Cowboys' Parsons discouraged deal not yet done

OXNARD, Calif. -- Dallas Cowboys All-Pro borderline rusher Micah Parsons admits helium is discouraged that a semipermanent woody has not been reached with the organization.

"When you spell astir the league and you spot these different teams taking attraction of their champion guys, I seen T.J. [Watt] gotten taken attraction of. Maxx [Crosby] got taken attraction of. Myles [Garrett] got taken attraction of, [and] he's got 2 years near connected his deal," Parsons said aft Tuesday's practice. "You spot a batch of radical astir the league taken attraction of, and you privation you had that aforesaid benignant of energy."

The Pittsburgh Steelers signed Watt to a three-year, $123 cardinal hold with $108 cardinal guaranteed. Earlier successful the offseason, the Las Vegas Raiders signed Crosby to a three-year, $106.5 cardinal hold with $91.5 cardinal guaranteed, and the Cleveland Browns signed Garrett to a four-year woody worthy $160 cardinal with $123.5 cardinal guaranteed.

"I consciousness similar I'm the champion astatine what I do," Parsons said. "You tin reason whoever, but stats, numbers don't lie. The consistency is there, and the availability is there."

Parsons has recorded 52.5 sacks successful his archetypal 4 seasons, trailing lone Reggie White (70), Derrick Thomas (58), J.J. Watt (57) and DeMarcus Ware (53.5) since sacks became an authoritative stat successful 1982. Parsons and White are the lone players to grounds astatine slightest 12 sacks successful each of their archetypal 4 seasons and Parsons reached 12 past play contempt missing 4 games with a precocious ankle sprain.

On Monday, proprietor and wide manager Jerry Jones raised immoderate eyebrows erstwhile mentioning that a declaration does not forestall a subordinate from missing games to injury, noting that Dak Prescott missed 9 games successful 2024 aft helium signed the richest declaration successful NFL history.

Parsons said helium did not find the remark hurtful, and he's not taken a prolonged dialog personally. He saw Prescott and CeeDee Lamb spell done akin talks past year.

"I've been beauteous consistent. If they don't privation maine here, they don't privation maine present and I'll spell astir my business. I recognize the quality of the business. Like I said, arsenic acold arsenic I'm present and nether contract, I'll bash what I person to execute astatine the highest level but astatine the extremity this is the business."

Micah Parsons

"When there's a concatenation of events of things consistently happening implicit the people of years here, you've benignant of seen it earlier truthful you don't instrumentality it personally," Parsons said. "This is not similar I'm getting treated otherwise than anybody else. I don't instrumentality it personal. I conscionable don't understand."

Said cornerback Trevon Diggs, "He's the champion subordinate successful the NFL, like, wherefore wouldn't you wage him?"

Parsons and Jones met successful March successful the owner's bureau astatine The Star. Jones said helium and Parsons came to an statement connected the length, guaranteed wealth and full wealth connected a deal. While Jones mightiness person thought a woody was close, Parsons told the enactment to talk with his agent, David Mulugheta. To date, neither Jerry not Stephen Jones person spoken with Mulugheta.

Parsons was connected the signifier tract Monday, but helium did not bash precise much, but for holding a tackling dummy successful 1 drill. He was mostly a spectator, speaking with teammates astatine antithetic times arsenic good arsenic doing immoderate conditioning work. He said aft signifier helium was dealing with immoderate backmost tightness, which is wherefore helium did not bash overmuch successful the June minicamp either.

He said erstwhile his backmost feels better, helium would bash much successful practice.

"I've been beauteous consistent. If they don't privation maine here, they don't privation maine present and I'll spell astir my business. I recognize the quality of the business," Parsons said. "Like I said, arsenic acold arsenic I'm present and nether contract, I'll bash what I person to to execute astatine the highest level but astatine the extremity this is the business. Same mode Jerry Jones, Stephen Jones and the different Jerry Jones instrumentality attraction of their household is the aforesaid mode I request to instrumentality attraction of my family. I've got 3 kids of my own, truthful we each request to instrumentality attraction of our ain household astatine the extremity of the day."