{"id":82072,"date":"2025-08-23T11:06:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T11:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=82072"},"modified":"2025-08-23T11:07:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T11:07:19","slug":"ex-nfl-gm-cant-see-micah-parsons-cowboys-contract-drama-ending-in-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=82072","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NFL GM Can&#8217;t See Micah Parsons, Cowboys Contract Drama Ending In Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Micah Parsons, Dallas CowboysNo Way Contract Feud Ends In Trade&#8230; Ex-NFL GM Says<\/h2>\n<p>Published <time datetime=\"2025-08-23T00:30:27-07:00\">August 23, 2025 12:30 AM PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-75d0014b32fdc7b7a760af1af0f9885c\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/42\/16by9\/2025\/08\/22\/42ddc184c2dd4f8ca9bf8817accbbe04_md.jpg\" alt=\"Ex-NFL GM Can't See Micah Parsons, Cowboys Contract Drama Ending In Divorce\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>TMZSports.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-6772371f09e297a470983f37534d6819\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Breathe easy, Cowboys fans &#8230; at least one former NFL general manager is convinced Micah Parsons&#8217; bitter contract feud with Dallas won&#8217;t end in a split.<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-927d2d46db1aeb81333b7e47231ffd0d\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\"><strong>Doug Whaley<\/strong> &#8212; who served as the Buffalo Bills&#8217; GM from 2013 to 2017 &#8212; told <strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong> on Friday that even though things don&#8217;t look good in Big D right now, he can&#8217;t see a situation where Jerry Jones trades the star pass rusher.<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ee7cd64e694391c5f25e752bc052393e\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d99d40775839857646d2a1b69bd2e588\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Whaley pointed to the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers&#8217; situations with Myles Garrett and <strong>T.J. Watt<\/strong> &#8212; and explained those, too, at times seemed dire &#8230; but got resolved with massive deals.<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-8d75ecdfbf775b5a9e6d6d71df8beeef\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">&#8220;Guess what gets everybody on the same page?&#8221; said Whaley, the current Sr. VP of Player Personnel for the UFL. &#8220;The dollars.&#8221;<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-31c85bf2232b2cb05803b2a7c5e0a9dd\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Jones said this week he made an offer to Parsons that &#8220;would&#8217;ve made him the highest-paid guaranteed player other than a quarterback in the NFL&#8221; &#8230; and Whaley said if the Dallas owner isn&#8217;t fibbing, he fully expects a resolution soon.<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7b21e53b46f8a1c9ba5a716af35e22d0\">\n<div id=\"cb-7b21e53b46f8a1c9ba5a716af35e22d0-1207357636-target\">\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Jerry Jones said on Michael Irvin\u2019s YouTube channel that his offer to Micah Parsons back in March would have made him the highest-paid non-QB in the NFL in guaranteed money<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world would know that I want Micah if they knew what I had offered him.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/gu2bagWVWz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonmachota\/status\/1958648744905515320<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a92f8d79f540e363d37dcafbc4a08af6\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">&#8220;If Jerry is saying what he said,&#8221; Whaley told us, &#8220;I cannot see them going to a divorce.&#8221;<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ee4de922e46eb446c715e91afd69e78a\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Parsons is currently slated to make around $24 million this season while on the final year of his rookie contract. Dallas then holds the option to franchise tag him for the next two years.<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c5d6b06a4e990c1eed19ff7a3f42d030\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d1961cc83bcca4e9da37d39ad326d2dc\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Parsons has already requested a trade in an effort to get a better slice of the pie &#8212; and on Thursday, he actually wiped the team from his X page.<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f950e66405b0cd170771c0feb20ab1fd\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Whaley, though, made it clear, he thinks it&#8217;ll all be water under the bridge momentarily.<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-06ece03e897734e8c2fe9d0bdd6de58a\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/04\/16by9\/2025\/08\/22\/048a7166b35444e08db6cf022b90ebe9_md.jpg\" alt=\"Ex-NFL GM Can't See Micah Parsons, Cowboys Contract Drama Ending In Divorce\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>TMZSports.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-387f243e803302c6d8d3a86658e0aee8\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">We also spoke with Hall of Famer Kurt Warner on all the drama with America&#8217;s Team &#8230; and he doesn&#8217;t think the recent actions from both sides will forever impact their relationship.<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f444debe217baf4f03fd77f3f12c3a21\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Fingers crossed, Dallas backers!!<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least one former NFL general manager is convinced Micah Parsons&#8217; bitter contract feud with Dallas won&#8217;t end in a split.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":82076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82072","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 - 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