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Dallas Cowboys fans might not be feeling too happy after the massive trade that sent star edge rusher Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers. But Parsons, in his own words, is feeling “great.”

Parsons spoke to reporters on Friday in an introductory press conference, saying that he felt physically good and that he was ready to get out there right away. Parsons has been sitting out of Dallas’ preseason practice with a back issue (though maybe, possibly, the ongoing contract dispute had something to do with it too).

“Physically, I’m great,” Parsons said on Friday. “I think I can contribute a lot. I’m going to team up with the doctors and create a plan. We already talked about how we can ramp me up and get me in a flow where they feel comfortable and I feel comfortable.

“My plan is to be here. They didn’t give up what they gave up for me to sit on the sidelines.”

As part of the trade, Green Bay signed Parsons, the 2021 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year, a three-time All-Pro and four-time Pro Bowler, to a reported four-year, $188 million deal with $136 million guaranteed. That number makes him the richest non-quarterback in NFL history.

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In return, Dallas got two first-round picks and defensive tackle Kenny Clark in the trade. Clark said Friday that he was “shocked” after being traded, but that he’s “appreciative” of the new opportunity.

The trade ended a simmering monthslong negotiation between Parsons and his agent, David Mulugheta, and Cowboys team owner and general manager Jerry Jones. In his mind, Jones believed he had negotiated a deal and Parsons agreed, per reports, only Mulugheta was never involved. When Parsons told Jones he wanted Mulugheta involved, things apparently fell apart. Jones took shots at Parsons as part of a meandering media conference to open training camp, then Parsons requested a trade, and last week Jones went on a media tour lobbing more jabs at Mulugheta, which (probably) led to Parsons demonstrably checking out on the sideline during the Cowboys’ final preseason game.

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