Parsons says he expected to be a Giant
Micah Parsons, star edge defender for the Dallas Cowboys, claimed during a recent interview that the New York Giants lied to him prior to the 2021 NFL Draft.
“The lied to me,” Parsons told Bryant McFadden of CBS Sports. “People don’t know this. They told me if I fell to 11 that they was gonna pick me.
“That’s why I punish the Giants every time.”
Parsons did, of course, fall to No. 11 in that draft. Rather than selecting him, though, then-general manager Dave Gettleman traded down to No. 12 with the Chicago Bears. The Giants ended up with Kadarius Toney, who turned into a disastrous pick, and other assets who have not nearly made up for the production the Giants could have gotten from Parsons.
Parsons went No. 12 to Dallas. He has 52.5 sacks, has made the Pro Bowl in each of his four seasons and has been a first-team All-Pro twice.
Throughout Gettleman’s career as a GM, he always warned that the danger of trading down in the draft was ending up regretting the player you passed on to move down. This was the first trade down in the nine drafts Gettleman ran as a GM for either the Giants or Carolina Panthers.
It did, indeed, end up being a regrettable one.
“[The Giants] lied to me… people don’t know this… they told me, if I fell to 11 that they was gonna pick me.”
– Micah Parsons reveals why he PUNISHES the Giants with @BMac_SportsTalk pic.twitter.com/dgIXV7tQWy
— NFL on CBS (@NFLonCBS) February 6, 2025
