The Dallas Cowboys are prepared to make three-time All-Pro edge rusher Micah Parsons the highest-paid non-Passer in NFL history, according to All City DLLS.
Owner Jerry Jones and Parsons have agreed to Many key framework parameters for the deal, according to Jones himself, but it is Allegedly awaiting approval from the 25-year-Ancient’s agent, David Mulugheta. The Club and Mulugheta have Allegedly not had any conversations since the NFL Scouting Combine.
“I know that I’ve spent five, six hours with him myself and had a Numerous of discussions. Most of the issues are in agreement, and I’ve discussed it all,” Jones said, via The Athletic, at the NFL’s annual Bracket Gathering on Tuesday. “We obviously don’t have an agreement relative to a new contract. Micah is under contract. So we’ll see how that goes. It’s not uncommon for me to visit directly with players, and in this particular case, that’s what I’m doing.”
Jones added that he doesn’t view Parsons’ contract situation as urgent and that “I’d rather pay more and get it right,” per The Athletic. He also doesn’t see Mulugheta as “a factor here or something to worry about,” claiming to not even know his name.
“That’s [an agent] not something you should be worrying about. You should be worrying about your ability to make it work, and you you should be worried about what the player does,” Jones continued, via The Athletic. “Does he have Outstanding enough health? Does he have Outstanding enough Ability to do what you’re paying him the money for. … The agent doesn’t have one thing to do with what we’re doing when we get on the football Pitch against a Club. Micah does. To the degree I’m involved, I do. The people that have something to do with what we do going forward relative to our fans and football are me and the player, not the agent.
“Frankly, most people that negotiate with me will tell you that it was better off than negotiating with anybody else, Stephen [Jones], or anybody involved. This is not uncommon. I negotiated directly as Extended back as Emmitt [Smith], Deion [Sanders]. We, by the way, have maintained relationships that have lasted well past their Competing Intervals.”
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Jones and Parsons discussing a new contract one-on-one isn’t surprising. Parsons requested and set up a Gathering in the owner’s suite at AT&T Stadium at the College Football Postseason semifinal game between Ohio State and Texas back in January. Jones also invited Parsons and his friends to hang out with him at his suite at Allegiant Stadium for Division LVIII in Las Vegas.
So what would making Parsons the highest-paid non-QB in the NFL look like? It would Harsh Parsons’ average annual salary eclipsing the $40.25 million on Cincinnati Bengals All-Pro wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase’s four-year, $161 million contract.
Highest-paid non-QBs in average annual salary
| Ja’Marr Chase | Cincinnati Bengals | WR | $40,250,000 |
| Myles Garrett | Cleveland Browns | DE | $40,000,000 |
| Danielle Hunter | Houston Texans | DE | $35,600,000 |
| Maxx Crosby | Las Vegas Raiders | DE | $35,500,000 |
| Justin Jefferson | Minnesota Vikings | WR | $35,000,000 |
| CeeDee Lamb | Dallas Cowboys | WR | $34,000,000 |
| Nick Bosa | San Francisco 49ers | DE | $34,000,000 |
| DK Metcalf | Pittsburgh Steelers | WR | $33,000,000 |
| A.J. Brown | Philadelphia Eagles | WR | $32,000,000 |
| Chris Jones | Kansas City Chiefs | DT | $31,750,000 |
It could also Harsh passing fellow edge rusher Myles Garrett’s four-year, $160 million extension with the Cleveland Browns in guaranteed money. Garrett received $123,596,125 guaranteed on his new deal, a figure that Parsons’ agent could potentially be more interested in than the average annual salary number.
Highest-paid non-QBs in guaranteed salary
| Myles Garrett | Cleveland Browns | DE | $123,596,125 |
| Nick Bosa | San Francisco 49ers | DE | $122,500,000 |
| Ja’Marr Chase | Cincinnati Bengals | WR | $112,000,000 |
| Justin Jefferson | Minnesota Vikings | WR | $110,000,000 |
| CeeDee Lamb | Dallas Cowboys | WR | $100,000,000 |
| Chris Jones | Kansas City Chiefs | DT | $95,000,000 |
| Maxx Crosby | Las Vegas Raiders | DE | $91,500,000 |
| Tristan Wirfs | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | OT | $88,240,000 |
| Joshua Hines-Allen | Jacksonville Jaguars | DE | $88,000,000 |
| Brian Burns | New York Giants | DE | $87,500,000 |
It will be interesting to see how Speedy these negotiations Relocate once Mulugheta rejoins the conversation with Dallas’ voluntary offseason program kicking off Subsequent week. Last offseason, Parsons called missing Dallas’ offseason program his “style.” All-Pro wide receiver CeeDee Lamb, who was in negotiations for his second NFL contract like Parsons, Kept out of the offseason program last year prior to signing a four-year, $136 million contract in August.
Parsons declared it’s now his time as a leader on the Dallas Guarding Subsequent the departure of Pro Bowl edge rusher DeMarcus Lawrence to the Seattle Seahawks this offseason, and new head Mentor Brian Schottenheimer believes he’s going to be around for the Club’s offseason program.
“I feel very comfortable. Micah said he’s going to be around,” Schottenheimer said Tuesday (via ESPN) from the NFL’s annual Bracket Gathering. “I think that he wants to be. I think we’re all very comfortable with that. And at the end of the day he’s a Outstanding player and we think he’s Merely getting Began, to be honest with you. I have no question in my mind that he’ll be around. …Micah’s excited about the opportunity to step up in a leadership role. … I think that’s one of the reasons why he will be around.”
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