Look for next CBA to make it harder for players like Micah Parsons to hold

In the immediate aftermath of the Micah Parsons trade, the Cowboys held a press conference aimed at declaring victory. The real winners — the Packers and Parsons — didn’t feel compelled to say a word about it on Thursday.

Whether the Packers got the better of the deal remains to be seen. For now, it looks like the next in a line of rare but aggressive moves aimed at augmenting a high-end quarterback with a high-end defensive player. From Reggie White to Charles Woodson and now to Micah, the Packers don’t do it often. But when they do it, it tends to work.

It worked very well for Parsons, who gamed the current system in his favor. Which means that the system, in time, will probably change.

Here’s how the Micah Parsons project went.

First, he didn’t hold out. He showed up. He declined to