Multiple Dallas Cowboys players have spoken out in support of defensive end Micah Parsons during his ongoing contract negotiations with the team’s front office.

As previously reported by The Dallas Express, Parsons has been negotiating with the Cowboys throughout the offseason, with these discussions becoming tense at times between the two sides.

Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb addressed Parsons’ contract during a media session and pointed back to his contract negotiations last season, explaining that “playing this media game with Jerry is not the best.”

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Lamb is one of many players in Cowboys’ history to have undergone a similar experience to Parsons, as he dealt with contract negotiations during the 2024 offseason.

These negotiations resulted in Lamb missing a large portion of training camp last season, though he eventually received a contract that made him the second-highest-paid wide receiver in NFL history.

While Parsons has taken a different approach to the negotiations, choosing to remain at camp to be around his teammates, he is not currently practicing after citing a back issue that he does not want to aggravate.

Quarterback Dak Prescott has also offered his support for Parsons during these negotiations, saying that this has become “an every year conversation” for the team.

“It’s part of it. Is it something I wish any of us would have to go through? Absolutely not, but he’s doing a hell of a job with it — being here. He’s a great teammate. Showing up not just on the field and being focused, but also the camaraderie of hanging out, dinner. He’s not just doing it to sign off like, ‘Hey Jerry [Jones], look at me.’ He wants to be out there practicing and, honestly, I’m glad he’s not. He can’t do that to himself. That’s the business of it. I do think he’s taking great steps in being here,” Prescott explained, per The Cowboys.

“I will say that he deserves to get paid, he should get paid and, going off of the history of what I’ve seen, he will get paid; and hopefully it’s sooner than later.”

In a similar manner to Lamb, Prescott negotiated a contract during the 2024 offseason, resulting in an eventual agreement that made him the highest-paid player in NFL history, as previously reported by The Dallas Express.

However, Prescott also faced distractions during the process, as he spent the entirety of training camp without a contract and did not agree to the terms until the start of the regular season.

Although Parsons is not likely to become the highest-paid player in NFL history, there is an expectation that he will become the highest-paid defensive player in league history.

Currently, that title belongs to Steelers defensive end T.J. Watt, who has an average annual salary of $41 million.

While speaking with The Dallas Express, NFL Insider Adam Schefter said “everybody expects” Parsons to receive the biggest contract of any non-quarterback in NFL history.

Schefter further detailed how talks between Parsons and the Cowboys have been “derailed,” though he added that the process could begin making progress again at any time.