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Todd Archer
OXNARD, Calif. — Dallas Cowboys All-Professional edge rusher Micah Parsons acknowledges he’s discouraged {that a} long-term deal has not been reached with the group.
“Whenever you go across the league and also you see these different groups caring for their finest guys, I seen T.J. [Watt] gotten taken care of. Maxx [Crosby] received taken care of. Myles [Garrett] received taken care of, [and] he is received two years left on his deal,” Parsons stated after Tuesday’s apply. “You see lots of people across the league taken care of, and you would like you had that very same sort of power.”
The Pittsburgh Steelers signed Watt to a three-year, $123 million extension with $108 million assured. Earlier within the offseason, the Las Vegas Raiders signed Crosby to a three-year, $106.5 million extension with $91.5 million assured, and the Cleveland Browns signed Garrett to a four-year deal value $160 million with $123.5 million assured.
“I really feel like I am the perfect at what I do,” Parsons stated. “You’ll be able to argue whoever, however stats, numbers do not lie. The consistency is there, and the provision is there.”
Parsons has recorded 52.5 sacks in his first 4 seasons, trailing solely Reggie White (70), Derrick Thomas (58), J.J. Watt (57) and DeMarcus Ware (53.5) since sacks turned an official stat in 1982. Parsons and White are the one gamers to document at the very least 12 sacks in every of their first 4 seasons, and Parsons reached 12 final season regardless of sitting out 4 video games due to a excessive ankle sprain.
On Monday, proprietor and common supervisor Jerry Jones raised some eyebrows when mentioning {that a} contract doesn’t stop a participant from sitting out video games due to harm, noting that Dak Prescott sat out 9 video games in 2024 after he signed the richest contract in NFL historical past.
Parsons stated he didn’t discover the remark hurtful, and he has not taken a chronic negotiation personally. He noticed Prescott and CeeDee Lamb undergo comparable talks final yr.
“I have been fairly constant. If they do not need me right here, they do not need me right here and I am going to go about my enterprise. I perceive the character of the enterprise. Like I stated, so far as I am right here and below contract, I am going to do what I’ve to carry out on the highest stage however on the finish that is the enterprise.”
Micah Parsons
“When there is a chain of occasions of issues constantly taking place over the course of years right here, you’ve got form of seen it earlier than so you do not take it personally,” Parsons stated. “This isn’t like I am getting handled in another way than anyone else. I do not take it private. I simply do not perceive.”
Mentioned cornerback Trevon Diggs: “He is the perfect participant within the NFL, like, why would not you pay him?”
Parsons and Jones met in March within the proprietor’s workplace at The Star. Jones stated he and Parsons got here to an settlement on the size, assured cash and whole cash on a deal. Whereas Jones may need thought a deal was shut, Parsons advised the group to talk along with his agent, David Mulugheta. Thus far, neither Jerry nor Stephen Jones, government vice chairman of participant personnel, have spoken to Mulugheta.
Parsons was on the apply area Monday, however he didn’t do very a lot, apart from holding a tackling dummy in a single drill. He was principally a spectator, talking with teammates at completely different occasions in addition to performing some conditioning work. He stated after apply he was coping with some again tightness, which is why he additionally didn’t do a lot in the course of the June minicamp.
He stated as soon as his again feels higher, he would do extra in apply.
“I have been fairly constant. If they do not need me right here, they do not need me right here and I am going to go about my enterprise. I perceive the character of the enterprise,” Parsons stated. “Like I stated, so far as I am right here and below contract, I am going to do what I’ve to carry out on the highest stage however on the finish that is the enterprise. Similar approach Jerry Jones, Stephen Jones and the opposite Jerry Jones care for their household is identical approach I must care for my household. I’ve received three children of my very own, so all of us must care for our family on the finish of the day.”