{"id":27762,"date":"2025-02-21T08:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T08:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27762"},"modified":"2025-02-21T08:55:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T08:55:02","slug":"alert-micah-parsons-drops-eye-opening-3-letter-message-that-has-cowboys-fans-buzzing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=27762","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;ALERT: Micah Parsons Drops Eye-Opening 3-Letter Message That Has Cowboys Fans Buzzing!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<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-2191768316-e1740077897432.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-2191768316-e1740077897432.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2191768316-e1740077897432.jpg?quality=45&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2191768316-e1740077897432.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Cowboys DE Micah Parsons\" width=\"780\" height=\"436\" data-img-load-time=\"1023\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1032\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Cowboys DE Micah Parsons<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Coming off a 7-10 season that was majorly disappointing, riddled with injuries and ended with their coach being replaced, it\u2019s not a far leap to say this is a crucial offseason for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys\/\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a>. They were 12-5 for three consecutive seasons before that, and some roster tinkering should vault them back into competitiveness, at least into the playoff picture.<\/p>\n<p>Ah, but that will require two offseason approaches for the Cowboys, first a dedication to creating the kind of cap space that gives the team flexibility on the free-agent market and second, the willingness to spend the money created on top-line talent. The team\u2019s track record on those fronts in recent years has been very, very disappointing.<\/p>\n<p>Still, it\u2019s February and there is hope. For the team\u2019s star pass-rusher\u00a0Micah Parsons\u2013who is himself up for a top-of-the-market contract extension\u2013that hope is front-and-center.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, ESPN NFL insider Dan Graziano wrote on Twitter\/X, \u201cThe NFL today informed teams that the 2025 per-team salary cap will fall in the range of $277.5 million to $281.5 million, way up from last year\u2019s $255.4 million. Cap will have increased by more than $53 million over the last two years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And ever-the-optimist\u00a0Parsons responded, \u201cLfg!\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Cowboys Have Not Been Flexible in Past<\/h2>\n<p>For the uninitiated, \u201cLfg!\u201d means, \u201cLet\u2019s (expletive) go!\u201d and is a sign that Parsons, for one, is ready to get the Cowboys\u2019 offseason rolling.<\/p>\n<p>But the Cowboys do not have a lot of room to work with. They can create some, starting with Parsons, who is under contract on a fifth-year option, worth $24 million. Ideally, the team and Parsons will agree to throw that out and instead land on a new contract, heavily weighted in the first year with a signing bonus, which would create significantly more room.<\/p>\n<p>The team would have to get that done before March 12, when free agency gets started. Ideally, they\u2019d get it done well in advance. That is how some teams\u2013the defending-champ Eagles, for example\u2013operate, but the Cowboys have always let negotiations for star extension drag out, as they did with\u00a0CeeDee Lamb\u00a0and\u00a0Dak Prescott\u00a0last year.<\/p>\n<p>That prevents them from being active in the free-agent market, and allows them to claim they did not have the cap space for it. Last offseason, for example, the Cowboys could have renegotiated Prescott\u2019s deal early, created cap space and signed, say, Derrick Henry with the cap space.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, they let the Prescott deal drag until the start of the season and cried \u201cno cap space\u201d whenever asked about Henry.<\/p>\n<h2>Micah Parsons Wants FO to Be \u2018Aggressive\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Parsons, to his credit, laid down the gauntlet for team owner Jerry Jones about the Cowboys\u2019 inactivity. He would have to be flexible in how he structures his deal, but Parsons sounded like he is willing to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe talent is there. We\u2019ve jus got to be aggressive the same way (other teams) did,\u201d Parsons said, per\u00a0Nick Harris of theFort Worth Star-Telegram. \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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s just as important. 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