Micah Parsons wanted contract early, says Cowboys ‘make it more complicated than has to be’

Micah Parsons is ready to have his contract situation over with.

The Dallas Cowboys have a habit of waiting too long on contract negotiations for star players who play expensive positions. Whether or not you wanted the team to sign players at these spots in recent history (Dak Prescott is the one who generates the most debate in that regard), you agree that if you are going to get something like this done that you want to get it done in the most financially efficient manner possible. That is simply common sense.

Sunday marks training camp report day for the Cowboys and some of that common sense has escaped the front office yet again as Micah Parsons (who was first eligible for an extension last year) remains without a contract extension. He is a player who has proven his worth, and once more, getting a player like that done as early as possible guarantees that while you are going to pay an enormous amount of money, you are at least going to pay less than if you waited too long. Even the New York Jets seem to understand this principle.

Heck, even The Undertaker knows how this whole thing works. He recently interviewed Parsons on his podcast and asked about the contract situation. Parsons offered the most frustration (using that word very loosely here) here than he has in any other public conversation about the extension on record to date. He noted that he wanted to get it done last year and that ownership always makes things like this more complicated than they have to be.

“We obviously wanted to get done early. We want that relief off our backs. Obviously ownership is always going to make it drag out, make it more complicated than it has to be. Lack of communication and that standpoint.”

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“We wanted to do the contract last year. They’re just kind of like we wanna do Dak and CeeDee. Then you go out there and perform again. You would think, we’ll get it done early. There are some guys that’s about to get ready to get re-paid. Like Myles, Maxx is going. You would think, hey, let’s get ahead of that.”

Parsons notes that while he wanted to do his deal last year, the Cowboys were focused on taking care of CeeDee Lamb and the aforementioned Prescott. As we have said many times, the Cowboys missed the opportunity to get to those situations as early as possible (once again, in the name of paying the lowest possible price) as they should have been addressed in the 2023 offseason.

So many theories have ballooned about why the Cowboys act this way as the logic is overwhelming against their actions. Some believe that they are comfortable paying more in the long run in exchange for the attention that they gain through the process of it all. Allow me to remind you that there is a Netflix documentary surrounding the franchise’s glory days releasing in a month’s time.

Others believe things a bit more off the beaten path in that the team may not have the liquid cash to get these deals done as soon as possible. Whatever you believe, waiting ultimately costs more in the significant majority of cases, and Parsons will certainly fall in that camp.

Parsons mentioned Myles Garrett in this conversation and it should be noted that the Cleveland Browns gave him a deal at the beginning of this offseason. Parsons also touched on T.J. Watt who is wanting a new deal from the Pittsburgh Steelers. The issue with Trey Hendrickson and the Cincinnati Bengals also lingers. These are all factors and variables that the team could have gotten ahead of if they had taken care of this deal last year.