The short-term third-party beneficiaries of the Micah Parsons trade were the Eagles. They’ll no longer have to face him, twice per year. More immediately, they’ll avoid him in the Week 1 opener.

Via Todd Archer of ESPN.com, Philly tackle Jordan Mailata called the news a “ sigh of relief .”

“It’s just kind of crazy,” Mailata said. “The last four or five years we’ve played the Dallas Cowboys, we’ve come up with a game plan [for him] because Micah’s a game wrecker. . . . However, that is a talented D-line and a talented defense, so you have to treat them with the same respect with or without Micah Parsons.”

It meshes with key insights from former Cowboys coach Jason Garrett on Friday’s PFT Live . Teams need to have a plan for Parsons. They need to know where he is on every play, and

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