Cowboys fans didn’t hide their frustrations about Micah Parsons not getting an extension yet when Jerry Jones spoke at training camp Saturday.
As Jones addressed the group, there have been chants of “pay Micah” and other murmurs mixed in because the Dallas owner vowed improvements after a disappointing 7-10 campaign in 2024, in keeping with a video posted by The Athletic.
“I used to be shocked last yr once we ended up with the record that we had,” Jones said. “I never saw that coming. … I need you to observe what we’ve done within the areas that we wanted to work on. Have a look at what we’ve done on this offensive line. Have a look at what we’ve done, for those who will, with our receiver core. Have a look at what we’re doing with our defense.
“Lot of changes out here. Lot of coaching changes. Lot of player changes.”
But fans, within the moment not less than, weren’t concerned about any of that.
They’re concerned about Parsons — one in every of the NFL’s top defensive players — playing 2025 on his fifth-year option after which bolting in free agency next offseason.
In June, Parsons said that the deal will cost the Cowboys more due to the delay in executing it, and last week, he told reporters that he wished Dallas had the “same sort of energy” that teams across the league had dedicated toward extending their defensive stars.
“In the event that they don’t want me here, they don’t want me here,” Parsons said. “I’ll go about my business. I understand the character of the business. Like I said, so long as I’m here and under contract, I’m gonna do what I actually have to do to perform at the very best level. But when that is the top, that is the top.”
Parsons, who isn’t holding out but in addition hasn’t practiced fully on account of back tightness, has collected 52.5 sacks across the primary 4 years of his Cowboys profession and quickly became the anchor of their unit after getting chosen No. 12 overall within the 2021 NFL Draft.
He said he doesn’t take it personally, but fairly, “I just don’t understand.”
Cowboys fans standing up for his or her star marked just the most recent wrinkle within the saga, with Jones bizarrely claiming to reporters last week that “simply because we sign him doesn’t mean we’re gonna have him” — claiming that Parsons missed six games in 2024 when he only, the truth is, missed 4.
“Contracts are 4, five years, OK? There’s plenty of water under the bridge for those who step on the market and do something in the primary two or three,” Jones told reporters, in keeping with CBS Sports. “You possibly can get hit by a automobile, seriously. So there’s rather a lot to take a look at over plenty of years that might make an enormous difference. Have you ever ever heard of any clubs committing to players after which they didn’t pan out after they committed to them? Now we have.”
Still, that didn’t stop the Cowboys from dispensing one other long-term deal Sunday, as they signed tight end Jake Ferguson to a four-year, $52 million extension, in keeping with multiple reports.
