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Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys have a unique way of negotiating contracts.
Parsons asked Jerry and Stephen Jones to connect with Mulguheta to negotiate, multiple sources confirmed to Yahoo Sports on Tuesday afternoon. Neither Jones has made that call, sources also confirmed.
Mulugheta has had conversations with Adam Prasifka, the Cowboys’ director of salary cap/player contracts. But even Jerry Jones said Tuesday the deal can’t be done without him as “I write the check.”
Jones indicated interest in negotiating only with Parsons and without involving his representation.
“The agent is not a factor here or something to worry about,” Jones said. “And I don’t know his name. My point is, I’m not trying to demean him, but this isn’t about an agent. … I’m not demeaning the agent. I’m just saying everybody can do this, and that’s talk directly to a player.
“And frankly most people that negotiate with me will tell me that that was better.”
While Jones said multiple times he was “not demeaning” Mulugheta, league sources believed the comment about not knowing Mulugheta’s name was indeed demeaning. Mulugheta has negotiated record-breaking contracts for NFL stars including Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love, Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson and a slew of top defensive backs.
Mulugheta became the first agent in NFL history to negotiate more than $1 billion in player contracts in a single year, according to a September announcement by his agency Athletes First.
The vision head coach Brian Schottenheimer has for the Cowboys is becoming clearer.
“We’re always looking to create competition,” Schottenheimer said. “We’re certainly not done, whether that remains in free agency over the next couple of weeks or whether that’s through the draft. We really wanted to attack the front on both sides of the line of scrimmage.”
The offensive and defensive lines of scrimmage have been a big emphasis in Dallas’ offseason, with the team resigning Osa Odighizuwa, adding Solomon Thomas, Payton Turner and Dante Fowler on the defensive line, and Robert Jones as an offensive guard. Schottenheimer believes it’s not only important for the Cowboys to compete in the NFC East, but in the league as a whole.
“The game is played in the trenches. It really is,” Schottenheimer said. “And it doesn’t matter if that’s the first play, the last play, whatever it is, but it’s always played up there at some point, whether it’s trying to stop the run or having a hold up in pass protection when you’re playing in a two-minute drive. So I think we’ve done a nice job with that to start.”
Schottenheimer reiterated that he’s looking...
