Dallas Cowboys star defensive finish Micah Parsons wrote on social media that he had formally submitted a commerce request to the staff’s co-owner, government vice chairman, CEO, and director of participant personnel, Stephen Jones. The announcement got here after the Cowboys and Parsons got here to an deadlock concerning a contract extension for the four-time Professional Bowler.
“Sure, I wished to be right here. I did every part I might to indicate that I wished to be a Cowboy and put on the star on my helmet,” Parsons wrote. “I wished to play in entrance of the very best followers in sports activities and make this America’s staff as soon as once more. The staff my pops and I grew up cheering for manner up in Harrisburg, PA.”
“Sadly, I not need to be right here,” he continued. “I not need to be held to close-door negotiations with out my agent current. I not need pictures taken at me for getting injured whereas laying it on the road for the group, our followers, and my teammates. I not need narratives created and unfold to the media about me.”
Parsons described how contract negotiations have performed out with the Cowboys. Although he has beforehand “stayed quiet” to get a deal accomplished, he stated that he wished to “clear some issues up.”
“I had my agent attain out to the Cowboys final low season after my third yr in hopes of getting a deal accomplished early,” he clarified. “Sadly, the staff didn’t need to begin any negotiations at that time. I used to be comfortable with that, didn’t complain, and centered on the 2024 season.”
Parsons stated that his agent suggested him to attend for different contract extensions to be introduced as a result of that might drive up the worth of his deal. Nevertheless, he expressed that he “didn’t care” as a result of he wished to safe himself “as a Cowboy long-term.”
“I knew I might be leaving cash on the desk, however once more I used to be okay with that,” he wrote. “Once more, radio silence so far as my extension.”
Parsons then stated that he spoke with Stephen Jones in March of 2025, the place the dialog by some means shifted to a contract extension. Although Parsons “engaged in a backwards and forwards,” he stated that he didn’t “consider this was presupposed to be a proper negotiation.”
“However when my agent reached out and spoke to Adam (Prasifka), he was advised the deal was just about already accomplished,” he wrote. “My agent, after all, advised him that wasn’t the case and in addition reached out to Stephen Jones. Once more, the staff determined to go silent.”
Parsons stated that he and his agent determined they might look forward to the Cowboys to succeed in out to them, however they have been by no means contacted. He added that the staff had participated in zero conversations with Parsons’ agent.
“Not one demand has been made by my agent about cash, years, or the rest. Nonetheless, I stayed quiet,” he concluded. “However once more, after repeated pictures at myself and all of the narratives, I’ve made the powerful determination I not need to play for the Dallas Cowboys. My commerce request has been submitted to Stephen Jones personally.”
Based on sources who spoke to The Athletic’s Dianna Russini, the Cowboys do not intend to trade Parsons. Nevertheless, “groups across the league are planning to succeed in out to test on his availability as we speak.”
Since being drafted in 2021, Micah Parsons has been named to 4 Professional Bowls and named an All-Professional 3 times. His 52.5 sacks are the fifth-most within the NFL since he entered the league in 2021, behind solely Myles Garrett, T.J. Watt, Trey Hendrickson, and Nick Bosa.
