Parsons , dealing him to a contender in the NFC, the Green Bay Packers.

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NFL voices had been talking about a hypothetical trade involving Parsons for months, but that escalated on Aug. 1 with Parsons announcing that he’d submitted a trade request.

But that doesn’t mean people expected it to happen. They’d seen this before.

Last summer, wide receiver CeeDee Lamb ended a training camp holdout after getting a massive deal from Dallas. Not long after, the Cowboys ended speculation that they’d move on from quarterback Dak Prescott by signing him to a four-year, $240 million extension, making him the highest-paid player in NFL history.

Surely, they’d d

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