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Micah Parsons is looking to be among the richest players in the NFL, but it appears Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and he aren’t seeing eye to eye.
The contract talks between the Cowboys and Parsons are falling apart, and things are “getting personal,” ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Tuesday.
Parsons, 26, is in the final year of his rookie deal, after which he would likely be franchise tagged by the team.
“This sounds different to me. This sounds a little bit more personal from both sides,” Schefter said on the “Pat McAfee Show.”
“The two sides have gone backwards, not forwards. I don’t think they’re speaking very much these days, if at all,” Schefter added. “This negotiation, when it was a negotiation, has gone sideways. It’s not a negotiation right now. There’s really no conversation about getting a deal done.”
This comes as Jones took a shot at Parsons for not staying healthy last season.
“Just because we sign him doesn’t mean we’re going to have him,” Jones said last week. “He missed six games last year. Seriously.”
Parsons missed four of the Cowboys’ 17 games last season, racking up 12 sacks.
In the middle of all this, Dallas was able to ink a deal with their tight end, as Jake Ferguson agreed to a four-year contract worth $52 million — $30 million of which is guaranteed.
Parsons hasn’t discussed the ongoing contract discussions since June, when he said he “understood that it’s up to [Jones].“
Parsons has stood by as several of his fellow pass rushers were paid big money.
In March, Myles Garrett inked a massive contract with the Browns that, at the time, was the highest deal of any non-quarterback in NFL history.
Garrett had demanded a trade in February as tensions between the two teams escalated over his contract.
Steelers pass rusher T.J. Watt had been a holdout from mandatory minicamp in June due to a contract dispute before agreeing to a massive three-year, $123 million contract, which is now the highest of a non-quarterback in NFL history.
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