ESPN’s Adam Schefter said it’s fair to question if Micah Parsons will actually suit up for the Dallas Cowboys in Week 1. They take on their arch rival, the Philadelphia Eagles, on the road next Thursday. Parsons hasn’t practiced in training camp and also cited back tightness. While there seems to be some reported debate […]
ESPN’s Adam Schefter said it’s fair to question if Micah Parsons will actually suit up for the Dallas Cowboys in Week 1. They take on their arch rival, the Philadelphia Eagles, on the road next Thursday.
Parsons hasn’t practiced in training camp and also cited back tightness. While there seems to be some reported debate about that, Parsons not practicing throws a wrench into the plans the Cowboys have for their star pass rusher.
Amid a standoff in contract negotiations, Parsons, nor the Cowboys for that matter, have not budged. A trade doesn’t seem to be on the horizon, so now it’s a matter of watching Parsons on the field or the sideline to kickoff the season.
“We are getting close to the start of the regular season opener. He has not practiced this summer due to a back injury, back tightness,” Schefter said on Get Up. “Now, the Cowboys took an MRI on it, said it came back clean. I think Micah Parsons would tell you that his back is tight. Doesn’t feel right, so he does not practice … He’s got a tight back. The Cowboys regular season opener is a week from Thursday night in Philadelphia, and the fact of the matter is, if he’s out there at all, he’ll be limited because he hasn’t gone through practice at all.
“That’s the short term picture. There’s obviously a lot to this. We’ll get to all of it, but we’re talking about the game, Thursday night, practice, no practice. So we’ll see if you can make it out there next week. And I would say right now, that is very much in question.”
Logically, Parsons would give Dallas a better shot to beat the defending Super Bowl champions next week. Without him, it’s one less superstar the Eagles have to worry about.
On Aug. 1, Parsons publicly announced he’d formally requested a trade from the Cowboys after the organization failed to agree to on a new contract with him. Parsons has been attending the Cowboys’ training camp and preseason games since then to avoid NFL fines, but not participating.
While Parsons may be willing to talk with other teams, the Cowboys don’t seem interested in trading the four-time Pro Bowler. And in many ways, Parsons’ future is ultimately out of his hands.
The Cowboys exercised the fifth-year option on Parsons’ rookie contract this year and could keep him under contract until 2028 by using their franchise tag on him. If Parsons opts not to play once the regular season begins, he could be losing $1.25 million each week.
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