The Cowboys have their eyes set on a bounce-back season. Starting quarterback Dak Prescott is healthy again and returns to Dallas as the highest-paid-player in the NFL. He has new weapons on offense, too, including play-making wide receiver George Pickens.
Yet, there is still one major issue looming large that the Cowboys must address. The front office must work out a lucrative contract extension for All-Pro edge rusher Micah Parsons before the situation gets messy.
FS1’s Chris Broussard had some choice words for Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones on his overall handling of the Parsons’ situation.
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Chris Broussard Calls Out Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones
Parsons is seeking a massive contract extension — estimated at $200 million — and negotiations aren’t progressing quickly. Parsons is a generational talent who has been close to winning Defensive Player of the Year honors nearly every season since entering the NFL in 2021. The Cowboys’ defense revolves around their pass-rushing chess piece.
As Parsons gets set to play under his fifth-year option, Broussard ripped Jones for the trend of waiting to pay his most important players. He questioned why Jones is dragging these negotiations on and on, knowing that the Cowboys are going to pay him anyway.
They need Parsons to get over the playoff hump, unless the plan is to watch him walk in free agency next year — two points a livid Broussard made sure to mention.
“We all know you’re gonna pay Micah Parsons,” Broussard said on FSI’s First Things First. “You can’t let Micah Parsons walk! So, you are just stringing this thing along like you did Dak [Prescott], like you did CeeDee [Lamb], like you did Zeke [Elliott].”
“We all know you’re gonna pay Micah Parsons. You can’t let Micah Parsons walk! So you are just stringing this thing along like you did Dak, like you did CeeDee, like you did Zeke.”
— @Chris_Broussard on the Cowboys pic.twitter.com/8BTC70ETrx
— First Things First (@FTFonFS1) June 2, 2025
Skipping Cowboys OTAs: Trend Leading to Contracts
Meanwhile, Parsons has been absent during the second week of OTAs — not a surprise, kind of expected — after attending the first week of voluntary workouts. It’s a trend in Dallas, considering Lamb and Prescott skipped part of OTAs during their negotiations.
In fact, Lamb skipped part of the mandatory minicamp as well to try to convince Jones to give him the extension he wanted. The reality is, Parsons will get an extension because the Cowboys need him. He is not a player you can just let walk out the front door.
In Parsons’ first four NFL seasons, he has four Pro Bowl appearances and two first-team All-Pros (plus a second-team All-Pro), along with 52.5 sacks, 112 quarterback hits, and 256 total tackles (63 for loss). He was also named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2021.
For Jones, the question remains how long until he decides to fork over the money that Parsons is looking for to get him back on the field. The longer this goes on, the bigger distraction it will become.