Cowboys owner Jerry Jones isn’t sounding as confident about a Micah Parsons contract extension.
Speaking with Yahoo’s Jori Epstein on Wednesday, Jones revealed that he hasn’t even talked with Parsons in a while.
“I haven’t talked with him in about four or five weeks, and of course, that’ll be necessary if he’s going to get a contract,” Jones said.
They haven’t even talked? Sure, it’s a two-way street, but seems like you’d want to talk to your defensive superstar whenever possible to try to get this deal done.
Then Jones clarified in a classic owner statement to serve as a reminder that Parsons wasn’t a free agent and still had an obligation to Dallas.
“But he’s got a contract,” Jones said. “That’s the point. Be sure and clear about that.”
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Parsons, 25, has had 12 or more sacks in all four of his NFL seasons out of Penn State.
He’s entering the final year of his rookie contract, set to earn $24 million on his fifth-year option.
Pro Football Talk writes that Parsons is expected to get more than the $40.25 million per year received by Bengals wideout Ja’Marr Chase this offseason, which would make him the highest-paid non-QB in the NFL.
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PFT goes on to say that Parsons is “unlikely” to show up for training camp without a new deal.
Dallas did this with CeeDee Lamb last year, and he didn’t show up to training camp at all before his new four-year, $136 million contract was agreed upon.
Will the Cowboys move faster this time? Not if Jones isn’t even talking to Parsons.
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