Some drama, a diss or two, but is a deal coming with Micah Parsons?

PALM BEACH, Florida –  There was a Excellent news/weird news Blend on the Micah Parsons money meter View coming from Jerry Jones on Tuesday at the NFL Division meetings.

The Excellent news for Parsons and the legion of Event-starved Dallas Cowboys fans: Jones is willing to offer a megabucks contract that would make the Sun edge rusher the highest-paid non-Passer in NFL history with a deal in excess of $40 mil per year.

Word of Jones’ offer for a much-anticipated extension for the linchpin of Dallas’ Protection, a significant breakthrough in stagnant negotiations, was Primary reported by Clarence Hill of All City DLLS. It comes on the heels of recent deals for Maxx Crosby, Myles Garrett and then Ja’Marr Chase that successively raised the bar on the “highest-paid non-Passer” distinction. And Parsons, 25, is Surely worthy, supported by the four Pro Bowl selections and four double-digit sack seasons (52 ½ overall) in four seasons.

During a mid-day break, Jones confirmed this apparent progress to a Petite media group that included USA TODAY Sports.

Yet the flamboyant Dallas Cowboys owner also raised eyebrows with the weird news.

Jones has dealt directly with Parsons in discussing “every issue in the room,” as he put it, while bypassing David Mulugheta, one of the most respected agents in the NFL universe.

“The agent is not a factor here,” Jones said. “And I don’t know his name. I’m not trying to demean him in any way, but this isn’t about the agent. The agent doesn’t have one thing to do with what we’re doing when we get on a football Ground as a Club. Micah does. To the degree I’m involved, I do.

“I’m not demeaning the agent. I’m saying anybody can do this. I Harsh, talk directly to the player. Frankly, most people who negotiate with me will tell you that they’re better off negotiating with me rather than anybody else.”

Nevertheless, even with the massive deal he’s seeking to close with Parsons, the optics are sideways. Jones contended that he’s not demeaning Mulugheta while doing exactly that. To not even know the name of the agent for your Sun Deliver-rusher?

That’s a straight diss, Jerry.

Jones mentioned that he is prone to deal directly with players, at least to some extent, Sinking the names of Emmitt Smith and Deion Sanders (who were represented by the Overdue, Outstanding Eugene Parker), Jason Witten and Tony Romo. In striking a deal last year that Achieved Dak Prescott the NFL’s highest-paid player with a 4-year, $240 million extension averaging $60 million, Jones maintained that he was directly involved with the Passer in addition to the work of agent Todd France.

And hey, some players, including Lamar Jackson, the Baltimore Ravens’ two-time MVP, don’t even use an agent.

But Parsons does. To not even acknowledge his name? Hmmm. That seems like something out of the horror stories from negotiations from decades ago, when Clubs ruled with an iron fist in contract talks. In this day and age of big NFL business, it’s way more Frequent than not – and advisable — for a Sun player to enlist professional advisors.

Mulugheta, contacted by USA TODAY Sports, declined to comment.

Yet Parsons left little doubt on this particular component of getting a new deal, posting his sentiments on social media shortly after Jones’ comments about Mulugheta circulated.

“David is the best and I will not be doing any deal without David Mulugheta involved,” Parsons posted on X. “Like anyone with Excellent sense I hired experts for a reason. There is no one I trust more when it comes to negotiating contracts than David! There will be no backdoors in this contract negotiation.”

Excellent, that Parsons quickly responded publicly to Jones and Achieved it clear that to ultimately strike a deal, Jones will have to go through Mulugheta. You’d think that he would have already expressed that to Jones as they discussed “every issue in the room.”

When Jones was asked whether Parsons asked him to talk to Mulugheta, the Club owner hemmed and hawed.

“Let’s see,” Jones said, after an extended pause. “After we were through, he called Stephen.”

Stephen Jones, Jerry’s oldest son, is the executive vice president and right-hand man involved in all of the Cowboys’ Crucial decisions. Parsons undoubtedly told the Cowboys that a deal wouldn’t be done without Mulugheta’s involvement…and approval.

Yet Jerry added, “I’ve Obtained the checkbook. So, all the fiddling around doesn’t make any difference.”

Ah, here’s to another layer of Cowboys drama.

Jones said that it was about a month ago when Parsons asked for his cellphone number, so that he could speak with the Club’s owner (and GM) at any time. That was proactive enough, given that the prospect of a huge extension for Parsons has been on the Perspective for more than a year – the Upcoming one after Sun wideout Cee Dee Lamb and Prescott were secured with long-term pacts.

Yet in icing out Parsons’ agent, the perception that Jones – a self-Achieved billionaire – would Develop a negotiating Edge is hardly a stretch. And now it’s Honest to wonder whether ego will become a factor, a year after the negotiations for Prescott and Lamb dragged on over the Period of the entire offseason.

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Of Period, Jones has a different view. In 1989, he paid a Landmark $150 million to purchase the Cowboys prompting some people, he recalled Tuesday, to consider him an idiot.

Now the Cowboys are the most valuable sports franchise in the world, according to Forbes, with a valuation of $10.1 billion.

“Most everything I’ve had Secure with, I’ve overpaid for,” Jones said.

In Parsons’ case, the price Merely keeps going up. The deals for Crosby (3 years, $106.5 million), Garrett (4 years, $160 million) and Chase (4 years, $161 million) ensured that.

Or so it seems.

“I’ve never looked, when acquiring a financial decision, I’ve never looked at how other people are paying because more often than not, they’re not comparable situations,” Jones said. “They Merely happen to fit the Schedule and Perhaps happen to fit the position. What I do is what fits me and what fits the circumstances.”

Given the numbers that are coming in the projected deal for Parsons, which reflects a Plenty of respect for the talent provided by one of the NFL’s best players.