As training camps get underway for all NFL teams, Dallas Cowboys continue to be perplexed by why Micah Parsons hasn’t been given the contract extension he deserves yet. Given historical precedence, perhaps it’s not much of a surprise. Jerry Jones‘ Cowboys front office did the same exact thing with Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb, but Parsons’ situation is slightly different.
The Cowboys waiting to hand Parsons the big contract is only making them have to pay more money. Everyone knows it, including Parsons, who has openly talked about his surprise that the front office didn’t make this happen earlier in the offseason. By waiting, Parsons has seen fellow edge rushers Myles Garrett and Maxx Crosby reset the market for the position, making Parsons a soon-to-be richer man. Now, Parsons has revealed that the Cowboys could have avoided all of this.
Micah Parsons won’t take less money just because Jerry Jones waited around
Speaking on Thursday, Parsons said that he was willing to do the contract extension in 2024. The Cowboys gave priority to their wide receiver and quarterback, but once the calendar turned to 2025, nothing changed.
We wanted to do the contract last year. They’re just kind of like, ‘We want to do Dak and CeeDee’ … You would think, all right, get it done early. There are some guys that are about ready to get re-paid, like Myles, and Maxx has gone. So you’d think, let’s get ahead of that… Even now, you’ve got T.J. [Watt] and Maxx and all these other guys who are getting paid, and you can’t want us to take less because you just decided to wait.
Parsons doesn’t understand why Dallas is waiting, and many others don’t either. A common theory that has emerged is that Jones wants the Cowboys to be the talking point for the national media all the way up until the regular season. By dragging out contract negotiations, the media continues to talk about the players in question.
Jones has plenty of money to throw around, so he likely doesn’t care if waiting costs him millions of dollars. It’s not ideal for his players, though, and it’s not the way most other franchises operate.
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