Reports have been consistent about the money Micah Parsons will receive in his new contract. Exact numbers are not known but Parsons should become the NFL’s highest-paid non-quarterback. Whether it’s for the Dallas Cowboys or another organization, nobody truly knows. ESPN’s Damien Woody wonders if the Cowboys should be the ones paying Parsons over $40 […]
Reports have been consistent about the money Micah Parsons will receive in his new contract. Exact numbers are not known but Parsons should become the NFL’s highest-paid non-quarterback. Whether it’s for the Dallas Cowboys or another organization, nobody truly knows.
ESPN’s Damien Woody wonders if the Cowboys should be the ones paying Parsons over $40 million. He cites the franchise’s inability to find postseason success, saying the cap space might be used better elsewhere.
“This team hasn’t been to an NFC Championship since ’95, whatever it is,” Woody said Wednesday on The Pat McAfee Show. “They’ve only won one playoff game and so, if you’re going to pay someone $41, $42 million per year, I think you want to have more bang for your buck if you’re the Dallas Cowboys organization.”
At the same time, Woody understands the Cowboys are in this position because of their own process. While previous contract negotiations have not reached the level of a trade request, this is nothing new in Dallas. Last offseason alone, Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb had to endure negotiating with Jerry Jones.
The Cowboys could be getting good value on their star players by getting deals done early. Instead, they are left paying significantly more money to make the financials tougher to sort out when building a roster.
“I’m not absolving the Cowboys because we know how they do business down there and we’ve talked at nauisum about this handshake agreement that Jerry thinks he has with Micah and that’s leading to all this nonsense that we’re going through,” Woody said. “At the end of the day, the way that the Cowboys do business is not the way you properly construct a roster. Wait until the last minute to sign their stars, which adds millions of dollars. And those are players you could be signing to build depth within your roster.”
Assuming Parsons is still with the team, Sept. 4 is the next key date. The Cowboys will face off against the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL season opener. If Parsons decides to sit out of the game, a new level of this contract negotiation will be unlocked.
But if Parsons does wind up getting traded, even bigger questions will be asked about the 2025 season — one where Dallas has made it clear the plan is to win. Some future assets, whether it’s draft picks or players, would certainly be acquired by moving on.
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