‘Headed towards a divorce’ – NFL insider makes strong and daunting statement about Dallas Cowboys and Micah Parsons
For months now, Dallas Cowboys fans and media members agreed on one thing: The Micah Parsons’ contract saga strongly resembled those of Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb in 2024. The prevailing thought was simple: Jerry Jones and Co. usually drag out contract negotiations and if they already did it with them, why not do it […]
For months now, Dallas Cowboys fans and media members agreed on one thing: The Micah Parsons’ contract saga strongly resembled those of Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb in 2024.
The prevailing thought was simple: Jerry Jones and Co. usually drag out contract negotiations and if they already did it with them, why not do it with Parsons, too? Why should Cowboys Nation press the panic button just because Parsons remained unsigned in the spring? That sentiment is slowly fading. First it was because the superstar defender took a step none of his teammates had before him: He put in a formal trade request.
And now, one of the top NFL insiders in the game, Adam Schefter, is using very strong language when discussing the rift between Parsons and the Cowboys. In his view? A divorce is in the horizon.
Adam Schefter says Cowboys and Micah Parsons are ‘headed towards a divorce’
“It sounds like at some point in time – whether that’s now, after the season, after two seasons – it sounds like the two sides are headed to a divorce at some time,” Schefter told ESPN’s Unsportsmanlike Radio on Tuesday.
Schefter has maintained for multiple weeks that these negotiations—if we can even call them that after the sides haven’t officially spoken to each other since April—feel different than the Prescott and Lamb ones. And though it’s true those deals got done days before the 2024 regular season, it’s also true neither went as far as 1) requesting a trade or 2) revealing the messy details behind the negotiations as Parsons did with a statement on social media earlier this month.
The NFL insider specifying that a divorce could happen in the future “whether that’s now, after the season, after two seasons,” is a reminder that the two sides have time to work with. A trade ahead of the 2025 season is unlikely. So is Parsons deciding to miss games and the corresponding paychecks.
Can the Cowboys save the situation by simply reaching out to Parsons’ agent, David Mulugheta, and sitting down to hammer things out? Are the player’s feelings about wanting out genuine enough for a fair offer to be insufficient to let bygones be bygones? Do the Jones even get to the point of making an offer at all before the NFL Kickoff in Sept. 4?
All of that remains to be seen. But for now, one of the top insiders in the game foreshadowing a divorce is significant.
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