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New York Post
14-06-2025
- Business
- New York Post
Micah Parson's strong message to Cowboys as extension talks linger: ‘Cost them more'
Yesterday's price is not today's price for Micah Parsons. The Cowboys' star and annual NFL Defensive Player of the Year candidate told All City DLLS that the contract numbers in the handshake agreement that he and owner Jerry Jones previously reached are going to increase because of the delay in finalizing his extension. 'It's going to cost them more,' Parsons said. 3 Dallas Cowboys' Micah Parsons gestures during practice at NFL football minicamp, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, AP The problem is that pass-rushers T.J. Watt (Steelers) and Trey Hendrickson (Bengals) held out of mandatory minicamp as they seek new contracts. Parsons has seen the terms of the deal that Watt is seeking and it tops what he and Jones discussed, according to All City DLLS. Therefore, Parsons has a new bar to clear. The delay, as Parsons understands it, is in Jones reaching out to agent David Mulugheta to finalize the paperwork. Bengals receiver Ja'Marr Chase is currently the highest-paid non-quarterback at $40.25 million per year. 3 Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones arrives ahead of an NFL football owners' meeting, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, AP The Cowboys' delayed approach to finalizing extensions last offseason with quarterback Dak Prescott and receiver CeeDee Lamb cost them millions because the top of the market at every position (even running back these days, thanks to Saquon Barkley) only continues to increase with the inflated salary cap. Instead of learning from their negligence, the Cowboys have taken the same tactic with Parsons, who has been extension-eligible since after the 2023 season. 3 Micah Parsons is waiting to get paid. AP Parsons has 52.5 sacks in 63 games and has made the Pro Bowl in each of his four seasons. He participated last week in minicamp and is due $24 million on his fifth-year option. If the extension is not done by the time that the Cowboys report for training camp on July 21, he reportedly will stage a hold-in where he shows up to avoid accumulating daily fines but does not take the field so as to avoid risking injury.
NBC Sports
13-06-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Micah Parsons: Waiting on contract extension is going to cost Cowboys more
No one can figure out what the Cowboys are doing by waiting to sign their star players to contract extensions. They have even edge rusher Micah Parsons puzzled. Parsons became eligible for a contract extension after the 2023 season. He still is waiting. The four-time Pro Bowler acknowledged he plans to become the highest-paid non-quarterback in the league, and with edge rushers T.J. Watt and Trey Hendrickson also awaiting contract extensions, Parsons said it's likely going to cost Jerry Jones more money. 'It's going to cost them more,' Parsons told Clarence Hill of All City DLLS on Thursday. Parsons and Jones confirmed to Hill they had a handshake deal in March, but Jones never called Parsons' agent, David Mulugheta, to finalize it. Parsons told Hill he has seen the deal Watt is seeking from the Steelers, and it is more than he and Jones discussed. Thus, Parsons expects that his final number will go higher than originally thought. The highest-paid non-quarterback is Bengals receiver Ja'Marr Chase, who is making $40.25 million annually. Parsons is hopeful of completing a deal before the Cowboys begin training camp on July 21. Otherwise, he said he will report but not practice. He is headed into the final year of his rookie deal scheduled to make $24 million on the fifth-year option.
NBC Sports
16-05-2025
- Business
- NBC Sports
It doesn't matter if the Cowboys and Micah Parsons have a "handshake deal"
A social-media dustup (not the Del Rio kind) broke out on Thursday regarding the question of whether the Cowboys and linebacker Micah Parsons have a 'handshake deal' on a new contract. Clarence E. Hill, Jr. of All City DLLS reports that a handshake deal exists. However, Parsons disputes it. It doesn't matter. Handshake deals are meaningless. They're unenforceable. They're not worth the paper they're not printed on. The NFL has a specific procedure for executing player contracts. The document must be reduced to writing. The player's NFLPA-certified agent must be involved. The deal must be approved by the NFL. No informal agreement matters until the final deal is done. And if, as it appears, owner/G.M. Jerry Jones threw an arm around Parsons's shoulder and spouted off a few numbers and Parsons nodded along, it doesn't mean jack diddly squat. Even if they capped it with a handshake. The law of every state requires certain types of contracts (e.g., real estate transfers) to be reduced to writing. The law of the NFL, as set forth in the Collective Bargaining Agreement and by the mandates of the NFL's Management Council, requires every player contract to be in writing. And signed. And approved. Even if Parsons verbally agreed to every single term of the deal, it does not matter until the contract is signed, sealed, and delivered to 345 Park Avenue for final approval. Until then, the player can change his mind. The team can change its mind. The entire issue of whether they shook hands on it obscures the deeper problem with the Cowboys' way of doing business. Why dick around with a handshake deal when it's fairly simple to sit down and hammer out a formal agreement? The Cowboys love to wait for a ticking clock. Maybe they think it makes things more interesting. It definitely doesn't make things cheaper. And it doesn't create cap space that can be used on other players. Again, we're not saying there was or wasn't or is or isn't a handshake deal. We're saying that it doesn't matter, one way or the other. All that matters is whether the Cowboys and Parsons's agent agree on the key terms, print out the paperwork, sign it, and send it in. In the time it took me to hunt and peck this blurb, they could have gotten half of the work done.
USA Today
26-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Micah Parsons responds to DeMarcus Lawrence's criticism: 'It's ridiculous'
Hear this story There's a new chapter in the offseason beef between former teammates Micah Parsons and DeMarcus Lawrence. It all started shortly after Lawrence signed with the Seahawks in free agency. The former Cowboys defensive end told Hawk Blogger, "Dallas is my home ... but I know for sure I'm not gonna win a Super Bowl there," prompting a response from Parsons on social media. "This what rejection and envy look like!" Parsons posted on X. "This some clown [expletive]!" Lawrence quickly fired back with a social media post of his own. "Calling me a clown won't change the fact that I told the truth. Maybe if you spent less time tweeting and more time winning, I wouldn't have left," he wrote. A week later, Parsons responded in an interview with All City DLLS, saying that his tweeting habits have had no influence on his on-field performance. "I think it's ridiculous. You watch the tape. There's no question I'm locked in," Parsons said. "I'm giving my actual best effort out there on the field, which I think that's all that matters. I have an obligation to be the leader of my family, to take care of my family, and that's to provide for them. I keep the main thing, the main thing. But I like off-field adventures, too. "Everyone has their selection of how they want to deal with things. Some people drink. Some people smoke. I like to tweet. I like to be active and know about ball. I like to know what everyone else is doing. And that's just me. I don't drink. I don't smoke. What I care about is the effort you give me on the football field, and that's something you can't question. I know I'm one of the best players and as long as I'm performing that way, it shouldn't matter. When you jump offside on the goal line, is that because I'm tweeting? I think it's ridiculous, outrageous." Parsons has recorded 52.5 sacks and 256 tackles in four years with the Cowboys. He's started every one of his 63 games and played over 80% of the defensive snaps each year. The Penn State product also earned Pro Bowl nods in his first four seasons and finished in the top-three of Defensive Player of the Year voting in each of his first three seasons. In 2021 and 2022, he earned first-team All-Pro honors as well. Parsons missed four games in 2024 with a high ankle sprain but still finished the year with 43 tackles, 12 sacks and two forced fumbles. The Cowboys finished the year with a 7-10 record, good for third place in the NFC East. The Seahawks, Lawrence's new team, went 10-7 last year and narrowly missed the playoffs.
NBC Sports
25-03-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
Micah Parsons on DeMarcus Lawrence's criticism: Questioning my commitment is ridiculous, outrageous
It's safe to say Cowboys defensive end Micah Parsons isn't upset about DeMarcus Lawrence's departure for Seattle. Parsons now is the unquestioned leader of the Cowboys defense, a role Lawrence, as the elder statesman, held since Parsons arrived as a first-round pick in 2021. Parsons also no longer has to feign a camaraderie with Lawrence. 'I thought it was my time last year, trying to bring that team back in life, even though most people thought we were dead in the water,' Parsons said last week, via Clarence Hill of All City DLLS. 'I think it's my time now. I don't got to bump heads with no other dude. I wish them guys the best. But it's kind of hard when you butt heads with another person. They think different; they feel different; and they want to be in the room different. Now it's my time to really take over.' The truth of Parsons and Lawrence's relationship was revealed during a public spat after Lawrence said he was never going to win a Super Bowl in Dallas. Parsons went after Lawrence on social media and Lawrence responded, saying among other things, 'Maybe if you spent less time tweeting and more time winning, I wouldn't have left.' Over the summer, Cowboys defensive back Malik Hooker questioned how much time Parsons spends on his podcast. Parsons again has found it necessary to defended himself against questions about whether his off-field pursuits are a distraction to the team. 'I think it's ridiculous,' Parsons said. 'You watch the tape. There's no question I'm locked in. I'm giving my actual best effort out there on the field, which I think that's all that matters. I have an obligation to be the leader of my family, to take care of my family, and that's to provide for them. I keep the main thing, the main thing. But I like off-field adventures, too. 'Everyone has their selection of how they want to deal with things. Some people drink. Some people smoke. I like to tweet. I like to be active and know about ball. I like to know what everyone else is doing. And that's just me. I don't drink. I don't smoke. What I care about is the effort you give me on the football field, and that's something you can't question. I know I'm one of the best players and as long as I'm performing that way, it shouldn't matter. When you jump offside on the goal line, is that because I'm tweeting? I think it's ridiculous, outrageous.' Parsons is scheduled to play 2025 on the fifth-year option of $24.07 million but is expected to sign a long-term contract that will pay him more than $40 million annually. Parsons said that would make him the happiest man alive.
