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<\/p>\nIt’s rare to see an extension-needy star player avoid taking a holdout route during a mandatory phase of the offseason, but the Dallas Cowboys have been fortunate enough to have Micah Parsons around the team as they fired up a multi-day minicamp.<\/p>\n
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Parsons’ situation is clear: no deal, no play, but that doesn’t mean the veteran edge rusher is going to make a big spectacle about his financial discontent.<\/p>\n
Could that change in the future? Of course.<\/strong><\/p>\n While Parsons continues to assure the public that he’ll be in attendance for Cowboys camp in a couple of months with or without a new deal in place, that doesn’t mean he’ll suit up and participate. Something has to get done.<\/p>\n A recent rundown of contract predictions from CBS Sports’ Cody Benjamin predicts that Parsons will eventually find his way to a new deal with the Cowboys-and it’s no small payday.<\/p>\n The prediction? $162 million over the next four seasons in Dallas.<\/p>\n “The Cowboys tend to get things done; they just do things at their own pace,” Benjamin explained. “Like Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb before him, Parsons is a face of this franchise, and he’ll likely be rewarded as such, if only after enduring a long offseason of speculation regarding his value.<\/p>\n At the end of the day, our bet is Jerry Jones signs the check.” So far, Parsons remains in good standing with everybody.<\/p>\n Throughout his absence at the voluntary phase of offseason workouts, Parsons and Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer traded compliments and assured everybody they are on solid terms.<\/p>\n When Parsons showed up for the mandatory phase of camp earlier this week, the veteran was spotted having a lengthy conversation with the franchise owner, Jerry Jones.<\/p>\n Parsons didn’t reveal many details from the conversation, but he denied the thought that it had anything to do with the upcoming contract discussions they’ll have sometime soon.<\/p>\n The Cowboys have time to satisfy Parsons before they make it to camp.<\/p>\n It’s in their best interest to ensure they lock in the former 12th-overall pick before the situation takes a turn for the worse.<\/p>\n Since entering the NFL in 2021, Parsons has been a dominant force up front for Dallas’ defensive line.<\/p>\n He played in 18 games in three out of his first four seasons in the league. Last year, Parsons missed time due to an ankle sprain.<\/p>\n He played in just 11 games last season. With 63 games on his resume, Parsons has racked up 256 tackles, with over 63 being for a loss.<\/p>\n The veteran defensive end has accounted for 52.5 sacks, with 14 being his career-high. Despite seeing the field for just 11 games last year, he was only three sacks shy of beating out his personal best. Parsons is deserving of a notable extension.<\/p>\n Many expect it to get done soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s rare to see an extension-needy star player avoid taking a holdout route during a mandatory phase of the offseason, but the Dallas Cowboys have been fortunate… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":61891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n