The Micah Parsons contract state of affairs took a dramatic turn on Monday. It began with Jerry Jones shading the linebacker and ended with the Professional Bowler shading his proprietor again with a repost on social media.
Parsons is getting into the fifth 12 months of his rookie contract and in commenting on the continued contract standoff, because the 26-year-old seems to be to receives a commission, Jones had feedback that raised some eyebrows.
“Simply because we signal him does not imply we’re gonna have him. He was damage six video games final 12 months. Critically,” Jones said, although the linebacker really missed 4 video games final 12 months, not six. “I bear in mind signing a participant for the highest-paid place within the league and he acquired knocked out two-thirds of the 12 months. Dak Prescott. So there’s lots of issues you’ll be able to take into consideration, simply because the participant does, whenever you’re desirous about committing and guaranteeing cash.”
Future Corridor of Famer JJ Watt, like many, took situation with an proprietor seemingly demeaning two of his star gamers.
“Anytime you’ll be able to publicly take a dig at your star quarterback and your star move rusher concurrently, proper earlier than the season begins, you simply gotta take it… Nothing makes guys need to struggle for you greater than listening to how upset you might be that they acquired damage whereas combating for you,” Watt posted, with some sarcasm behind the tweet.
Parsons clearly agreed with the messaging, reposting the tweet.
Jones was referencing the Cowboys signing Prescott to a four-year, $240 million extension, with $231 million guaranteed in September 2024 and eight video games into the season, the QB struggling {a partially} torn hamstring, putting him on injured reserve for the remainder of the 12 months. Prescott did miss a while, however is now on monitor to be able to go for the 2025 season.
Parsons, a four-time Professional Bowler, hasn’t been harm inclined throughout his NFL profession, enjoying 63 video games over 4 years, all 63 as begins.
“Contracts are 4, 5 years, OK? There’s lots of water underneath the bridge if you happen to step on the market and do one thing within the first two or three,” Jones said. “You will get hit by a automotive, severely. So there’s rather a lot to take a look at over lots of years that might make a giant distinction. Have you ever ever heard of any golf equipment committing to gamers after which they did not pan out after they dedicated to them? We now have.”
Parsons will reportedly attend training camp, after he attended mandatory minicamp earlier this offseason.