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.
The problem is that pᴀss-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.
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.
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.
