Jerry Jones considered to be ‘lost’ in free agency and it could cost him Micah Parsons

Yet again, it’s been another offseason where Jerry Jones is under the microscope. The overindulgent owner of the Dallas Cowboys has taken an odd approach to offseasons, particularly in recent years. His insistence on waiting until the last moment to secure contract extensions for key players has led to poor free agency returns.

It appeared that was set to change this year. Jones and the front office worked extremely quickly to hand Osa Odighizuwa a big contract and avoid him hitting the market. That gave fans hope that a mega deal for Micah Parsons was right around the corner. Instead, Parsons continues to wait, and his price has grown substantially due to Myles Garrett and Maxx Crosby resetting the elite pass-rusher market.

Now, Parsons’ contract negotiations look likely to drag on for a while, just like Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb‘s did. What has made matters much worse is that Jones set the team up to facilitate the Parsons contract and give the team room to make moves in free agency. But instead, the front office has done neither of those.

Could Micah Parsons refuse to play for the Cowboys?

The Athletic’s Saad Yousuf pointed this out in a recent article, detailing why Jones’ patience has hurt the team.

If the Cowboys got the extension done with Parsons prior to free agency, the results of free agency wouldn’t be part of the negotiations. However, free agency came and went. The Cowboys freed up cap space in the days leading into the league’s new year but didn’t use that to sign anybody who would make a significant difference or ease the load off Parsons. The Cowboys operated with the mindset of quantity but nobody they added will keep Parsons from being chipped and spotlighted in opponent game plans.

So not only did Parsons’ price go up due to the Cowboys waiting to pull the trigger; now the possibility has arisen that Parsons may not want to play for a team that simply hasn’t given him the help he needs on the defensive side of the ball.

Jones would do well to get the contract done as quickly as possible, but that doesn’t seem to be his way of doing things. And it doesn’t seem likely to change.