What a Micah Parsons trade would mean for the Giants

Ask any New York Giants fan, or any fan of the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders for that matter, if they’d like to see three-time All-Pro defensive end Micah Parsons traded out of the NFC East, and you’re almost certainly going to get a resounding ‘yes’. Parsons has been terrorizing quarterbacks for the past four years, putting up a dominant start to his career not seen since the great Reggie White.

Luckily for those fanbases, Parsons’ reign of terror in the NFC East may soon come to an end. On Friday, after months of stalled or nonexistent contract negotiations, Parsons posted a lengthy trade demand on social media. Of course, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has stated that he’s not concerned about this, that it’s just a routine step in negotiations, but Parsons’ public plea for a trade felt more personal than most trade demands. There’s a good chance that he does indeed want out of Dallas and will do whatever it takes to get one.

Any trade for the former Defensive Rookie of the Year would be a blockbuster involving multiple first-round picks and/or swapping star players, and there’s absolutely no chance that the Cowboys would deal him to a division rival. So if a trade is to happen, it would almost certainly send Parsons far away from the NFC East, potentially into the AFC.

What would this mean for the Giants? To state the obvious, it would give quarterback Russell Wilson a much easier time when he faces the Cowboys this year for the first time as a G-Man. But beyond that, it would also grant the Giants the distinction of having the best pass rush unit in the division.

Kayvon Thibodeaux, despite underperforming as a former Top 5 draft pick, is still young and has time to develop into the star he was projected to be. He also deserves at least one season with rookie Abdul Carter as his running mate. Carter, ironically enough, earned comparisons to Micah Parsons during the leadup to the 2025 NFL draft, and early returns from training camp look promising. If he can be even half the pass rusher Parsons is, not only will he feast on NFC East quarterbacks, but it should make things easier for Thibodeaux, too.

There’s a reason the Giants were recently selected as having the fourth-best young, 'under 25' core of players in the NFL, and Thibodeaux and Carter are a big part of that.