{"id":32651,"date":"2025-03-13T02:46:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=32651"},"modified":"2025-03-13T02:46:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T02:46:02","slug":"breaking-micah-parsons-delivers-3-word-message-to-cowboys-after-major-contract-signings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=32651","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Micah Parsons Delivers 3-Word Message To Cowboys After Major Contract Signings.."},"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\/03\/GettyImages-1782728356-e1741827659460.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1782728356-e1741827659460.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1782728356-e1741827659460.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-1782728356-e1741827659460.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Micah Parsons\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"208\" data-dom-ready-time=\"2479\" \/><\/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>Micah Parsons\u2018 contract has, beyond the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u2018 disappointing free agency, been the key talking point around Dallas ever since both\u00a0Maxx Crosby\u00a0and\u00a0Myles Garrett\u00a0signed lucrative extensions.<\/p>\n<p>Of the elite edge rushers in the NFL, only\u00a0TJ Watt\u00a0\u2013 along with Parsons \u2013 is in a contract year. And Parsons, ever vocal on social media, made a clear pronouncement about the situation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s my time \ud83e\udd81<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Micah Parsons (@MicahhParsons11)\u00a0March 12, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Although Parsons did not follow up the message with any defining context \u2013 we all know what he is referring too \u2013 a future extension with the Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the Cowboys\u2019 historical reticence to pay their stars on numerous occasions;\u00a0Dak Prescott,\u00a0DeMarcus Lawrence\u00a0and\u00a0Tony Pollard \u2013 all of whom played on the franchise tag; it stands to reason that they would not make the Parsons extension an easy one.<\/p>\n<p>And after\u00a0Myles Garrett\u2018s enormous $40 million\/year deal signed last week, the 3 x All-Pro\u2019s price point just got even higher.<\/p>\n<h2>Will Myles Garrett Take A Discount To Stay In Dallas?<\/h2>\n<p>Parsons made it clear in December that he does not\u00a0need to be the highest paid player\u00a0at his position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be nice to be surrounded by good players. Players that will help me win championships, I\u2019ll say that.\u201d Parsons revealed at the end of 2024,\u00a0via Pro Football Talk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, having $40 million and being chipped every play and slid into three, four people, that doesn\u2019t sound too fun to me. So, to me, it\u2019s about keeping people that can make a difference and obviously we\u2019re going to get\u00a0Sam\u00a0[Williams] back, some players back. We\u2019ll see how it breaks down, but I want to keep as many guys as possible. They will make the cap work, I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But now, with Garrett at $40 million\/year, Parsons thoughts on the matter may begin to shift.<\/p>\n<p>Not only will Parsons note the humongous contracts given to other defensive ends, but $40 million won\u2019t even re-set the market anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Cowboys have the case that over the past few years, Parsons has not been as good as Garrett, with inconsistencies within the season seeing the former Penn State star disappear in games almost as frequently as he dominates them.<\/p>\n<p>But there is no doubt that Parsons still belongs in the upper echelon of edge rushers \u2013 indeed defensive players \u2013 in the\u00a0National Football League.<\/p>\n<h2>What Kind Of Contract Will Parsons Receive From The Cowboys?<\/h2>\n<p>It is difficult to say at this point. With $48 million in cap space this upcoming season \u2013 good for 7th in the NFL \u2013 and few major free agency additions of note, the Cowboys could well be gearing up to hit the Pro Bowler with a deal that hits somewhere near the $40 million mark.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas have played hard-ball in terms of delaying giving players their deal, but they rarely get good prices or \u201chometown discounts\u201d on their stars.<\/p>\n<p>Dak Prescott just signed a 4 year, $240 million deal that made him the highest paid player in the NFL by $5 million\/year. All the while, the\u00a0Buffalo Bills\u2018\u00a0Josh Allen\u00a0took a $55 million\/year deal (6 years $330 million) \u2013 albeit with more in guarantees \u2013 despite being unquestionably a superior player to Dak.<\/p>\n<p>Will Parsons end up breaking the contract record for a non-QB, perhaps. But if he doesn\u2019t, he will be not far away from it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Micah Parsons Micah Parsons\u2018 contract has, beyond the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u2018 disappointing free agency, been the key talking point around Dallas ever since both\u00a0Maxx Crosby\u00a0and\u00a0Myles Garrett\u00a0signed lucrative extensions&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Micah Parsons Delivers 3-Word Message To Cowboys After Major Contract Signings.. - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=32651\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Micah Parsons Delivers 3-Word Message To Cowboys After Major Contract Signings.. - 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