OXNARD, Calif. — Dallas Cowboys go rusher Micah Parsons has made a request to be traded.
Parsons took to social media Friday to make the announcement and went by his model of occasions that led to his choice to wish to transfer away from the franchise he grew up adoring and that drafted him within the first spherical in 2021.
“Sure, I needed to be right here,” Parsons wrote. “I did all the things I may to point out that I needed to be a Cowboy and put on the star on my helmet. I needed to play in entrance of the very best followers in sports activities and make this Americas staff as soon as once more. The staff my pops and I grew up cheering for approach up in Harrisburg, PA.
“Sadly I now not wish to be right here. I now not wish to be held to shut door negotiations with out my agent current. I now not need pictures taken at me for getting injured whereas laying it on the road for the group our followers and my teammates. I now not need narratives created and unfold to the media about me. I had purposely stayed quiet in hopes of getting one thing carried out.”
Thanks Dallas 🦁👑 🙏🏾! I pic.twitter.com/EUnEj9uRUt
— Micah Parsons (@MicahhParsons11) August 1, 2025
Either side acknowledge there haven’t been discussions concerning a contract extension. Parsons is ready to make $21.324 million this season on the fifth-year possibility of his rookie deal as a defensive finish, not the reported $24.007 million that he would make if he was a linebacker.
The staff had no touch upon Parsons’ request. The Cowboys can maintain his rights by 2028 with using the franchise tag, although the final 12 months of the tag would price them the quarterback tag determine.
The connection between Parsons and the Cowboys has worsened prior to now 4 months partly as a result of proprietor and normal supervisor Jerry Jones was of the idea that the perimeters have been near an settlement on an extension that might have made Parsons the highest-paid non-quarterback within the NFL, sources stated.
Parsons stated his agent, David Mulugheta, approached the Cowboys previous to final 12 months a few contract extension however the staff’s focus was on Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb, who grew to become the highest-paid quarterback and the second-highest-paid extensive receiver, respectively.
When the 2024 season ended, Parsons stated he advised Mulugheta to inform the staff they have been prepared to barter.
“My agent knowledgeable me I ought to look ahead to different offers to get carried out as a result of the worth would solely go up however I did not care and needed to safe myself as a Cowboy long run,” Parsons wrote.
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Whereas in Abu Dhabi, Parsons known as Jones and requested a gathering. Parsons wrote on social media it was about “management,” however “someway the dialog changed into him speaking contract with me.”
Parsons admitted he had a back-and-forth with Jones, who later on the NFL homeowners assembly in Palm Seashore, Florida, stated they got here to an settlement on the size, complete cash and assured portion of the deal.
Since that assembly, go rushers Myles Garrett (4 years, $160 million), Maxx Crosby (three years, $106.5 million) and T.J. Watt (three years, $123 million) have signed extensions, with Watt changing into the highest-paid non-quarterback at $41 million per season.
Traditionally, Jones has labored instantly with key gamers on contracts. Two years in the past, a direct dialog with Zack Martin led to the All-Professional guard ending a holdout and signing a two-year extension that paid him more cash.
Parsons stated he advised Jones that Mulugheta would name the Cowboys however that when the agent reached out, the staff felt a deal was already carried out.
“My agent after all advised him that wasn’t the case and in addition reached out to [executive vice president] Stephen Jones,” Parsons wrote. “Once more the staff determined to go silent. At that time we determined we might enable the staff to succeed in out to us each time they needed to speak. But nonetheless not a name e mail or textual content to my agent about beginning a negotiation.”
On the opening information convention of camp, Stephen Jones acknowledged he had not had discussions with Mulugheta.
Parsons reported to coaching camp on time, however he has been going by a hold-in. After the primary observe, he stated he had some again tightness and stated he would do extra as his again felt higher. He has not been receiving remedy, however he has been concerned in conferences, figuring out and attending observe.
Jerry Jones raised eyebrows at first of camp when he stated, “Simply because we signal him doesn’t suggest we’ll have him. He was harm six video games final 12 months [actually four]. Critically. I bear in mind signing a participant for the highest-paid on the place within the league and he received knocked out two-thirds of the 12 months in Dak Prescott. So there’s a variety of issues you may take into consideration, simply because the participant does, once you’re fascinated by committing and guaranteeing cash.”
As he addressed followers Saturday earlier than observe, Jones was heckled by followers that yelled “Pay Micah!”
“I heard it gentle, however not in comparison with how I heard them say, ‘Pay Lamb’ [last year],” Jones stated a day later. “That was a faint little sound in comparison with the way in which they have been hollering final 12 months, ‘Pay Lamb.’ … Whoever’s not in, you may rely on a couple of hollering that. Nevertheless it was an enormous loud chant final 12 months on Lamb.”
Earlier within the day, Stephen Jones was requested concerning the followers yelling and stated, “It would not change something. We wish to pay Micah too. He is received to wish to be paid too.”
Parsons wrote Friday that “after repeated pictures at myself and all of the narratives I’ve made a tricky choice I now not wish to play for the Dallas Cowboys. My commerce request has been submitted to Stephen Jones personally.”
Cowboys teammates took to social media to help Parsons. A minimum of three teammates, Trevon Diggs, DeMarvion Overshown and Juanyeh Thomas, modified their avatars to incorporate an image of Parsons. Lamb, who went by a protracted negotiation final summer time, went to X.
“By no means fails dawg. Simply pay the person, what you owe em. No want for the additional curricular,” he wrote.
