{"id":72580,"date":"2025-07-31T08:14:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T08:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=72580"},"modified":"2025-07-31T08:14:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T08:14:48","slug":"report-stephen-jones-responds-to-shocking-claim-about-cowboys-micah-parsons-contract-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=72580","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Stephen Jones Responds to Shocking Claim About Cowboys&#8217; Micah Parsons Contract Talks!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones is being forced to fire back at an unflattering narrative about how the team has handled Micah Parsons\u2019 contract negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>With Parsons still unsigned at the start of training camp and the Cowboys seemingly delaying the start of talks, some have gone as far as to accuse the organization, particularly owner Jerry Jones, of dragging out the negotiation process to receive maximum media attention.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN\u2019s Kevin Clark went viral for arguing that point on \u201cFirst Take\u201d last week by suggesting that Jones values the attention even more than he values championships.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"ql-video\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=spacemnkymafia&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1947676963684130975&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Flarrybrownsports.com%2Ffootball%2Fstephen-jones-micah-parsons-negotiations-cowboys-attention%2F709684&amp;sessionId=14b5f5018db92f7113fa8a6478412287c7f13cb7&amp;siteScreenName=larrybrownsport&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Stephen Jones addressed that Tuesday in an appearance on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas, arguing that it takes all parties to come to a swift agreement in a negotiation.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe don\u2019t agree on that. We don\u2019t drag deals out,\u201d Jones said when asked about the viral claims,\u00a0via Jon Machota of The Athletic. \u201cWe do deals when there\u2019s an opportunity to do a deal. Certainly, no one knows what goes on internally with a particular negotiation. Sometimes players and agents aren\u2019t ready to pull the trigger until they see other cards played.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhat we\u2019re not going to do is go out and do something that\u2019s not responsible in terms of just in the name of getting a deal done one month earlier go do it and pay the guy another $5 million of your cap space.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The issue with Jones\u2019 argument is that the Cowboys only make these deals more expensive for themselves by waiting as long as they do.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Cleveland Browns edge rusher Myles Garrett reset the market by getting $40 million annually,\u00a0which Parsons took note of.<\/p>\n<p>That deal has already been surpassed by\u00a0the one TJ Watt signed with Pittsburgh, and one would imagine Parsons wants something similar from Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>Garrett remains in search of a new contract as he enters the final year of his rookie deal.<\/p>\n<p>He has 52.5 sacks in 63 NFL games, and\u00a0Dallas fans are starting to get frustrated\u00a0with the organization over the lack of movement on an extension.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones is being forced to fire back at an unflattering narrative about how the team has handled Micah Parsons\u2019 contract negotiations&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":72581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>REPORT: Stephen Jones Responds to Shocking Claim About Cowboys&#039; Micah Parsons Contract Talks! 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