As the Dallas Cowboys prepare for their final two preseason games, Micah Parsons’ contract dispute continues to loom large. When asked whether talks will resume when the franchise returns to Texas, Jerry Jones casted doubt. Parsons has not practiced since going public with his trade request earlier this month. The star linebacker is searching for […]
As the Dallas Cowboys prepare for their final two preseason games, Micah Parsons’ contract dispute continues to loom large. When asked whether talks will resume when the franchise returns to Texas, Jerry Jones casted doubt.
Parsons has not practiced since going public with his trade request earlier this month. The star linebacker is searching for a new contract, which would likely make him the NFL’s highest-paid non-quarterback, but no deal has come to fruition.
It’s become a public dispute between the two sides. As for whether talks will ramp back up after the Cowboys get back to town, Jones said he wasn’t sure. However, he noted Dallas will have a game – and Parsons is under contract.
“I don’t know that necessarily talks will, but we’ve got a game coming,” Jones told a group of reporters Wednesday. “And he’s under contract.”
Parsons and the Cowboys held talks about a new contract in the spring, but nothing came together as the offseason program rolled along and training camp approached. Things went to a new level when Parsons went public with his request to be traded.
Meanwhile, Myles Garrett and T.J. Watt both became $40 million-per-year players, which shows where the market stands. The expectation was Parsons would also reach that threshold. Instead, the situation is taking another turn.
As for whether an end is in sight, ESPN’s Adam Schefter said it doesn’t appear so. That’s creating questions about whether Micah Parsons will play in the season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles – the first game of the NFL season.
“If there’s no deal in sight, what’s going to happen? Is Micah going to play in the opener?” Schefter said this week on Get Up. “Already heard Jerry Jones wonder about whether Micah would be out there on opening day. What would be the Cowboys plan here? Well, if, obviously they can’t get a long term deal done and the two sides are not even talking about right now, then they can always have Micah this year, if he plays. And they have the franchise tag after this year, they’d have franchise tag the next year. They have his rights, essentially, for three years.
“At some point in time, you have to wonder if they would look to trade him. Now they’ve been very opposed to that idea, publicly saying we’re not interested in trading him, he’s not going to be dealt, but you can’t not sign the guy, and then you can’t not trade him. It’s one or the other.”
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