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The former All-Pro pass rusher wants to keep the narrative about Sunday’s game and not his return to Dallas.
Parsons and the Green Bay Packers (2-1) face off against Prescott and the Cowboys (1-2) in front of a national television audience on Sunday night.
“It’s going to be painful,” Parsons told the AP about getting a chance to sack Prescott. “That’s my guy. He was always like a good mentor for me. But you know how it is, he always told me if I ever faced him that it’ll be a great matchup, so I’m excited to see what Sunday brings itself.”
Parsons plans to treat it like an ordinary game, though it’ll be his first time inside AT&T Stadium as a visitor.
“I accepted my fate weeks ago when the trade happened,” Parsons said. “So for me, it’s just all about playing another game and just doing what I do best, and that’s just be a disruptive football player. I think the media and the fans are trying to blow it up to be such a big thing. But I just look at it as just another game at AT&T.”
Just a game that was circled on everyone’s calendar after Cowboys owner Jerry Jones traded Parsons to the Packers one week before the NFL’s season opener, ending a lengthy contract dispute.
A deep dive into Jerry Jones and the Cowboys negotiating tactics.
Micah Parsons isn’t the first player whom Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones has talked to directly about a contract extension. He won’t be the last.
It has been a common practice for Jones and executive vice president Stephen Jones over the years to engage with their star players in hopes of convincing them to sign a new deal, and then finalizing the details with the player’s agent.
There is nothing in the collective bargaining agreement that explicitly prevents the discussions, although several agents said it is not a good look to circumvent them and go to the player who might not know all the details — details that could end up costing the player money. While the agents work for the players, they are also protecting their own interests by making sure they are involved in all parts of the negotiation.
“We have — not exaggerating — probably 30 categories we use to evaluate a deal, whether it’s new money, old money, guarantee structure, whatever,” one agent, who has experience doing deals with the Cowboys, said. “That’s too many moving parts, and it takes more than a handshake.”
Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones says the team...
