Overview

• Parsons’ deal carries cap hits of about $10 million in 2025, $19 million in 2026 and $27 million in 2027 before jumping to roughly $64 million and $68 million in 2028–29, with $136 million in total guarantees reported.
• Dallas freed roughly $19 million in 2025 space and now projects around $42 million in cap room with four first‑round picks over the next two drafts, and Jerry Jones signaled those assets could be used on immediate help.
• Analysts note Green Bay’s future squeeze could force tough choices, with ESPN’s Bill Barnwell suggesting Pro Bowler Elgton Jenkins is a potential 2026 cap casualty and pointing to the loss of Kenny Clark in the middle of the defense.
• Early projections have the Cowboys targeting pass‑rush help in upcoming drafts, with Clemson’s T.J. Parker and Miami’s Rueben Bain among names floated, while Clark is expected to aid a run defense that struggled last season.
• The Packers said Parsons will wear No. 1, the franchise’s first player to do so in 99 years, as reactions rolled in from figures like George Pickens and James Franklin and a Sports Illustrated report described locker‑room friction in Dallas.