Mike Vrabel gives simple reason for Patriots not going after Micah Parsons

A player among the first 10 of the NFL is available via trade almost never occurs; The talents of this caliber are generally treated as angular franchise stones by their respective teams and treated as such from a contractual point of view. This is precisely what made the situation of Micah Parsons so fascinating.

One of the best football players, the Dallas Cowboys decided to go from him rather than giving him the extension of the contract he wanted and deserved. And so, Parsons found itself as a Packer last week; Green Bay abandoned a pair of recovery choice in the first round and the defensive platform Kenny Clark to bring it.

On paper, it looks like a package that New England Patriots could also have found to acquire Parsons. However, as explained by head coach Mike Trébel, the idea of ​​continuing the Triple All-Pro has never been seriously discussed at Stade Gillette.

“He is a dynamic player, a great player. But it was not something in which we really invested a lot of time or resources,” said Vrabel during an appearance on Weei’s Greg Hill’s show Tuesday. “When you just try to look at what we feel is best for us right now, this is not entertaining this specific transaction.”

In theory, Parsons would have been a considerable adjustment for what the patriots hope to rely on the defense. It is a versatile presence on the defensive edge and plays the game with the urgency and the physicity that Truell and the coordinator Terll Williams are looking for; It is also super productive since it entered the league as a first -round selection in the 2021 draft.

However, the team immediately knew that the possible price of parsons was not compatible with its own vision of a reconstruction. This reason alone prevented New England from continuing the 26-year-old.

“We just have to be very intelligent to build this thing, and I hope that everyone sees it in the same way outside here,” said Trébel. “We want to bring players who want to give us the best chances. But also, we have to build depth on this list, and do it from the project and – we will call it what it is – it was not really great. The depth of the list was not devoted to our project in April.

“Right now, this is putting guys in roles that have a certain versatility and the construction of the match alignment and all these different things. But I think that the best teams in the League draft develop their players, they revisine them, then they carefully choose the players they want to add to the free agency.”