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Micah Parsons is doing his part early to help the Cowboys establish a new team culture under HC Brian Schottenheimer and DC Matt Eberflus.
The rubber officially meets the road for the first time during the Brian Schottenheimer era with the start of voluntary OTAs on Monday, April 14 at The Star in Frisco; and a list of players have already begun filing in — including Micah Parsons.
It’s notable to mention Parsons’ attendance for very obvious reasons, the biggest being his ongoing contract talks and the fact that, as stated, this portion of the offseason training program is indeed voluntary.
Others who have also been seen early on the first day include, but are not limited to, Dak Prescott, who continues to recover from a season-ending hamstring injury, DaRon Bland, KaVontae Turpin (newly-extended), Jake Ferguson, Cooper Beebe, Juanyeh Thomas and many others, including newly-signed defensive lineman Solomon Thomas.
Micah Parsons continues to wait for a new contract, and could have sat out the Cowboys’ offseason program. But he didn’t.
It’s a good-faith gesture by Parsons, who will likely get a contract that could match or exceed the four-year, $160 million deal Myles Garrett signed with the Cleveland Browns this offseason. Parsons will make a little more than $24 million this season after the Cowboys picked up the fifth-year option on his rookie contract, but he wants a longer (and bigger) deal after dominating for his first four NFL seasons.
Parsons told the team’s site late last year that he didn’t plan to hold out.
“I definitely think I need to be here in camp because, honestly, when so much of the defense is surrounded by your play and your presence, and others are getting lined up based off of you, I need to be here so that way I can get these guys accordingly,” Parsons told the team’s site. “We can rush together, build that chemistry.
“So I think it’s of extreme importance that I’m back at OTAs, minicamp.”
Dak Prescott knows what it is like to be a star player waiting until the last possible moments for a new contract.
“There’s a lot of slates at a lot of positions. Obviously, Micah Parsons, you’ve got CeeDee Lamb, you’ve got guys that you can name, but there’s a lot of the guys that have an opportunity to step up.”
Amongst Prescott, Lamb and Parsons, only one is heading into the final year of his rookie deal: Micah Parsons.
Parsons’ contract extension has been a major talking point of Dallas’...
