Dallas Cowboys Owner and General Manager Jerry Jones once again addressed the ongoing extension talks with defensive end Micah Parsons and said his agent has prevented talks from progressing into an agreement.

As previously reported by The Dallas Express, Parsons requested a trade from the Cowboys following claims that the organization has refused to meet with his agent, David Mulugheta, to finalize discussions.

Meanwhile, Jones has made multiple media appearances over the last two days to discuss the negotiations, seemingly placing a large portion of the blame on Parsons’ agent for the inability to complete the deal.

Jones first made an appearance on The Michael Irvin Podcast to discuss a variety of topics, telling Irvin that he was prepared to give Parsons a deal that would’ve made him “the highest guaranteed player other than a quarterback in the NFL.”

“The world would know I want Micah if they knew what I offered,” said Jones.

Although this sounds like it should’ve been a turning point for the discussions, Jones then said Mulugheta eventually shut down the negotiations, claiming that Parsons’ agent told Jones not to bother sending the contract.

“When we wanted to send the details to the agent, the agents told us to stick it up our ass,” claimed Jones.

“Micah and I talked, and then we were going to send it over to the agent. We had our agreements on term, amount, guarantees, everything. We were going to send it over to the agent, and the agent said, ‘Don’t bother, because we’ve got all that to negotiate.’ Well, I had already negotiated. I had already moved off my mark on several areas. So the issue, very frankly, is we’ve had the negotiation in my mind and the agent’s trying to get his nose in it, and come in there, and improve off the mark that we had already said.”

Jones later claimed that Mulugheta had a different agenda in this negotiation, suggesting that he could be trying to impress other potential clients.

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“So many times in this industry, you have a different agenda going on with agents. A different agenda. They’re playing a game. You tell me. Are agents incentivized to not only get the most for that player? But they’re trying to get what? They’re trying to get other players because they’ve got a high agenda for that player. That’s their incentive.”

Jones later doubled down on these comments during an interview with Stephen A. Smith, claiming that Mulugheta does not have to be involved in these discussions for Parsons to re-sign with the Cowboys.

“Frankly, it wouldn’t have made any difference what the negotiation was. Guess who has to be comfortable for this to work? … There’s not room for a third. This will be a good one,” Jones said.

Unsurprisingly, Parsons has seemingly taken offense to the claims being made by Jones, making multiple posts on social media to express his opinions on the matter.

 

Parsons also managed to remove all of the Cowboys’ information from his social media accounts, once again indicating that he does not want to remain a member of the organization.

Despite the trade request and dissociation from the Cowboys, Jones made it clear over the last two days that Parsons still has time remaining with the organization.

Multiple times during his discussion with Irvin, Jones pointed to Parsons having three seasons remaining with the Cowboys, indicating that he is prepared to utilize the franchise tag multiple times to keep the star defensive end.

As previously reported by The Dallas Express, Parsons has one year remaining on his current deal, and the Cowboys could use the franchise tag twice more to keep him with the team, meaning Dallas has control of his contract rights for three more seasons.

While using the franchise tag is not an ideal situation for either side, it would allow both Jones and Parsons to continue discussing the deal and work out an agreeable solution for both parties