Micah Parsons had never planned to sit out this season and would have played for the Dallas Cowboys in Thursday's regular-season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles , even if he had not been traded to the Green Bay Packers last week, his agent David Mulugheta told ESPN's "First Take" on Tuesday.

Mulugheta said the Cowboys were never told that Parsons would not play.

"Never," Mulugheta said. "I mean Micah loves the game too much. He was going to play no matter what."

In fact, Mulugheta contended that Parsons' first choice was always to remain in Dallas.

"I think the most important thing is Micah wanted to be a Cowboy," Mulugheta said. "He grew up cheering for the Cowboys, wore the blue and white at Penn State, wore it in the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys. He wanted to be a Cow

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