Dak Prescott on Micah Parsons Dispute: ‘This Is Frustrating for Everybody’

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott had two words to sum up the escalating dispute between the organization and All-Pro pass rusher Micah Parsons: “F—, man.”

“He knows what that means,” Prescott said about reaching out to Parsons, per Yahoo Sports. “It wasn’t ‘F— you, Micah,’ or ‘F— them.’ It’s more of a ‘F—, this is frustrating for everybody involved.'”

Prescott has experienced his own share of drawn-out negotiations in recent years, having gone back and forth with Jones through two extended disputes. Prescott inked a four-year, $160 million deal in 2021 and then a four-year, $240 million extension on the eve of the Cowboys’ Week 1 season opener last fall after an awkward offseason in which Jones was wishy-washy about paying Prescott. 

“Not many people, especially here, have been in that position,” Prescott said, per CBS Sports. “So I know what that means just to support him.”

While Prescott reached out to Parsons, team owner Jerry Jones has still yet to do so. Jones shared he has not spoken to Parsons nor started contract negotiations with his agent, David Mulugheta, since he demanded a trade on Aug. 1.

Jones also went on to say that he’s uncertain if Parsons will play in the Cowboys’ season opener against the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles on Sept. 4, which also serves as the opener to the 2025 NFL regular season.

Parsons continued his hold-in this week, watching the joint practice with the Los Angeles Rams on Aug. 5 from the sidelines in his white No. 11 jersey and sweats.

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Parsons and the Cowboys started contract discussions in January. Jones talked about on the NFL’s annual league assembly in April that he was speaking straight with Parsons a few potential new deal, alluding to a dialog the 2 had in March that Jones seemingly interpreted as a proper negotiation. Based on Parsons, when his agent reached out after that assembly, “the staff determined to go silent.”

Moreover, Parsons let or not it’s recognized that he would not be doing any deal with out his agent concerned.

In June, Parsons mentioned that he was “hopeful” he’d have a brand new deal accomplished earlier than the beginning of coaching camp on July 20. In the future earlier than the beginning of camp, Jones seemingly took a dig at Parsons’ durability by mentioning he missed a handful of video games resulting from harm final season when requested by reporters for an replace on the negotiations. Whereas Parsons did not reply straight, he reshared a social media post from former NFL star J.J. Watt about how somebody “can publicly take a dig at … your star cross rusher concurrently, proper earlier than the season begins.”

Parsons reported to the beginning of coaching camp however solely noticed from the sidelines and didn’t take part. Shortly after, he made a proper commerce request, calling out the Jones household for a way they’d dealt with contract negotiations and revealing that they have not “had a single dialog” along with his agent in a 1,000-plus-word statement posted on-line.

Jones added extra gasoline to the fireplace two days later, saying {that a} state of affairs from a decade in the past involving former Cowboys star Dez Bryant — who publicly voiced his support for Parsons on social media — and Roc Nation Sports activities proprietor Jay-Z is the reason why he doesn’t like to deal with agents.

A primary-round draft choose in 2021, Parsons has no less than 12.0 sacks in every of his 4 seasons in Dallas and has 52.5 for his profession. He additionally had 12 tackles for loss in 13 video games final season. Parsons goes into the fifth and closing 12 months of his rookie deal and might be franchise tagged in 2026 with out an extension. He is set to make $24.007 million in 2025.

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