Overview

• ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported that negotiations are now further from an agreement than they were in late March, describing the process as having gone “sideways.”
• Executive Vice President Stephen Jones drew sharp rebukes after saying Parsons “has to want to be paid, too,” a remark Stephen A. Smith called one of the most ignorant statements he’s heard from an executive.
• Parsons has remained at Cowboys training camp in Oxnard despite a back issue that has limited his practice reps and no extension in place.
• Dallas’s recent mega-extensions for Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb have strained the salary cap and complicated efforts to match the market benchmarks set by players like T.J. Watt.
• With no deal imminent, the Cowboys could use the franchise tag to keep Parsons under his rookie contract for the 2025 season.