Micah Parsons was eligible for a contract extension last offseason, but he and the Dallas Cowboys couldn’t come to an agreement, and Parsons sat back and did not draw much attention.
We saw them get the deals done with Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb, waiting until the last possible moment to do so, in turn made them pay way to much for Dak, and probably more than they wanted to for Lamb at the time.
Here we go again with the front office of the Dallas Cowboys waiting forever to pay Micah. and doing so made his price even higher.
Myles Garrett signed on Sunday with the Cleveland Browns, the biggest non-QB money in the history of the league.
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Only problem for Dallas: The highest-paid defensive end dollar figure has risen substantially in the last calendar year.
Last summer, San Francisco’s Nick Bosa earned $34 million per year. Maybe the Cowboys could’ve signed Parsons for a few million more.
Now, Maxx Crosby reset the market last week before Garrett leapfrogged him. Garrett’s deal is expected to pay him $40 million per year, and it has a record $123.5 million guaranteed.
Frustrating
The way this front office operates is so frustrating. Time and time again, they cost themselves money, and they seem not to even care, yet they won’t get deals done and sign outside free agents at other needy spots.
This is typical Jones. He allows other players to set the market and drive the value up for his players. Therefore, Jones has to pay more money, which detracts from the salary cap for other players.
Parsons has said he doesn’t have to be the highest-paid defender, but he’s also not going to be giving out any massive discounts. His deal will likely be in the same range of Garrett’s, which is going to make it tough for Jerry and Stephen Jones to figure out.
Not did they let the price for their best defender go through the roof, they cleared all that cap space and can’t even resign any of their other guys that have been homegrown.
The Cowboys lost Jourdan Lewis and Chauncey Golston, two big-time players, for the defense a year ago, and they have only signed. Former Jets DT Solomon Thomas has agreed to a two-year deal worth up to $8M.
He will be a backup on the defense. The only hope we can have is that he produces a Carl Lawson-type season. He has only started 4 games in 5 years. I just am not high on this has everyone else.
Do They Want To Win?
Remember when we thoughts the Dallas Cowboys might have wanted to win some games after they created all that cap space last week?
It is funny how we lied to ourselves and thought that this would change things, yet here are once again wondering why the hell nothing has been done.
This team does not want to win football games and it is clear!
Parsons is on the fifth-year option of his deal, awarded to first-round picks. The Cowboys issued the option for Parsons, which stands at $24.007 million for this season.
However, the Cowboys could give Parsons a new deal, which would likely lower his 2025 salary cap as much as $11-12 million.
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Stephen Jones categorized the talks with Micah as “preliminary” last week when asked about where things stand with Micah. He was then asked if the goal is to get him done early, meaning before the start of free agency next week.
Get him early? Funny how we are still sitting here waiting. It is so hard to root for this football team. I hate it.