The Dallas Cowboys finished the 2024 season with a 6-11 record, and they will once again be under the spotlight in 2025. One of the biggest stories for Dallas entering training camp will be whether or not Micah Parsons will report to camp on time.
Parsons is entering the final year of his contract. It remains to be seen if the Cowboys will want to give him a long-term deal or not. If he were not to get a contract extension before the 2025 NFL season, is there a chance that Parsons would not play for Dallas in Week 1 on the road against the Philadelphia Eagles?
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Jeff Kerr of CBS Sports created different questions before training camp about whether it is an overreaction or not. One headline he mentioned was that Parsons will not be suiting up for the Cowboys in Week 1 and Kerr thought it was an overreaction. He said,
“The Cowboys still haven’t paid Parsons the elite pass rusher money he deserves, and likely won’t get him signed at the start of training camp. That is not the Jerry Jones way, as he lets the market set before paying his star players at the top of said market (which is a bad strategy by the way).
Parsons didn’t hold out in minicamp, but that could change at the start of training camp until he gets a contract. That could be a while, as Jones will likely take it until the 11th hour to get a long-term extension done — roughly at the time between the 53-man roster cutdown day and the start of the regular season.
Jones will get the long-term extension done with Parsons and he’ll be the highest-paid non-quarterback in football, well after T.J. Watt and Trey Hendrickson get their deals. He’ll suit up for Dallas when the Cowboys play Philadelphia for the opener.”
If Parsons is waiting for Watt and Hendrickson to get deals done, then it might be a while before he signs his contract extension. If the Cowboys stopped messing around, they could pay him north of $40 million per season and this is what Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett will be making per season. Dallas already has Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb signed to long-term deals.
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