{"id":181642,"date":"2025-08-28T05:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T05:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/181642\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T05:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T05:36:11","slug":"nfl-plans-to-vigorously-defend-against-micah-parsons-pending-grievance-over-2025-salary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/181642\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL plans to \u2018vigorously\u2019 defend against Micah Parsons\u2019 pending grievance over 2025 salary"},"content":{"rendered":"

The future contract of Cowboys<\/a> star pass rusher Micah Parsons isn\u2019t the only one in question. <\/p>\n

Parsons has a pending grievance against the NFL and the Cowboys regarding his current contract<\/a>, a person familiar with the situation told The Dallas Morning News. Pro Football Talk was first to report the existence of the grievance.<\/p>\n

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Parsons is entering the last year of his rookie deal. For first-round picks, teams can pick up a fifth-year option on those players. The compensation is determined by accolades and playing time, but also position. Based on the NFL\u2019s formula, Parsons was designated as a defensive end instead of as a linebacker, the position at which he was drafted.<\/p>\n

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If Parsons were designated as a linebacker, his base salary for this upcoming season would be just over $24 million. Instead, he\u2019s expected to have a base salary of $21.34 million as a defensive end. That\u2019s a drop of more than $2.5 million. <\/p>\n

The Cowboys have previously cited the NFL\u2019s formula and the automatic designation for the decision. <\/p>\n

An NFL spokesman told The News on Wednesday that the league \u201cwill vigorously defend against this claim.\u201d<\/p>\n

Parsons, according to Pro Football Focus, played 515 snaps last year on the defensive line, compared to 241 at linebacker. There is one detail that could be up for interpretation, however. Of those 515 snaps at defensive line, 385 were at a position PFF deemed as REO and LEO. That means a player who lined up outside the offensive tackle, but had their hand on the ground when the play was snapped. That means the only difference between linebacker snaps and defensive line snaps in that swing amount was whether Parsons was standing up or in a stance on the ground.<\/p>\n

There have been differences about position designations before when it comes to contracts. Back in 2014, Jimmy Graham \u2014 then with the New Orleans Saints \u2014 argued that he was a wide receiver and not a tight end based on where he lined up. That distinction carried a vast difference in terms of franchise tag compensation \u2014 over $5 million. <\/p>\n

Graham had a case, too. He lined up in the slot or outside on nearly 67% of his passes the year before, according to ESPN.<\/a> <\/p>\n

Ultimately, an independent arbitrator ruled that Graham was a tight end instead of a wide receiver. The Saints and Graham agreed to an extension after the ruling. <\/p>\n

Parsons\u2019 position distinction could be irrelevant if he and the Cowboys agree to a long-term extension. While that hangs in the balance<\/a>, so does this other matter, however. <\/p>\n

Twitter: <\/b>@JoeJHoyt<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Dallas<\/a>Exploring possible Micah Parsons scenarios prior to Cowboys\u2019 season kickoff<\/a><\/p>\n

What\u2019s next for Micah? Here are some possibilities that could play out between the Cowboys and the star pass-rusher before Week 1.<\/p>\n

\"Dallas<\/a>Cowboys place Mafah, Carson on IR; re-sign two players to active roster<\/a><\/p>\n

To backfill the open spots on the active roster, Dallas signed Hakeem Adeniji and C.J. Goodwin. <\/p>\n

Find more Cowboys coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The future contract of Cowboys star pass rusher Micah Parsons isn\u2019t the only one in question. Parsons has…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":181643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,7311,1596,8998,11138,1232,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-181642","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-cowboys","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-cowboys","12":"tag-micah-parsons","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115104775279996147","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}