{"id":198975,"date":"2025-09-04T07:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T07:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/198975\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T07:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T07:30:13","slug":"micah-parsons-agent-cites-length-as-major-difference-in-packers-cowboys-extension-offers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/198975\/","title":{"rendered":"Micah Parsons’ Agent Cites Length As Major Difference In Packers\/Cowboys Extension Offers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following a mid-March meeting between Jerry<\/strong> Jones<\/strong><\/a> and Micah<\/strong> Parsons<\/strong><\/a>, the Cowboys owner was left with the belief that he reached an extension agreement with his star pass rusher. That deal obviously never came to fruition, ultimately culminating in last week\u2019s stunning blockbuster trade with the Packers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>[RELATED: Micah Parsons Attempted To Restart Cowboys Extension Talks Prior To Trade<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p>\n

Following that fateful meeting, Parsons\u2019 agent, David<\/strong> Mulugheta<\/strong>, claims he made several attempts to resume negotiations with the organization. However, Jones apparently stuck to his apparent handshake agreement and refused to return to the the negotiating table.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo expect somebody like Micah Parsons to be one of the best defenders in the NFL and also a great lawyer when it comes to contracts, I think it\u2019s a bit unfair,\u201d Mulugheta said during an appearance on ESPN\u2019s \u201cFirst Take\u201d yesterday (via ESPN\u2019s Rob Demovsky and Todd Archer). \u201cHis job is to go out there and chase quarterbacks, and our job is to go out there and chase commas for him. I\u2019m not sure exactly why it went this way, but we were always prepared and open to negotiating a contract with the Jones family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mulugheta made it clear that his client always wanted to remain a Cowboy, and despite the public stare down with the organization, Parsons would have suited up for Week 1 without a new contract. That made Jones\u2019 refusal to resume negotiations especially frustrating for the player\u2019s camp.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re a [then-]25-year-old football player and your boss, who happens to be the most powerful person in the NFL, starts talking about contracts, it\u2019s hard for you to end that conversation,\u201d Mulugheta said. \u201cSo they had a conversation. Micah nodded his head out of respect.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously there\u2019s a power dynamic that\u2019s a little different there. One guy\u2019s the owner of the team and the GM, and the other one is Micah Parsons, a young 25-year-old football player. So, I\u2019m not sure if there was miscommunication there by the time Micah walked out, but at no point did Micah believe that he was negotiating a contract.\u201d<\/p>\n

While there apparently wasn\u2019t much back-and-forth between the two sides, it sounds like the Cowboys still had a definitive contract on the table. Jones claimed they offered Parsons a contract that would have made him the highest-paid non-QB in league history, and sources told ESPN that the offer exceeded $150MM. However, the main difference in the Cowboys\u2019 standing offer and the four-year, $188MM deal Parsons ultimately accepted from the Packers was the length. As Mulugheta notes, the Cowboys were sticking to a five-year offer, a contract that the agent believes would have cost his client about $60MM to $70MM in future earnings.<\/p>\n

There was also some belief that Jones was potentially circumventing CBA rules by attempting to negotiate with Parsons directly. The interim leader of the NFL Players\u2019 Association, David<\/strong> White<\/strong><\/a>, seemed to tiptoe around the controversy when asked about the matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe intend to enforce every provision of the collective bargaining agreement when we think that there may be a violation,\u201d White said (via Rob Maaddi of the Associated Press<\/a>). \u201cAnd the best way to do that is to call people and say: \u2018Knock it off.\u2019 When both sides are able to do that, when needed, that usually makes for a productive management-labor relationship. When it doesn\u2019t work, for whatever reason, that\u2019s when you take it to the next level, which is to file a grievance to go to court, or to take whatever action is available to you under the collective bargaining agreement. In this instance, and here you\u2019re talking about Jerry and Micah and their representatives and the other folks involved, I will say Micah has found his way to Green Bay with a contract that he has publicly stated makes him happy, and that makes us happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

One contender for the full-time NFLPA executive director job was a bit more pointed in his criticism. Hall of Fame cornerback Darrelle<\/strong> Revis<\/strong><\/a> took to social media to question whether Jones should be held accountable. Revis suggested that the NFLPA could look into a grievance against the Cowboys, although he acknowledged that the subsequent fine would only amount \u201cto pennies.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the very least, the NFLPA should be saying it does not condone what Jerry is doing, that all options are on the table, and reminding players that if ownership ever tries to deal with them directly while represented, they should contact their agent and the union immediately,\u201d Revis wrote<\/a>. \u201cThe bigger issue is respect. Jerry\u2019s actions show that owners have no problem taking advantage of us, and when our union fails to respond, it sends the message that they\u2019ll be able to do the same in the next CBA negotiations if the current leadership remains in place.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following a mid-March meeting between Jerry Jones and Micah Parsons, the Cowboys owner was left with the belief…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":198976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[8998,11138,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-198975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-dallas-cowboys","9":"tag-micah-parsons","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115144860019511080","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198975","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=198975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}