{"id":25874,"date":"2025-02-14T03:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T03:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25874"},"modified":"2025-02-14T03:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T03:33:09","slug":"breaking-news-micah-parsons-calls-out-non-aggressive-cowboys-ownership-ahead-of-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25874","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Micah Parsons CALLS OUT Non-\u201cAggressive\u201d Cowboys Ownership Ahead of Free Agency.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2170877110-1-e1739491278511.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2170877110-1-e1739491278511.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2170877110-1-e1739491278511.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2170877110-1-e1739491278511.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Micah Parsons\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" data-dom-ready-time=\"205\" data-img-load-time=\"239\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Micah Parsons<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0feel like an organization teetering exactly on the border between enviable relevance and total dysfunction.<\/p>\n<p>After making the eyebrow-raising move to replace former head coach, Mike McCarthy, with previous offensive coordinator, Brian Schottenheimer, who didn\u2019t even call the plays in Dallas, the franchise has chartered itself towards a new era going forward.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for the Cowboys, they have eight starters set to become free agents in March, in addition to numerous veteran role players \u2013 including six members of their defensive line.<\/p>\n<p>And with the team currently standing at $2.5 million\u00a0<strong>over\u00a0<\/strong>the cap coming into the offseason, it does not feel like signing many, if any of their to-be lost players will be particularly viable.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, star linebacker and edge defender,\u00a0Micah Parsons, has issued a rallying cry to Jerry Jones and the rest of the Cowboys\u2019 front office to spur them to action in the free agency market,\u00a0per Nick Harris of the Port Worth Star Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe talent is there. We\u2019ve just\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">got to be aggressive<\/span>\u00a0the same way [other teams] did,\u201d via\u00a0Charean Williams of Pro Football Talk, \u201cI don\u2019t want to sit back and watch other [teams] build and build and us stay the same. Definitely some call to action. I want to see us become aggressive and get some players that will come in and make an impact. I want to see us bring back our own players. That\u2019s just as important. Let\u2019s see what we can do there.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Can The Cowboys Afford To Make Big Moves In Free Agency?<\/h2>\n<p>Currently being over the cap, it would seem like the Cowboys would not be able to do anything of note this offseason in free agency.<\/p>\n<p>However, Dak Prescott\u2019s enormous 4 year, $240 million deal signed last offseason takes up almost $90 million of the cap \u2013 almost 1\/3 of the entire cap. As such, it seems like a restructure is inevitable, however, if Dallas is to have any semblance of flexibility with market dealings this March.<\/p>\n<p>Per Williams, the Cowboys are expecting to not just take their poor cap situation lying down, and are looking to make moves next month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOwner Jerry Jones said last week in New Orleans that the team\u2019s offseason would be \u201cin line\u201d with others, but edge rusher Micah Parsons is calling for the Cowboys to do more.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Which \u201cAggressive\u201d Purchases Could The Cowboys Look To Make This March?<\/h2>\n<p>Parsons has seen division rivals, the\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles, make splash after splash en route to winning the Super Bowl last Sunday. Just this past year, all of the NFC East saw running back,\u00a0Saquon Barkley, rush for over 2,000 yards in the regular season, followed by another 499 in the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, critical additions like Mekhi Becton, Zack Baun and CJ Gardner Johnson by the Eagles show that its often the value purchases that ultimately win championships.<\/p>\n<p>But the All-Pro DE wants more than for Jones and co. to look for bargain deals \u2013 he wants a signing that lets them and every other contender in the NFC know that the Cowboys are serious competitors this upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps stealing free agents Baun and\/or Josh Sweat from under the Eagles\u2019 noses might hit the spot, or perhaps even entering the sweepstakes to sign fellow All-Pro edge rushers, Maxx Crosby and Myles Garrett, might be what Parsons feels is needed.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, with a team set to lose multiple starters in a quasi-rebuilding year, one imagines that, sadly for Cowboys fans, they and Micah Parsons may have to wait for that aggressive signing a little while longer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Micah Parsons The\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0feel like an organization teetering exactly on the border between enviable relevance and total dysfunction. 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