Why the Micah Parsons Packers trade is a blessing for the NFL

One day after the acquisition of Brockbuster of Green Bay by Edge Rusher Micah Parsons, a legendary NFL frame, rose an emotional summit.

“I feel so good. I am so excited about it,” said Carmen Policy, who was championship teams with the 49ers of San Francisco and shoots that his son does the same with the packers. “I think it’s great that the group up there is ready to think outside the box. I have a lot of confidence in what they assemble. ”

Packers, with ED’s policy as president, made an astonishing movement Thursday in the acquisition of Parsons of Dallas Cowboys in exchange for first -round choice in 2026 and 27 and three times the Bowler Kenny Clark player.

For the politics of the ancients, the aggressive transaction recalled the philosophy of Buy-Now-Pay in 1994 of the 49ers, which made a drop in large shopping to collect high-end free agents to build their winning list of the Super Bowl. This included Star Ken Norton Jr. Cowboys, who had beaten San Francisco at the two previous NFC championships.

By attracting talents with a lot of money guaranteed on the front, the policy of Carmen and the owner of the renowned temple Eddie Debartolo found a flaw in the salary ceiling that the NFL had just implemented.

“The salary ceiling was designed to disrupt the 49ers – and the Washington Redskins – but mainly we,” said Policy by phone on Friday. “They designed the rules with:” How to change this so that the 49ers cannot do it “. Which, in a way, was a compliment.

The situation is not precisely parallel, but the policy sees a similar risk taking in the movement of packers. And unsurprisingly, he is proud of his son who has progressed from the executive of the Arena League to a lawyer general of the Packers to the President and the CEO of the team.

“I see it as a much better setting than me,” said Carmen Policy. “I think Ed is really able to manage a public business. He is intelligent, he is disciplined, he is concentrated. I would say that it is less inclined to take risks than me. He’s good with people and he’s patient.

“He will work with his people and give them the room for maneuver they deserve. But finally, he must finally make a pencil. Now we hope, with a crossed fingers, that these pencils at the end, which means a super bowl. ”

The older policy, which was later president and partly owner of the Browns of Cleveland, said that this transaction was not only good for packers, but for the NFL as a whole.

“It is a blessing for the league,” he said. “They can indicate the smallest market and say that this team belonging to the billionaire owner without owner can still compete with New York, Los Angeles and Dallas. He speaks so well for competitive balance and how far the league has arrived.

“And suddenly, you don’t hear the players complaining about going to Wisconsin in winter, as opposed to Manhattan or Manhattan Beach. This puts competitive balance.”