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Todd Archer
OXNARD, Calif. — As Dallas Cowboys proprietor and common supervisor Jerry Jones spoke to the gang earlier than Saturday’s observe, quite a lot of followers yelled some style of “Pay Micah!”
Sure, Jones heard the craving for the Cowboys to signal Micah Parsons to a contract extension.
“I heard it gentle, however not in comparison with how I heard them say, ‘Pay Lamb [last year],'” Jones stated on Sunday of the CeeDee Lamb negotiations from final 12 months. “That was a faint little sound in comparison with the best way they have been hollering final 12 months, ‘Pay Lamb.’ … Whoever’s not in, you may depend on a couple of hollering that. Nevertheless it was an enormous loud chant final 12 months on Lamb.”
The Cowboys finally signed Lamb to a $136 million contract in late August after the Cowboys returned to The Star in Frisco, Texas, from their summer season house in Oxnard.
Jones was requested if there was an replace on the Parsons talks after the group signed tight finish Jake Ferguson to a four-year contract value as much as $52 million on Sunday.
“Actually I haven’t got something to remark there in any respect,” Jones stated. “Simply no remark.”
Government vice chairman Stephen Jones stated the Cowboys would maintain all Parsons discussions “in-house.” However he, too, heard the followers Saturday.
“It would not change something,” he stated. “We wish to pay Micah, too. He is bought to wish to be paid, too.”
The Cowboys’ talks with Ferguson intensified not lengthy earlier than coaching camp earlier than coming to an settlement Saturday evening on a deal that features $30 million assured and a $12 million signing bonus.
“Folks say, ‘Oh, there’s different spots you could possibly go,'” Ferguson stated. “I bear in mind sitting down, [thinking], ‘I do not wish to be anyplace else.’ Enjoying right here is superior. From the beginning, it has been a privilege to put on this star.”
A fourth-round decide in 2022, Ferguson has 149 catches for 1,429 yards and seven touchdowns in 47 video games. His greatest season got here in 2023 when he caught 71 passes for 761 yards and 5 touchdowns and was added as a alternative to the Professional Bowl for San Francisco’s George Kittle.
Ferguson and Jason Witten are the one tight ends in group historical past to file two 50-plus-catch seasons of their first three seasons. Final season, Ferguson caught 59 passes for 494 yards however didn’t rating a landing. He suffered a sprained MCL within the season-opening win in opposition to the Cleveland Browns that restricted him for many of the first half of the season. Within the second half of the season, he missed two video games with a concussion.
“We definitely have appreciated what he is been in his profession with us, not solely because the participant we wish on the market however he is additionally a pacesetter competitively,” Jerry Jones stated. “What he does he actually does juice it up for everyone. And that is a consensus of all his teammates and coaches. So we’re glad to have him. He is bought a house right here for his profession.”
Ferguson is just not the one participant the Cowboys want to have a house for his or her careers.
Along with Parsons, the Cowboys produce other gamers they want to lengthen, like left guard Tyler Smith, who’s underneath contract by 2026, cornerback DaRon Bland and probably broad receiver George Pickens. Professional Bowl kicker Brandon Aubrey is about to be a restricted free agent after the season.
One soccer axiom is takeaways are available bunches. Might new offers are available bunches for the Cowboys?
“They will,” Stephen Jones stated. “I imply we nonetheless clearly bought loads occurring. You do not actually like to speak about them till they’re finished. I’d’ve instructed you this deal [Ferguson] might have gotten finished earlier than camp began. However you simply bought to dot all of the i’s and cross all of the t’s. Everyone’s bought to get snug, and also you go from there.”
