Micah Parsons-Cowboys standoff reaching boiling point: Reports
Micah Parsons' contract talks with the Dallas Cowboys are not going well.
According to multiple reports, the star edge rusher's relationship with the team "has deteriorated." Parsons is reportedly considering requesting a trade or completely "severing his relationship with the team."
The issue, reports say, stem from conversations that Parsons had with the Cowboys – and without his agent, David Mulugheta – in the spring. The team believed they had a deal after those talks. Parsons believed they were just preliminary conversations before the team negotiated with his agent.
Parsons is insisting that Dallas talk to his agent to work out the details, but according to both The Athletic's Dianna Russini and Yahoo Sports' Jori Epstein, the Cowboys are refusing to talk to Mulugheta.
"I want to be here," Parsons said on July 22. "At the end of the day, they sign the checks. Let's see if they want me to be here."
Last weekend, Cowboys executive VP Stephen Jones told reporters, "We want to pay Micah too. He's got to want to be paid."
Parsons is one of two star pass-rushers still embroiled in a contract standoff with his team – the other being Trey Hendrickson of the Cincinnati Bengals. Both players are looking to cash in on multiple successful seasons they've accumulated under their current contracts before entering the final year of those active deals.
Pressure has mounted on both Dallas and Cincinnati as other star edge rushers around the league got paid earlier this offseason: Maxx Crosby, Myles Garrett and T.J. Watt all received massive extensions from their respective teams.
Last year, it took the Cowboys until nearly the start of the regular season to reach extension agreements with two of their offensive stars: quarterback Dak Prescott and wide receiver CeeDee Lamb. As Parsons and the team "remain far apart," according to Russini, a possible extension agreement with the edge rusher may wind up taking just as long.
Parsons missed four games during the 2024 season with a high ankle sprain. He ended the year having accumulated 43 tackles, 12 sacks, two forced fumbles and a pass deflection in 13 games.