The situation between Micah Parsons and the Dallas Cowboys has gone from a contract negotiation to a potential internal conflict.
While the team owner, Jerry Jones, avoids formal conversations with the player’s agent, the star defender’s patience is running out and everything seems to indicate an eventual break with the Cowboys.
The risk of this situation has increased even more with the season about to begin, while for fans, as well as different experts, losing Parsons at this time would be a tragedy.
What happened to Micah Parsons and the Dallas Cowboys?
For months, Parsons has kept a low profile, hoping the team would recognize his value with a contract extension commensurate with his performance. However, Jones has opted for an unconventional tactic: talking directly to the player and omitting the agent in negotiations.
What at first might seem like a good strategy to avoid intermediaries, in the end it seems that it has only complicated the dialogue, resulting in annoyance and uncertainty on the part of the fans.
During an appearance on the Locked On Falcons podcast, analyst Aaron Freeman described the situation as a “public game of chicken” between the two sides.
According to Freeman, Parsons has been patient for more than four months, but the lack of progress and recent comments from Jones have stretched the rope to the limit.
In particular, it was surprising that Jerry Jones publicly questioned Parsons’ durability in a press conference, exaggerating the games he has missed and comparing him to Dak Prescott.
This, despite the fact that Parsons has played 63 regular season games and has 52.5 sacks since 2021, leading the league in quarterback pressures
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In an unusual twist, Parsons revealed that Jones tried to talk contract in a private meeting about leadership in March, but he redirected the conversation to his agent, hoping that formal negotiations would continue
The lack of progress has had visible effects: during Saturday’s practice, Parsons left the defensive drills and joined the offensive group, watching alone from the sideline, just below the tower where Jerry Jones was. Fans noticed and began chanting: “We want Micah!”
Although Jones tried to downplay the issue, stating that it is all part of the “theater of negotiation”, the reality seems more serious, as Parsons is currently playing under the fifth-year option for $21.3 million, well below the market salary for a defensive player of his caliber, and while the team could use the franchise tag until 2028, the future cost would be unsustainable, almost like that of a quarterback.
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