In a little over a week, the Dallas Cowboys will take the field for their season-opening showdown against the reigning, defending Super Bowl champions in the Philadelphia Eagles. Micah Parsons‘ status is still firmly up in the air. The star defender hasn’t been taking the field due to an ongoing, and very public, trade request, […]
In a little over a week, the Dallas Cowboys will take the field for their season-opening showdown against the reigning, defending Super Bowl champions in the Philadelphia Eagles. Micah Parsons‘ status is still firmly up in the air.
The star defender hasn’t been taking the field due to an ongoing, and very public, trade request, combined with the contract dispute he’s been going through in Dallas. Cowboys fans are growing restless waiting for a resolution, and ESPN’s Adam Schefter provided the latest on Tuesday.
“I want to give you the good news and the bad news,” Schefter stated, via Get Up. “The good news is, we heard a lot of strong language surrounding Trey Hendrickson and Terry McLaurin—about how far apart the sides were, how nobody was willing to budge, how it could drag on and on. And then, lo and behold, less than two weeks before the opener, both players remarkably get deals done.
“That brings us to Micah Parsons. Here’s a player who, again, sounds like he doesn’t want to be in Dallas. He’s issued a public trade request. The Dallas Cowboys have had zero negotiations with him since they felt like they had an agreement—one he didn’t follow through on. All we’ve heard is how bad the situation is, and I think it is bad.
“I’ve even heard this situation referred to as Jerry Jones’ Waterloo. He doesn’t want to lose it. But I’ll say this—we’ve seen other sides come through and get deals done. Still, this one feels a little bit different. Now look, McLaurin and Hendrickson looked hopeless. And yet, lo and behold, they got deals done. The Dallas Cowboys open their season a week from Thursday night, and Micah Parsons still has a tight back. He still hasn’t practiced. We still don’t know whether he’s going to play. And this is Jerry Jones’ Waterloo.
“There are a lot of elements at play here that point away from a deal. It doesn’t look good. It doesn’t sound like Micah wants to be there. But the hope is, if Trey Hendrickson can get a deal done in Cincinnati, if Terry McLaurin can get a deal done in Washington, then there has to be a way for the Cowboys and Micah Parsons to bridge their differences, somehow, as vast as they are, and get a deal done.”
As you can tell, Schefter believes Hendrickson and McLaurin can provide some hope in Dallas, but it seems as if this situation with Parsons is a bit unique. Regardless, the Cowboys have been in similar situations in the past, and they’ve always found a way to get a deal done with their star player at the end of it all.
Whether it’s before Week 1 or not remains to be seen, but Micah Parsons not being on the field against the Philadelphia Eagles would be a major loss for the franchise. Don’t count out Jerry Jones and his ability to close though, even in a unique situation like this.
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