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Dak Prescott is keeping the faith that a deal will happen.
“It was just frustration that this is going on. I can say from experience that it’s just frustrating,” Prescott said. “I hate that he’s going through it, but as I’ve told him, keep handling things the way that you are, and I believe that he should be paid.”
That frustration boiled into Parsons’ request to be traded, a somewhat unprecedented move for a Cowboys player of his caliber. It’s a difficult situation to fathom, but could Prescott imagine a world where he doesn’t have Parsons as a teammate?
“No, not necessarily,” Prescott said. “I think if I wouldn’t have been in his shoes, and watched other guys be in his shoes and get rewarded, maybe. But I’ve got faith in the Joneses and the team as I do in Micah and his team.”
“11 is a Cowboy.”
Prescott isn’t alone in that feeling, as Cowboys COO/co-owner Stephen Jones told DallasCowboys.com’s Nick Eatman in an interview on Wednesday that the team would not move Parsons.
“We have no intentions of trading Micah, and that’s part of the negotiations,” Jones said. “That’s just the nature of negotiations. I think any player that’s holding out for a contract – I think I’ve read around the league where they’ve all requested to be traded. So that’s part of it. We have no intention of trading Micah. He’s right here in camp.”
The official excuse for Micah Parsons not being at practice today.
For the first time in training camp, Dallas Cowboys pass rusher Micah Parsons was not on the practice field Thursday, with multiple sources telling ESPN he was dealing with back tightness and received treatment during the workout.
After the first practice of camp July 22, Parsons said he was dealing with the same back issue that prevented him from doing more at the mandatory June minicamp. Speaking on Saturday, a day after Parsons requested a trade in a social media post, Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said the back issues were as much a part of the negotiation process as the request.
Parsons remains in Oxnard, California. If he were to leave camp, he would face daily fines of $50,000, although the organization could rescind those if a new deal were reached.
Jones said he would not trade Parsons, who is under the fifth-year option of his rookie contract this year and set to make $21.324 million. Sources told ESPN that the Cowboys haven’t received a call regarding a trade for Parsons, nor have contract discussions between the two sides started.
On Tuesday, Jones said he was not confident Parsons would be available for the Sept. 4 season opener against...
