Dallas Cowboys linebacker wants his money and he wants it now

 July 23, 2025

We're approaching the end of July already and I feel like this year is on a time warp, the calendar is flying by us. Speaking of the middle of summer, you would think I'd be talking a little more baseball, and I'll get there eventually. I mean I have to talk about Shohei Ohtani, like someone make sure this dude is human...he just hit his fourth homerun in four games. Saying this guy is must watch and incredible would be an understatement and you'd think the Angels knew what they had before they traded him errr ok so dude was a free agent but the Angels should've opened the checkbook and not let a future legend get away. They did get a draft pick for him and unless that pick is Cy Young, the Angels took a huge L.

Another player that wants more money is Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons. He's on the final year of his contract and wants to know why the Cowboys front office are dragging their feet on his extension. 

It is kind of jacked up that Jerry Jones and crew do this to just about all of their players when it comes time to pay up on a new contract. I side with the players most times especially in the NFL which offers team favored contracts meaning there's usually no guarantee you're going to get everything you signed for. I just wrote about that yesterday with the Bengals new defensive end.

Parsons spoke after finishing a team practice. "When you go around the league and you see these other teams taking care of their best guys, I seen TJ Watt gotten taken care of. Maxx Crosby got taken care of. Myles Garrett got taken care of, and he's got two years left on his deal. You see a lot of people in the league taken care of, and you wish you had that same type of energy."

He's right TJ just got a three-year $123 million extension and Garrett just received a four-year $160 million extension. Would it kill the general manager of the Cowboys to not have a disgruntled superstar just one off season? Every year the GM makes a star player want to explore their options around other franchises; it's a dangerous game. Who is this GM...oh yeah, it's Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. 

Parsons also said, "I've been pretty consistent. If they don't want me here, they don't want me here and I'll go about my business. Like I said, as far as I'm here under contract, I'll do what I have to perform at the highest level but at the end this is the business. Same way Jerry Jones, Stephen Jones and the other Jerry Jones take care of their family is the same way I need to take care of my family. I got three kids of my own, so we all need to take care of our own family at the end of the day."

It's Jerry's world and we're all just spectators. I remember when he strung Dak Prescott along before they gave him his extension. My point is despite how Parsons may feel, this is nothing new with the Cowboys, especially under Jerry's regime as the GM. Knowing how Jerry and crew operate I'm sure Parson's agent has been working the phones Jerry McGuire style trying to get something done last year because if you wait until your final year, you're at the team's mercy.