Micah Parsons puts Dallas Cowboys on blast with a clear warning as negotiations reach a concerning point ahead of training camp
It was only a matter of time for negotiations to turn a bit more public and hostile. When the season ended, Micah Parsons was clearly taking a public stance: He intended to strike a deal with the Dallas Cowboys early in the offseason. The reasons were plenty: It would help Dallas in free agency, it would […]
It was only a matter of time for negotiations to turn a bit more public and hostile. When the season ended, Micah Parsons was clearly taking a public stance: He intended to strike a deal with the Dallas Cowboys early in the offseason.
The reasons were plenty: It would help Dallas in free agency, it would be a way for Parsons to be fully involved in the team's offseason, it would give him a better chance to connect with a new coaching staff. And perhaps the most important one, he's done everything to prove he deserves it.
Stars around the NFL, particularly those picked in the first round, commonly sign their extensions three years into their careers. Going down to the wire is uncommon. Not in Dallas though. CeeDee Lamb had to hold out for most of training camp. Dak Prescott—not a former first-rounder but the team's quarterback—had to endure dragged-out negotiations twice, including playing under the franchise tag in 2020.
And now that negotiations are dragging out for Parsons as well, with no deal done under a week from training camp, the star defender is going into vocal mode and putting the Cowboys on blast.
Parsons says he 'would never understand' the Cowboys' approach
“I would never understand it. We wanted to do the contract last year. It was just kinda like ‘we want to do Dak and CeeDee," Parsons said in an interview with WWE legend The Undertaker (Mark Calaway). "And then you go out there, you perform again, and then you’d think we’d get it done early."
Parsons added he would've thought Dallas was interested in getting ahead of pending deals that will only drive up the price of the edge rusher market, including T.J. Watt's. He told the media over the weekend he wasn't looking that closely into the market, though that's unlikely.
Parsons fires off a simple warning: He's not taking less
It should be obvious to the Cowboys front office by now: They're not getting Parsons at a hometown discount. Nor should they. Part of the reason why is they decided to drag it out, admittedly not even dialing up the player's agent, David Mulugheta, during most of the process.
"But then there’s guys have one good year, maybe two good years, and then they get it right away," Parsons added. "And now, even now, you got TJ and Maxx (Crosby) and all these other guys that’s getting paid. And you can’t want us to take less because you just decided to wait.”
The Cowboys' first practice of training camp in Oxnard, California is set for July 22. If a deal isn't done by then, Parsons might show up but don't expect him to take the practice field.
