Micah Parsons is trying to be among the many richest gamers within the NFL, nevertheless it seems Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones and he aren’t seeing eye to eye.
The contract talks between the Cowboys and Parsons are falling aside, and issues are “getting personal,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Tuesday.
Parsons, 26, is within the ultimate 12 months of his rookie deal, after which he would possible be franchise tagged by the staff.
“This sounds different to me. This sounds a little bit more personal from both sides,” Schefter stated on the “Pat McAfee Show.”
“The two sides have gone backwards, not forwards. I don’t think they’re speaking very much these days, if at all,” Schefter added. “This negotiation, when it was a negotiation, has gone sideways. It’s not a negotiation right now. There’s really no conversation about getting a deal done.”
This comes as Jones took a shot at Parsons for not staying wholesome final season.
“Just because we sign him doesn’t mean we’re going to have him,” Jones stated final week. “He missed six games last year. Seriously.”
Parsons missed 4 of the Cowboys’ 17 video games final season, racking up 12 sacks.
In the midst of all this, Dallas was capable of ink a cope with their tight finish, as Jake Ferguson agreed to a four-year contract value $52 million — $30 million of which is assured.
Parsons hasn’t mentioned the continuing contract discussions since June, when he stated he “understood that it’s as much as [Jones].“
Parsons has stood by as a number of of his fellow move rushers had been paid large cash.
In March, Myles Garrett inked a large contract with the Browns that, on the time, was the very best deal of any non-quarterback in NFL historical past.
Garrett had demanded a commerce in February as tensions between the 2 groups escalated over his contract.
Steelers move rusher T.J. Watt had been a holdout from obligatory minicamp in June resulting from a contract dispute earlier than agreeing to an enormous three-year, $123 million contract, which is now the very best of a non-quarterback in NFL historical past.
