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Just about everybody is confused why the Cowboys are continuing to wait on a Micah Parsons extension.
Think about how hard it is to get a group of people, any group of people, to agree on something. You can walk into a random room and say that pizza is awesome and somebody is going to counter that. If you try again and say that ice cream is amazing then you are likely going to be met with resistance there as well. Total agreement is a rare thing.
Understanding this, think about how insane/amazing it is that (for the most part, due to the same logic we just outlined) Dallas Cowboys fans all agree that a Micah Parsons extension should have been taken care of by now. Parsons, who was first eligible for an extension last offseason, seems to remain puzzled by this himself.
Whether you are happy that the Cowboys signed Dak Prescott and/or CeeDee Lamb to extensions last year (again, a group will never agree), you can at the very least admit that waiting in both cases led to the price rising for each player. The NFL has an overwhelming amount of data and information to support that notion; getting to big-time contracts for players who play expensive positions is generally the best strategy. When you are dealing with someone who has as few (if any) questions about them as Parsons, that argument rings even more true.
It is difficult to poke holes in Micah Parsons as a candidate to be a cornerstone for your NFL franchise. His on-field production speaks for itself and he has been a strong ambassador for the team off of it from just about Day 1. If you happened to believe that he needed to show a higher level of leadership, him reporting for mandatory minicamp and not making the contract negotiation situation more difficult - T.J. Watt and Trey Hendrickson both sat out their respective camps - should answer that question. He also showed up all of last year to that point.
The Watt and Hendrickson situations really matter here though because they play the same position as Parsons and clearly want new contracts. In a world of supply and demand it is possible that if and when they get them, and if they do so before the Cowboys sign Parsons, that the price will be driven up due to what would be the new market rate.
It seems Parsons agrees with that idea according to DLLS by way of Clarence Hill Jr.
We can quibble about whether or not Parsons should be paid more than Watt, but we all know that this principle is not what ultimately drives the numbers on contracts. History tells us that, for the most part, the next guy up gets a little bit more than the most recent guy got. Look at Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb and whoever else you want even across the league as...
