Cowboys Sources Update Micah Contract Talks With Jerry vs. 'Fake News'
FRISCO - Fake news.
The media covering the Dallas Cowboys' contract negotiations with franchise superstar defender Micah Parsons has quite often dropped the ball at every turn. The truth about meetings and offers and agreements have been ignored.
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The villainization of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has become a popular parlor game ... and it is now creating a fake-news portrayal of the relationship between Jones and Parsons.
Jones recently issued an off-hand comment about Parsons' agent, David Mulugheta, stating, "The agent is not a concern here … I don't know his name.'
Is that "disrespectful''? Or is it true?
Is it Jerry's way of putting the powerful Mulugheta "in his place''? Or is it because Jerry doesn't know how to pronounce his last name?
In any event, a media post on X triggered Parsons into announcing his devotion in Mulugheta and saying, "There is no one I trust more when it comes to negotiating contracts than David!"
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That's a lovely sentiment. But it doesn't override the fact that as CowboysCountry.com first reported on Monday, March 23, Parsons has meet with Jerry and Stephen Jones on at least three occasions and has talked contract specifics ...
Without the agent being involved.
And now an assortment of media numbskulls are attempting to turn this circus into a Parsons vs. Jones battle - and they are, maybe purposely, getting it all wrong.
Micah is a loyalty guy and his agent has a job to do.
But Micah's loyalty extends to Jerry, who he fondly calls "my dawg.''
If you read this space, you know the truth: As we were first to report, Parsons and Jerry and Stephen Jones have engaged in multiple contract talks in recent weeks - three of them. And in those talks, the ideas of the new contract being for five years and being worth about $40 million per year have been broached.
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Do the math: The five years and the $40 million is where the much-hyped $200 million number is coming from ... and yes, with that framework, Parsons' view is that he would be a "Cowboy for Life'' and it would make him the highest-paid on-QB in NFL history.
On Tuesday at the NFL owners meetings, Jones went so far as to say that the two sides are essentially in agreement on a deal.
'Most of the issues,'' Jones said, "we're in agreement on.'
But Mulughata isn't "in agreement'' because he hasn't been involved.
That's not about "disrespect.'' It's about facts.
Good for Parsons; he is standing up for his agent. Now it's time for the agent to stand up for Micah.
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The update here?
Sources tell CowboysCountry.com that Micah has nudged the Joneses to contact the agent to close the deal. That can happen in an instant.
Of course, the agent could be the one who initiates that same call.
No "disrespect.'' No "fake news.'' Just one phone call to end what is too often a silly $200 million game of who-blinks-first "Chicken.''
Related: Cowboys Come to 'Agreement' With Micah - With 1 Jerry Problem
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