‘It's Going to Cost Cowboys More,' Says Micah Parsons in Contract Update
'It's Going to Cost Cowboys More,' Says Micah Parsons in Contract Update originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
Another week passed without the Dallas Cowboys and defensive star Micah Parsons coming any closer to terms a contract extension. Midway through June the two sides are at the same place they were months ago when the offseason was in its infancy stages.
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To Parsons' credit he has not distanced himself from his team in the process. He showed up to mandatory minicamp this week, maintaining a presence in the locker room.
Furthermore, Parsons has kept things extremely civil on his front despite the obvious frustrations of not having his deal done. While players like Trey Hendrickson have created a nasty public feud, Parsons remains committed to conversing with Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones.
But that does not mean he's happy with the minimal progress on this deal. Like any other player would feel in his position, Parsons wants to get paid. And as he revealed to DLLS Sports, he's not afraid to tell his team what they are risking.
Parsons said the Cowboys' price is just going up due to other negotiations around the league.
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'It's going to cost them more,' Parsons said … spilling a brutal truth.
While Parsons deals with the Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers' edge rusher T.J. Watt has held out from the team as he waits on his own extension. Knowing those details, Parsons revealed that his extension is going to cost the Cowboys more.
Both Myles Garrett and Ja'Marr Chase reset the market for non quarterbacks this offseason. Parsons detailed that Watt will break that mark of over $40 million per year and he will follow up by topping that.
The Cowboys have the cap space to get the deal done so... what exactly are the waiting on?
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It's become the typical odd business practice at The Star to wait on these things. This same strategy saw the Cowboys fall behind other teams who moved quicker to not lose to the market.
Watt and the Steelers are a clear threat to make Parsons' extension more expensive. One would think that this not-so-secret revelation would spurn the Cowboys into action.
That has not been the case to this point. Eventually, Parsons and the Cowboys will come to the negotiating table and strike a deal.
But it may not happen until the Cowboys back themselves against a wall again, forced to reset the market on another deal where they could have saved time and resources.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 14, 2025, where it first appeared.
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