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Rapoport: Jake Ferguson's four-year Cowboys extension includes $52M in new money 'Back Together Weekend'
NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport details the latest on Dallas Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson's four year contract extension to add fifty-two million dollars in new money.
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8 hours ago
- New York Post
Stephen Jones takes jab at Micah Parsons as Cowboys contract standoff continues
Another day, another barb thrown Micah Parsons' way by a member of the Cowboys brass. The team and the star edge rusher are at a contract-extension standoff with training camp already open, and with few signs of any significant movement toward resolving the situation. Parsons is in the final year of his rookie deal, making $24 million, and would hit free agency if he and Dallas cannot come to some form of an agreement. Advertisement Cowboys fans have been getting on owner Jerry Jones to hammer out a deal with Parsons, greeting him with 'pay Micah' chants at camp on Saturday Stephen Jones, Dallas Cowboys Executive Vice President of Player Personnel, at training camp. Kirby Lee-Imagn Images His son Stephen Jones, the team's executive vice president, put the onus on Parsons when asked about the fans' uneasiness with the situation. 'It doesn't change anything,' Stephen Jones told reporters on Sunday. 'We want to pay Micah too. He's gotta want to be paid.' Advertisement The Cowboys rewarded tight end Jake Ferguson with a four-year, $52 million extension on Sunday. The 26-year-old Parsons, a two-time, first-team All-Pro and four-time Pro Bowler, is likely seeking a deal in the neighborhood of the extension T.J. Watt signed with the Steelers that pays him $41 million a year. Jerry Jones opened up about his frustration with the situation last week during a press conference to open training camp. He needled Parsons for missing six games last season with injury, saying that even if they sign him, it 'doesn't mean we're going to have him.' Advertisement Micah Parsons Kirby Lee-Imagn Images He later expanded on why there may be some hesitancy on the Cowboys' side to a long-term deal. 'Contracts are four, five years, OK? There's a lot of water under the bridge if you step out there and do something in the first two or three,' Jones said. 'You can get hit by a car, seriously. So there's a lot to look at over a lot of years that could make a big difference. Have you ever heard of any clubs committing to players, and then they didn't pan out after they committed to them? We have.' Advertisement Parson reiterated his desire to remain with the Cowboys while firing back at the Jones a day later, but adding that 'they sign the checks' and 'let's see if they want me to be here' in the long term. 'I think they got their own timeline on when they want to get things done,' Parsons said of 'So I don't think that helps. I'm doing this for myself and my teammates. This isn't for Jerry, this isn't for Stephen. … I can get better by just being here and being here for [my teammates].'
USA Today
9 hours ago
- USA Today
Dallas Cowboys training camp: Takeaways from Day 6
The Dallas Cowboys put pads on for the first time on Sunday, their fifth practice of their 2025 training camp. For many players, this is when things turn serious. It's difficult to glean much of anything aside from ability to execute technique without the pads on. The work in the trenches isn't authentic, especially when it comes to the running game. Coaches often refer to the pre-pad days as an extension of the spring installations that take place at OTAs and through minicamps. So how did the Dallas Cowboys fare on Sunday? It's an interesting look into what trends continued, and which players who had begun to stand out kept the momentum. Rising star goes out The biggest injury news of the day is that TE Brevyn Spann-Ford, who is in contention for the TE2 role, had to limp off of the practice field. Spann-Ford made a huge impression on the coaching staff as a UDFA in 2024, and spent the offseason trying to improve his catch instincts to add on to his role as the team's best blocking tight end. Most reports spoke glowingly of his improvement, but he may be out for a while after having to be helped to the locker room on Sunday. He went down on the line of scrimmage and was holding his right ankle. Nick Eatman of floated their is concern it's a high ankle sprain, and apparently not the miraculous kind that Terence Steele suffered earlier in the week. Additional Injury Updates Also of injury note, Patrik Walker reported that CB Trevon Diggs looks a lot closer to being activated from PUP than he had recently, running DB routes and even jumping to secure passes. Diggs was the subject of team owner Jerry Jones' vitriol over missing offseason work with the team while rehabbing his knee injury on his own, but if he's able to get himself into game shape over the next five weeks, it will be well worth the $500,000 fine to have had someone other than the team trainers getting him on track. Safety Juanyeh Thomas (foot/ankle) and running back Deuce Vaughn (hamstring) missed practice today. This isn't a big issue for Thomas, who is slated to have a big role this season, but Vaughn is only loosely tethered to the proverbial bubble and needs every rep he can get to make an impression. Jake Ferguson gets paid, what does it mean? Not an on-field note, but clearly the biggest news of the day is Jake Ferguson's new four-year extension that will pay him $52 million, including $30 million gauranteed. With $12 million in signing bonus and assumed vet minimum base salary of $1.1 million, it seems like the deal that runs through 2029 will at least keep Ferguson in Dallas through the 2027 season. The math seems to indicate some of that year's salary, but not all of it, is going to be guaranteed early in the 2026 season. As for the trickle-down effect, one has to wonder what this means for Luke Schoonmaker. When Ferguson was anticipated to playing in a contract year, Schoonmaker had a shot to be anywhere on the depth chart. TE1 is now off the table and if Spann-Ford isn't out long-term, then what's the long-term prospect for the Michigan product? Cowboys Wire has floated the possibility of a trade off the team to another franchise that eyed him pre-2023 draft. That likelihood could've gotten a small bump with this declaration by the team. Reclamation cornerbacks showing well The Cowboys have made two moves over the last two seasons where they looked to fix highly-drafted cornerbacks who didn't work out for their teams. Last season, the club traded away former third-round pick Nahshon Wright to the VIkings for Minnesota's Andrew Booth, the 2022 second-round pick. This year, they acquired former Buffalo Bills first-round pick Kaiir Elam. Throughout the offseason, the possibility of Elam turning the corner in the final year of his rookie deal was spoken with cautious optimism. That's continued thus far through camp as it appears he is in line to start, at least until Diggs is ready. On Sunday, Booth — who flopped badly when put in regular season games in 2024 — joined the party with an insane day of coverage. Rookie RB Jaydon Blue continues to impress The veteran running backs have been given the majority of first-team reps. Dallas signed both JaVonte Williams and Miles Sanders in the early weeks of free agency, long before the draft. The team then waited until Day 3 to pull the trigger on the position, selecting Texas back Jaydon Blue in the fifth round. Right before training camp started, a weird report from a former coach (not on board in any recent season) that there was talk among the current front office that Blue didn't have the work ethic necessary to thrive. If the first week has been any indication, throw that baby out with the bath water. Blue was extra impressive on Saturday, and continued the trend with the pads put on, on Sunday.
