Following Jerry Jones‘ latest comments on the Micah Parsons situation, the All-Pro pass rusher took the increasingly common step of scrubbing his X profile of Cowboys material. The Cowboys have been known to prolong negotiations, regardless of price hikes, and they are well down this road once again with another standout.
Multiple teams have inquired about Parsons’ availability, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler said during a SportsCenter appearance. Nothing is moving on that front, as Dallas continues to hold tight during its latest contract saga.
That aligns with what we heard last week, with GMs indicating they have not gotten the sense Parsons is available following his trade request. Noting it would take a Herschel Walker-like offer for the Cowboys to move Parsons, Fowler points to team optimism a deal can still be finalized before the season. It should also be noted Parsons’ camp is less optimistic.
Jones attempting to go around high-powered agent David Mulugheta in negotiations has understandably irked Parsons, who employs an agent to negotiate his contract. The longtime Cowboys owner referencing a $200MM guarantee also reflects what is likely a five- or six-year Dallas extension offer. With the cap soaring annually, players are increasingly opting against long-term deals. The Cowboys prefer them, but it is notable Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb convinced the team to budge here by each scoring four-year extensions. It would surprise if Parsons signed for beyond four years, but Jones continues to reference his negotiations with the player — talks Parsons classified as informal — this offseason.
A Cowboys source mentioned the 49ers’ Nick Bosa situation re: Parsons. San Francisco did not have Bosa signed until four days before the 2023 regular season. Bosa played in Week 1 despite holding out until his extension was done. Parsons has spoken out about how not practicing during a negotiation can negatively impact a season, and he long preferred to have his deal done by training camp. The Cowboys are well past that artificial deadline, as these talks now remind of the Prescott and Lamb pace. Neither of those performers requested a trade, which is a notable difference between this Parsons back-and-forth and previous Cowboys extension struggles.
While Fowler adds Mulugheta certainly didn’t tell Jones to stick the team’s offer “up their (expletive),” the Cowboys going to these lengths to avoid dealing with one of the game’s top agents has been an interesting chapter. As our Nikhil Mehta mentioned Thursday, Jones taking this route is not out of character. But Parsons taking issue with it to the degree he has would seem to require the team to change course and huddle up with Mulugheta — if the intent is to finalize a deal before Week 1. The Cowboys’ Thursday-night assignment in Philadelphia to open the season also gives them less time than they had with Prescott last year.
Mentioning the Packers, Cardinals and Ravens as potential trade fits, Fowler outlines what would certainly be a robust market if the Cowboys did decide to explore what they top player would fetch in a trade. Of course, dealing Parsons would significantly weaken the 2025 Cowboys.
Jones mentioned during his Michael Irvin podcast conversation the prospect of franchise-tagging Parsons next year. That would be an option, but the Cowboys are not giving up on a 2025 deal yet.
Great owner
Even better GM!
With that face work, he’d probably come in third in a Jerry Jones look-a-like contest.
That corpse of an owner is an absolute joke.
If 40M per and 200M guaranteed was on the table… his agent should be fired. Not For Long… one injury or a down season and that offer is gone. Hold out, Hold in, doesn’t always work out.
Jerry waited and TJ Watt got $41 million per year, so now Parsons is probably going to want to at least want to match that. And if that number was offered in conversation with Parsons without his agent, then the offer wasn’t legitimately on the table. (This is assuming those numbers are real and not something Jones leaked.)
Jerrah wouldn’t exaggerate to the media would he? Don’t believe any number that gets leaked to the media about “what a player turned down”. Jerrah is his own worst enemy and is the sole reason that his team falls flat on its face each year. He hires yes-men for coaches, he thinks he’s a scout, his dopey kids are a chip off the old block, and he needlessly overpays for his stars by dragging these contract negotiations out til the last minute. Oh wait, I forgot, they’re America’s team (of the last century).
So did Parson’s purge his Twitter Cowboys tweets on his agents advice or did he go behind his back? 🙂
It’s tough to say because Jerry loves the theatrics with these deals, but I’m starting to believe a trade might be the final result here. Jerry has lost any touch he may have once had, either with team building or reality.
Just trade him to the Redskins. It’s inevitable he’s going to end up there anyhow
The only way they should trade him is if they rob a team blind and get a couple of first round picks and more.
But if they do that. They need do a complete rebuild.
Trade him for draft picks or sign him to an extension already.
I mean if you’re the lions……
Pony up some firsts which are gonna be late round anyways, Josh Pascal, Tyliek Williams and pair Parsons with Hutchingson
You only get so many chances and so long a window.
I think the Cowboys could be dreadful this year
Jerry should trade him to the Saints and get a top 5 pick next offseason. Then get rid of Dak.
Why would the Saints want him? To go from 3 wins to 4?
Poorly run teams make bad decisions. Take advantage of their stupidity.
Good point
Since Jerry isn’t interested in negotiating with Micah’s agent any longer, if I was Micah I’d get myself nicely dehydrated and then rip wind sprints up and down the field until I had a signifcant hamstring strain. And then rehab for the next 3 months. Rinse and repeat through the end of the season. Collect $24 million, play in zero games, and flip Jerry the bird at the end of the season.
Yeah, why not steal $24 million if you can! It’s time to play, not go into hiding. It’s not a requirement that they give him an extension
Very progressive approach. Your ancestors are rolling over in their graves. Gtfo
@mustardbrain
I had no idea that my ancestors had such strong opinions about defensive ends. What I’m saying is that they don’t have to sign him or extend him if they don’t want to. Give me your checkbook and I’ll tell you what you can and can’t spend money on.
It’s not a requirement that Micah plays for the Cowboys.
Any injury sustained outside the team facility on the players own time can result in cowboys attempting to recoup $, esp if he’s being careless like you suggest
Parsons running his body into the ground against advice of coaches team doctors and training staff means cowboys can go after his pay if they so wish.
Only person parsons is hurting is himself in this instances
He would be doing it at the team facility. Running for conditioning is a normal activity.
So he’s just gonna ignore coaches training staff and team doctors telling him and other players drink water hydrate cause of weather- heat humidity.
He’s gonna do his own workouts against what coaches are telling him to do by running up and down the field full speed till he hurts his hamstring
And you think nobody is gonna notice and he’s gonna get away with all the money huh
Yeah. That’s not gonna go down how you think it will lmao.
Remember, this is an owner who stabbed legendary coach Landry in the back
You all know that a deal is done, right?
Jerry just does this dog and pony show to keep everyone talking about the Cowboys. Say what you want about him, he is an astute business man. The Cowboys are a mid football team yet they are the first in the headlines because Jerry knows how to manipulate the press.
Hey Micah, I’m going to overpay you, the only thing I want from you is to sit on the news of the deal and trash me and the cowboys in the media.
Anyone else watching the Cowboys series on netflix? Pretty fun watch, although it’s far too generous towards Jerrah. But it is interesting to see how he played hard ball with Emmitt Smith and even had two regular season games before predictably caving and giving Emmitt a good deal. This is just Jerrah’s MO. Talk a big game, make headlines, then eventually cave and pay a bundle. He’s been doing it for over 30 years.