Overview

• Micah Parsons remains unsigned and will play the 2025 season on his fully guaranteed fifth-year rookie option
• ESPN’s Adam Schefter says negotiations have “gone backwards,” with little to no direct communication between Parsons’s camp and team officials
• Stephen Jones and owner Jerry Jones have publicly defended the team’s deliberate timeline, pointing to cap constraints and missed games last season
• Record-setting extensions for Myles Garrett and T. J. Watt have reset market benchmarks for elite edge rushers and heightened Parsons’s contract expectations
• Fans at Cowboys training camp have voiced growing frustration with chants demanding a new deal as the stalemate continues