A mutual interest exists between the Cowboys and Micah Parsons for a long-term extension to be worked out. Negotiations with the All-Pro edge rusher will be a central storyline during the offseason, but Parsons hopes to have a deal in place before the start of the new league year. 
“I’m going to try and work with them as much as possible to help them attack free agency,” Parsons said about extension talks (via ESPN’s Todd Archer). “I want to be back with this team. This offseason, I want to be here… I want to take big steps, so hopefully it can be done sooner than later so we can attack the offseason.”
Parsons stated before the 2024 campaign he would not engage in contract talks during the season. With Dallas set to miss the playoffs, though, a window of opportunity will soon open for team and player to reach agreement on a deal prior to free agency starting in March. The Cowboys are not expected to be aggressive in adding outside pieces this spring, and retaining in-house players will again be a top priority. Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb secured new contracts ahead of Week 1 this year, and doing the same with Parsons will ensure stability along the edge.
Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones recently made comments which fell short of guaranteeing the 25-year-old would be extended this offseason, although he confirmed the team’s desire to avoid a trade or free agent departure next offseason. Owner Jerry Jones then made it clear no consideration has been given to a trade involving Parsons, who is on track for a fourth straight season with double-digit sacks despite missing time earlier in the campaign. Dallas made a record-breaking $60MM-per-year commitment to Prescott after Lamb’s extension checked in at $34MM per season (the second-highest figure for receivers).
Parsons has long been considered a candidate for a pact making him the league’s highest-paid edge rusher. That distinction currently belongs to Nick Bosa, whose 49ers deal carries an AAV of $34MM. In his most recent comments on a potential extension, however, Parsons has indicated reaching the top of the position’s pecking order may not be necessary to get a deal done. The Penn State product doubled down on that stance when again stating his desire for the Cowboys to bring back as many members of their current edge rush group as possible.
If no extension is worked out in the near future, the possibility could be in place that Parsons holds out from voluntary workouts during the spring. The three-time Pro Bowler is currently set to play on his fifth-year option in 2025, but a major raise from his scheduled $21.32MM will be in store once a new deal is worked out. Parsons said he does not anticipate holding out from minicamp and/or OTAs in the event an agreement has not been reached; it will be interesting to see if successful negotiations prevent such a scenario from taking place.
Nah. Bring that man to Washington
he probably wants a shot at winning for once, Washington season aside. I am sure better opportunities exist.
Learn from the past. The Hershel Walker trade immediately changed the franchise’s trajectory. They’ve already got Lamb & Dak locked up with a stunningly significant percentage of their cap.
Unfortunately for Dallas, the ‘25 Draft Class isn’t exactly the best to have a war chest of picks and you don’t really want to “pause” next season by taking on extra ‘26 picks
tl/dr: not addressing the backfield was a stupendous blunder but there’s multiple UFA RBs for next season and trading Parsons would address many of all the other holes
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Good for Jerry. Use all your cap space on 3 players. Becareful Jerry if the Giants find a QB soon. Cowboys destined for last place.
Shows his little you know about contracts and cap room. The CD and Dak contracts have void years. Cowboys can and will flip the switch on them. Many articles out about it. They can easily have 100M this off-season. All in…
The Herschel Walker trade was a once in a lifetime coup, not a plan you can repeat. No one is trading three firsts and three seconds for anyone, and even if you get that, you’re probably not drafting a hall of famer and three pro bowlers. It’s like trying to repeat the move of trading Diggs and drafting Jefferson with the pick you get in return. Incredible for the Vikings that it worked out that way, but the Titans drafted Burks with the pick they got for Brown and the 49ers drafted Kinlaw with the pick they got for Buckner.
Jerry Jones will talk tough for a few months and then cave will a mega deal. He did it for Zeke, CeeDee, and Dak. He’ll do it again.
I think that this is the way it goes. I still think that they should have traded Lamb or let him walk out of those three, but now the player who’s the most talented pound for pound is the one who is in limbo. The Cowboys didn’t really have a choice with Prescott, and though he’s arguably the least talented of the trio, he plays the most important and hardest to replace position. Lamb plays a position where at least two and possibly three players are considered starters, and won’t touch the ball or have an impact every snap. It’s not that Lamb isn’t good (he’s solidly a top five receiver in the league, in my mind after Jefferson, Hill, and Chase), but in comparison to the quarterback Prescott or the generational Parsons, I think that Lamb was the easiest to replace production-wise.
Well, it’s too late now. They probably should have done Parsons’ deal second and Lamb’s negotiations last. Perhaps Dallas figured Parsons to be the most likely to do a team friendly deal, and they may have been right. Parsons definitely is the best player on that defense, though, and if Dallas lets him just leave in free agency, no third compensatory round pick is going to replace him. Lamb is the one that Dallas had the most leverage against; Parsons knows that the Cowboys would never get a proper return for him by letting him walk. They might not even get proper value with a trade. They need to sign him to a deal, and it’s going to cripple their cap. Maybe they could have afforded Prescott and Parsons and had a workable cap, but Lamb added to that really stretches things out.
No it doesn’t. The cap is a facade. Their contracts can be manipulated.
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