The Dallas Cowboys still have a great deal of work to do before the start of the 2025 NFL season. For the second year in a row, they need to find a replacement for a 1,000-yard running back that they allowed to leave in free agency. After the 2023 season, they saw Tony Pollard, who had run for 1,000 yards in back-to-back seasons, leave for the Tennessee Titans. This offseason, Rico Dowdle signed with the Carolina Panthers.
As they proved last year, though, the Cowboys simply do not value the running back position enough to spend big money on it. They could have signed Derrick Henry last offseason, but he ended up signing a two-year $16 million contract with the Baltimore Ravens. Dallas did not even try to call him.
Instead, the Cowboys have been more focused on signing their own stars, as indicated by last year’s massive extensions given to Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb. But Micah Parsons, the four-time Pro Bowler, needs a new contract, too.
The Dallas Cowboys and Micah Parsons Are Far Apart on Contract Talks
Parsons is currently scheduled to play the 2025 NFL season on his fifth-year option, worth over $24 million. However, if Dallas wants him to stick around long-term, it would be in their best interest to sign him to a contract extensions.
And while the two parties are working out the perameters of a new deal, they are not anywhere close to an agreement. Per ESPN, Cowboys executive Stephen Jones said, “Believe me, if we could sign Micah to a number we wanted to sign him to, we’d do it right now. But right now there’s a difference in what we feel like is the right number and what he feels like is the right number.”
Despite this difference in opinion, Parsons has been participating in the voluntary workouts that are part of Dallas’ offseason program. As fans may recall, Lamb skipped these workouts, as well as part of training camp, while he waited for his new deal last year.
“The assumption here is that we’re going to get something done and so he knows or should know how important his work is around here and how important his being around here working is to leadership,” Jerry Jones said of Parsons participating even though he does not have a new contract yet. “It’s a big deal. It’s the main reason why I’ve kind of taken some of the attitude I’ve taken about this thing. Micah just has to be elevated in his leadership and will be, or it will be a downer when he gets his anticipated contract. It will be a downer if he does not elevate leadership.”
It sounds like both parties are optimistic that they will be able to get a deal done. However, for the time being, they are not close to one.
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