When Monday started the Cowboys, Cincinnati Bengals and Washington Commanders had been the final groups remaining with gamers in contentious contract holdouts/conditions (except you rely the Cam Heyward state of affairs). Earlier than time for supper struck, the Commanders gave Terry McLaurin a long-term extension and the Bengals re-worked Trey Hendrickson’s deal.
It’s the latter that’s of extra relevance to Dallas.
Hendrickson is a go rusher like Micah Parsons and whereas he (Trey) led the league in sacks final yr, it’s fairly objectively agreed-upon that Parsons goes to get a way more sizable deal. Age is likely one of the largest components there.
You possibly can see that the Bengals “boosted” Hendrickson’s wage to $30M this season and he’s nonetheless set to hit free company in 2026. This was a state of affairs the place each side appeared to fulfill within the center which proves that it may be performed.
Fact be instructed, the Hendrickson deal was all the time unlikely to supply a monetary framework for Parsons as they don’t seem to be precisely apples to apples so far as conditions. However with the Hendrickson deal taken care of along with McLaurin, consideration is squarely mounted on the Cowboys.
