Dak Prescott Breaks Silence on Micah Parsons’ Contract Drama: What It Means for the Cowboys’ Future Revealed

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Parsons reported to camp on time but is not participating in on-field work.“I think Micah is doing a helluva job with being here,” Prescott said. “He’s a great teammate. He shows up, not just on the practice field and being focused, being the camaraderie [with the players], [going to] dinner. He’s not just doing it to sign off and say ‘Hey, Jerry [Jones], look at me.’ He wants to be out there practicing and honestly I’m glad he’s not. He can’t do that to himself.”“That’s the business of it,” Prescott said. “That’s the business of a holdout. I think he’s taking some great steps in being here. I don’t know if there’s a correct way to handle it, to be honest with you. I will say that I think he deserves to get paid. He should get paid and ultimately, going off the history from what I’ve seen, he will get paid. Hopefully it’s sooner than later.”Micah Parsons has shown up for Cowboys training camp on the dot—but he’s refusing to hit the field for drills, locked in a familiar standoff waiting on that elusive contract extension. Sound like déjà vu? It should. Just last season, Dak Prescott played the exact same waiting game, practicing hard yet unsigned, until the season kicked off and he penned a massive 0 million deal. Parsons, amidst this ongoing tug-of-war, isn’t alone; the Cowboys’ track record with key players like CeeDee Lamb, Ezekiel Elliott, and Zack Martin tells a similar story—delayed deals, missed practices, and the tension of holdouts stretching into game time. The word from Prescott—who’s been through this dance twice now—is clear: It’s tough on the players, a routine ordeal every year, and while Parsons is standing firm, he’s also showing up with a professionalism that deserves more than some radio silence from team brass. Anticipation is sky-high since Parsons is on track to out-earn everyone but quarterbacks, with T.J. Watt’s recent 3 million contract already in the rearview. It’s a holdout saga, with all its drama and stakes, unfolding once more under Texas skies. LEARN MOREAs Parsons pointed out earlier this week, the Cowboys are doing the same thing to him they did to Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, Ezekiel Elliott and Zack Martin. Lamb signed 12 days before the 2024 season opener. Martin missed 21 days of training camp in 2023 before agreeing to a reworked deal. Elliott held out until the week of the 2019 season opener when he signed an extension.

Cowboys edge rusher Micah Parsons is at training camp in Oxnard, California, but he is not practicing as he waits for a contract extension. Last year, quarterback Dak Prescott was where Parsons is.“I mean, it’s an every year conversation,” Prescott said, via Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News. “Whether it’s myself, Zack Martin, CeeDee Lamb, now Micah Parsons. It’s part of it in a sense. It’s something that I wouldn’t wish anyone was going through. Absolutely not.”Parsons said the Cowboys have yet to return a phone call from his agent, so he’s in camp but watching and waiting.Prescott actually has had to wait twice for contract extensions, betting on himself twice, and he now has highest-annual average of any player in NFL history at million. Parsons is expected to become the highest-paid non-quarterback in the NFL, topping Steelers edge rusher T.J. Watt, who signed a three-year, 3 million extension this week.Prescott, though, practiced with the team before finally agreeing to a four-year, 0 million deal on the day of the season opener.