{"id":24146,"date":"2025-02-07T07:39:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T07:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=24146"},"modified":"2025-02-07T07:39:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T07:39:04","slug":"breaking-news-cowboys-lb-micah-parsons-claims-the-giants-misled-him-about-selecting-him-at-no-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=24146","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Cowboys LB Micah Parsons claims the Giants misled him about selecting him at No. 11."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">New York Giants fans aren&#8217;t going to like this one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">Dallas Cowboys star linebacker Micah Parsons said the Giants initially told him they were going to select him if he was available at No. 11 in the 2021 NFL draft, only to trade out of the pick instead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"intersectionObserverRefElement\">\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;They lied to me,&#8221;\u00a0he told\u00a0CBS Sport&#8217; Bryant McFadden on Thursday. &#8220;People don&#8217;t know this. 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