Overview
- Contract negotiations between Micah Parsons and the Cowboys have regressed since March, with little to no direct communication underway.
- Parsons is set to play the 2025 season under his $24 million fifth-year rookie option if no long-term extension is reached.
- Owner Jerry Jones’s public criticism of Parsons’s durability and Stephen Jones’s defense of the team’s negotiation pace have intensified personal tensions.
- Large guarantees to Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb last year have limited Dallas’s salary cap flexibility as non-quarterback deals rise.
- Analysts have proposed trade contingencies—one mock deal would send Parsons to the Chargers for multiple early-round picks if the stalemate continues.