“Any opportunity to help your football team you have to look at and discuss as a group,” said Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst on Wednesday. “We do that all the time. I mean, it’s almost daily.”
Of course, Gutekunst wasn’t talking in generalizations. He was referring to Dallas Cowboys star edge rusher Micah Parsons, whose contract dispute with the organization has been dominating headlines for months. Green Bay is rumored to be interested in trading for him, but so far Dallas has held firm that they are unwilling to move him.
“I think every opportunity that’s out there to help your football team we’ve always taken a look at,” Gutekunst reiterated. “[We] try to see how it affects us right now, how it affects us in the future, and make the best decision we can. Sometimes we’ve been right, sometimes we’ve been wrong. Sometimes we’ve taken risks that have really worked out for us, sometimes it didn’t. Sometimes we didn’t take risks and we look back and we wish we would’ve. …Sometimes the best deals you make are the ones you don’t. So I think you weight everything, you weigh what’s in the moment and what is in the future as well.”
Packers GM Brian Gutekunst on How He Approaches Big Trades
Stacy Revere/GettyINDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA – FEBRUARY 25: General manager Brian Gutekunst of the Green Bay Packers speaks to the media during the NFL Scouting Combine at the Indiana Convention Center on February 25, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
“I think, first of all, it’s your team,” he said in response to the Parsons trade rumors and how he handles situations like this. “And how certainly, every decision affects your football team. Obviously there’s so many different factors in it: who the player is, medical, certainly cap-wise.”
Later in the interview, Gutekunst threw out a little tongue-in-cheek word salad on so-called “bold moves” and how they are categorized: “I think, what someone might consider a bold move someone else might not. You know what I mean? We signed a practice squad guy today, I might consider that a bold move…somebody else might not,” he said with a wry smile.
Micah Parsons’ Fit in Green Bay
The Packers already have a loaded defensive line, but Parsons is the kind of star you’d do everything to obtain no matter what your depth chart looks like. Green Bay runs a 4-3 defense that plays two defensive tackles and two edge defenders, a more traditional defensive front.
Rashan Gary is the star of the bunch, and he’s back for another season. Former first-round edge rusher Lukas Van Ness seems to have taken a step in his third year after a great summer, and he’s poised for a breakout. Behind them, Kingsley Enagbare and Brenton Cox Jr. are good rotational pieces, with rookies Barryn Sorrell and Collin Oliver mixing in as well, when healthy.
That’s a great group, but as I said, Parsons is the kind of talent you just don’t pass up on, if you get a shot to trade for him. He’d immediately be the best player on the Packers’ defense — he’s one of the best defensive players in the country. Gutekunst might be cagey about it, but if the Packers think they have a shot at him, they’ll be working hard behind the scenes to make it happen.
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