Micah Parsons is seeking to be among the many richest gamers within the NFL, however 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 private,” ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Tuesday.
Parsons, 26, is within the remaining yr of his rookie deal, after which he would probably be franchise tagged by the staff.
“This sounds completely different to me. This sounds somewhat bit extra private from each side,” Schefter mentioned on the “Pat McAfee Present.”
“The 2 sides have gone backwards, not forwards. I don't suppose they're talking very a lot nowadays, if in any respect,” Schefter added. “This negotiation, when it was a negotiation, has gone sideways. It's not a negotiation proper now. There's actually no dialog about getting a deal executed.”
This comes as Jones took a shot at Parsons for not staying wholesome final season.
“Simply because we signal him doesn't imply we're going to have him,” Jones mentioned final week. “He missed six video games final yr. Severely.”
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 take care of 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 continued contract discussions since June, when he mentioned he “understood that it's as much as [Jones].“
Parsons has stood by as a number of of his fellow move rushers have been paid massive cash.
In March, Myles Garrett inked a large contract with the Browns that, on the time, was the 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 as a consequence of a contract dispute earlier than agreeing to an enormous three-year, $123 million contract, which is now the best of a non-quarterback in NFL historical past.
