{"id":23151,"date":"2025-02-03T01:51:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T01:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=23151"},"modified":"2025-02-03T01:51:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T01:51:13","slug":"micah-parsons-demands-cowboys-change-as-new-coaches-take-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=23151","title":{"rendered":"Micah Parsons Demands Cowboys &#8216;Change&#8217; As New Coaches Take Over.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\">&#8220;We have a great opportunity. I want to see change.&#8221; &#8211; Dallas Cowboys star Micah Parsons.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--flexbox\">\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--meta\">\n<div class=\"m-description--list\">\n<p>FRISCO &#8211; When\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0defensive leader Micah Parsons recently called for &#8220;America&#8217;s Team&#8221; to &#8220;change,&#8221; even offering to do what he can to facilitate that?<\/p>\n<p>This probably wasn&#8217;t exactly what he had in mind.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I called upon The Star,&#8221; said Parsons on Monday as the team headed into the offseason after a challenging 2024. &#8220;I landed on it, and I&#8217;m grateful. I feel like I got one of the best jobs in America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"4\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Part of that job will be the coming negotiation of a new contract extension that could make him the highest-paid non-QB in\u00a0NFL\u00a0history &#8230; maybe at $40 million per year.<\/p>\n<p>But Parsons wants something more than that &#8211; and he has visited team owner Jerry Jones to express that want.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have a great opportunity,&#8221; he said of the 2025 Cowboys. &#8220;I want to see change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"4\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Well, in recent days, &#8220;change&#8221; is what he&#8217;s gotten &#8211; in the form of head coach\u00a0Mike McCarthy\u00a0departing, and defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer exiting with him.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Schottenheimer is now the top guy, and Matt Eberflus has been hired to replace the retiring Zimmer &#8211; meaning Micah will have a third coordinator (with Dan Quinn now in Washington) in three years.<\/p>\n<p>Is that enough &#8220;change&#8221; for everybody?<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\" data-zone-count=\"4\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Again, though, Micah is talking about personnel and the cap and roster-building.<\/p>\n<p>Parsons&#8217; desire for &#8220;change&#8221; is not about being confrontational with Jones; it&#8217;s more about Parsons&#8217; willingness to help roster-build, maybe by trying to negotiate a deal quickly (thus adding to Dallas&#8217; potential $100 million in available cap room), maybe by considering taking a hometown discount.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to see players here,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I eant to see some of these (in-house free agents) back in this locker room. I want to be as aggressive (in free agency) as we can be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\" data-zone-count=\"4\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Dallas has the financial wherewithal to do that, though COO Stephen Jones has downplayed that fact. And so yes, in theory, Micah&#8217;s idea of bringing in a star player here and another one there is doable.<\/p>\n<p>As it happens, Jones and Parsons sat together when Texas played\u00a0Ohio State\u00a0in the College Football Playoff Game at AT&amp;T Stadium a couple of weeks ago. 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