Micah Parsons is reportedly considering a trade request from the Dallas Cowboys as contract extension talks continue to stall, leading into the 2025 regular season.
Tension between Parsons and the Cowboys has escalated to the point where the defensive end is weighing significant action, including potentially requesting a trade or even severing ties with the team, according to NFL Insider Dianna Russini.
“The two sides remain far apart heading into the second week of training camp, and are not currently negotiating,” she wrote on social media.
Russini further detailed the issues in an article with The Athletic, writing that Parsons and the Cowboys had been conversing about an extension during the early portions of the offseason.
However, Parsons viewed these discussions as loose conversations rather than negotiations, with the Cowboys viewing these talks as part of the official negotiations.
Parsons eventually directed the Cowboys to his agent, David Mulugheta, whom the Cowboys have been incredibly hesitant to negotiate with.
Since then, the Cowboys have reportedly refused to speak with Mulugheta, with Russini writing that the Cowboys “declined to engage with him and told the pass rusher that they believed they already had a deal.”
This news lines up with information given to The Dallas Express by NFL Insider Adam Schefter, who explained that negotiations between the two sides began to break down when Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones called out Mulugheta during the NFL League Meetings.
“And then lo and behold, Micah tweeted that his agent, David Mulugheta, would be a part of any deal that would get done. And I think that was really the first spot where things kind of went awry. Because the Cowboys, I think, felt like, from the sounds of things, like they thought the deal was at the doorstep, ready to get done. And then once the agent got introduced, and it’s the agent’s job to secure the best deal he can, that clouded things, and I don’t know that Dallas really wanted to deal with him.”
Parsons, who is set to earn $24 million in 2025 under his rookie contract’s fully guaranteed fifth-year option, is widely expected to eventually come to terms on a massive extension to remain in Dallas.
Schefter told The Dallas Express that “everybody expects” Parsons to receive a contract that will pay him roughly $41 million per season, which would make him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history.
Although that was the expectation at the time, it remains to be seen whether this is a reality as Parsons considers drastic measures.