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Todd Archer
OXNARD, Calif. — Dallas Cowboys go rusher Micah Parsons has made a request to be traded.
Parsons took to social media Friday to make the announcement and went by means of his model of occasions that led to his choice to wish to transfer away from the franchise he grew up adoring and that drafted him within the first spherical in 2021.
“Sure, I needed to be right here,” Parsons wrote. “I did every part I might to indicate that I needed to be a Cowboy and put on the star on my helmet. I needed to play in entrance of one of the best followers in sports activities and make this Americas group as soon as once more. The group my pops and I grew up cheering for method up in Harrisburg, PA.
“Sadly I now not wish to be right here. I now not wish to be held to shut door negotiations with out my agent current. I now not need photographs taken at me for getting injured whereas laying it on the road for the group our followers and my teammates. I now not need narratives created and unfold to the media about me. I had purposely stayed quiet in hopes of getting one thing performed.”
Thanks Dallas 🦁👑 🙏🏾! I pic.twitter.com/EUnEj9uRUt
— Micah Parsons (@MicahhParsons11) August 1, 2025
Each side acknowledge there haven’t been discussions relating to a contract extension. Parsons is about to make $21.324 million this season on the fifth-year possibility of his rookie deal as a defensive finish, not the reported $24.007 million that he would make if he was a linebacker.
The group had no touch upon Parsons’ request. The Cowboys can maintain his rights by means of 2028 with using the franchise tag, nonetheless, the final 12 months of the tag would value them the quarterback tag determine.
The connection between Parsons and the Cowboys has worsened prior to now 4 months partly as a result of proprietor and basic supervisor Jerry Jones was of the idea that the edges had been near an settlement on an extension that might have made Parsons the highest-paid non-quarterback within the NFL, per a number of sources.
Parsons stated his agent, David Mulugheta, approached the Cowboys previous to final 12 months a few contract extension however the group’s focus was on Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb, who turned the highest-paid quarterback and the second-highest-paid broad receiver, respectively.
When the 2024 season ended, Parsons stated he instructed Mulugheta to inform the group they had been prepared to barter.
“My agent knowledgeable me I ought to look ahead to different offers to get performed as a result of the value would solely go up however I did not care and needed to safe myself as a Cowboy long run,” Parsons wrote.
Whereas in Abu Dhabi, Parsons referred to as Jones and requested a gathering. Parsons wrote on social media it was about, “management,” however “by some means the dialog was him speaking contract with me.”
Parsons admitted he had a back-and-forth with Jones, who later on the NFL house owners assembly in Palm Seashore, Florida, stated they got here to an settlement on the size, whole cash and assured portion of the deal.
Since that assembly, go rushers Myles Garrett (4 years, $160 million), Maxx Crosby (three years, $106.5 million) and T.J. Watt (three years, $123 million) have signed extensions, with Watt changing into the highest-paid non-quarterback at $41 million per season.
Traditionally, Jones has labored straight with key gamers on contracts. Two years in the past, a direct dialog with Zack Martin led to the All-Professional guard ending a holdout and signing a two-year extension that paid him more cash.
Parsons stated he instructed Jones that Mulugheta would name the Cowboys however that when the agent reached out, the group felt a deal was already performed.
“My agent after all instructed him that wasn’t the case and likewise reached out to [executive vice president] Stephen Jones,” Parsons wrote. “Once more the group determined to go silent. At that time we determined we might permit the group to achieve out to us each time they needed to speak. But nonetheless not a name e mail or textual content to my agent about beginning a negotiation.”
On the opening information convention of camp, Stephen Jones acknowledged he had not had discussions with Mulugheta.
Parsons reported to coaching camp on time, however he has been going by means of a hold-in. After the primary observe, he stated he had some again tightness and stated he would do extra as his again felt higher. He has not been receiving therapy, however he has been concerned in conferences, figuring out and attending observe.
Jerry Jones raised eyebrows firstly of camp when he stated, “Simply because we signal him doesn’t suggest we’ll have him. He was damage six video games final 12 months [actually four]. Severely. I keep in mind signing a participant for the highest-paid on the place within the league and he obtained knocked out two-thirds of the 12 months in Dak Prescott. So there’s loads of issues you may take into consideration, simply because the participant does, if you’re fascinated about committing and guaranteeing cash.”
As he addressed followers Saturday earlier than observe, Jones was heckled by followers that yelled “Pay Micah!”
“I heard it mild, however not in comparison with how I heard them say, ‘Pay Lamb [last year],'” Jones stated a day later of the negotiations from final 12 months. “That was a faint little sound in comparison with the best way they had been hollering final 12 months, ‘Pay Lamb.’ … Whoever’s not in, you may depend on a couple of hollering that. However it was a giant loud chant final 12 months on Lamb.”
Earlier within the day, Stephen Jones was requested in regards to the followers yelling and stated, “It does not change something. We wish to pay Micah, too. He is obtained to wish to be paid, too.”
Parsons wrote Friday that “after repeated photographs at myself and all of the narratives I’ve made a troublesome choice I now not wish to play for the Dallas Cowboys. My commerce request has been submitted to Stephen Jones personally.”
Cowboys teammates took to social media to assist Parsons. Not less than three teammates, Trevon Diggs, DeMarvion Overshown and Juanyeh Thomas, modified their avatars to incorporate an image of Parsons. Lamb, who went by means of a protracted negotiation final summer time, went to X.
“By no means fails dawg. Simply pay the person, what you owe em. No want for the additional curricular.”
