{"id":37460,"date":"2025-03-31T08:02:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T08:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37460"},"modified":"2025-03-31T08:02:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T08:02:06","slug":"breaking-cowboys-offer-feel-good-update-on-micah-parsons-contract-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37460","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys Offer &#8216;Feel Good&#8217; Update on Micah Parsons Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\">Dallas Cowboys COO Stephen Jones is confirming CowboysCountry.com\u2019s exclusive reporting on the status of negotiations with 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>Dallas Cowboys\u00a0COO Stephen Jones met with the media at the\u00a0NFL\u00a0annual league meetings in Florida on Sunday. Jones commented on the pace of the Micah Parsons negotiations. \u2026 and confirmed the exclusive reporting from a week ago from CowbiysCountry.com.<\/p>\n<p>Jones said some guys like to come in and talk about money and some don&#8217;t. It appears from Jones&#8217; tone, Micah just likes to talk about being a Cowboy.<\/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=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-168a91ef8d654bfa919f99b3d35a3fcf\" data-google-query-id=\"CN_VhoLts4wDFR9gDwIdARksng\" data-ad-size=\"300x250\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_2__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_2\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_2\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"3\" data-rhp=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve had visits with Micah, Jerry and I have, and feel good about that,&#8221; Jones said. &#8220;Some guys want to visit, some guys don&#8217;t want to visit about their money, and we respect both ways. If players want to come in and talk to us, we&#8217;ve got an open door policy, whether it&#8217;s Jerry or myself, and Micah likes to visit, so that&#8217;s a good thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Our Mike Fisher has reported that in these \u201cmeaningful\u201d talks, the Joneses have exchanged \u201ccontract proposal numbers.\u201d (See below.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-embed-card--list\">\n<div class=\"m-card--media\">The Cowboys have been criticized in the past for not getting extensions done sooner. Case example last season was wide receiver CeeDee Lamb.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;&#8221;We&#8217;ve done them early before and we&#8217;ve waited until the end to do them, a lot of it is just the negotiations itself,&#8221; Jones said. &#8220;Some of them take longer than others, we put about zero credence into people saying we wait too long.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-embed-card--list\"><\/div>\n<p>Lamb held out for a time in training camp last season before the contract negotiations were finished. He was in shape, but arguably not in football shape like he would have been in had he participated in OTA&#8217;s.<\/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=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-0d27206e71434f2487575412c83525db\" data-google-query-id=\"CLbLjYXts4wDFbyBKQMd3T8ajA\" data-ad-size=\"640x200\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_6__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_6\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/0f1339b34550065ebb813cb411435cee.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-41\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"7\" data-load-complete=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The former first-round pick out of Oklahoma in 2020 hit the ground running as a Cowboys&#8217; rookie and hasn&#8217;t looked back since. 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